At least three civilians have been killed in clashes between security forces and armed men in the Tunisian city of Ben Gardane near the border with Libya.
Assailants attacked an army barracks from several fronts with rocket-propelled grenades.
An ambulance was also stolen in the ongoing clashes on Monday morning.
A security and military campaign began last week in Ben Gardane, after Tunisian security officials said "terrorist groups" sneaked into the country.
Officials said the campaign followed raids in Libya against fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Fighters trained in Libya carried out several attacks on Tunisia last year.
Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri, reporting from Tunisia, described Ben Gardane as a strategically important town that is the "gateway to Libya".
"Tunisia has built a fence along the border with Libya but that doesn't seem to stop the movement of armed attackers coming in from Libya and targeting the army and security forces," she said.
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