Israel Defense Forces troops killed a Palestinian on the border with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Thursday, an Israeli army spokesman said.
The death was the first since an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire between Israel and Hamas went into effect on June 19.
The army spokesman said soldiers in the area saw the man approaching and fired at him after he refused their calls to stop. They later saw that the man was unarmed, the spokesman said.
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On Wednesday, Border Police troops operating undercover in the West Bank onopened fire and killed a wanted Hamas man attempting to flee arrest.
IDF kills unarmed Gazan at border, shaking fragile truce , Haaretz, July 10, 2008
Israel Defense Forces shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during a night patrol in a West Bank village early Sunday, Palestinian medical officials and witnesses said.
Troops opened fire on the 17-year-old after midnight on Sunday, a witness said, adding that village youths often throw stones at army patrols at around that time but that the victim was unarmed.
Palestinians: Israeli troops kill teenager in West Bank, Haaretz, June 29, 2008
Palestinian medics and local residents said the Israel Defense Forces killed a Palestinian teenager during a raid in the West Bank on Friday. <
The residents said the 17-year-old was killed while confronting Israeli soldiers who raided the village of Beit Umar, near Hebron.
Haniyeh: Stop firing at Israel for sake of Palestinians, Haaretz, June 28, 2008
Israel Defense Forces troops operating in the West Bank city of Nablus killed two Palestinian militants early Tuesday morning.
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The IDF West Bank raid took place near the student dormitory of An-Najah University. Neighbors say they found them riddled with bullets and shrapnel after the raid.The militants were named as 24-year-old Iad Hanfar, of Hamas, and the second as Taker Abu Rali, a senior Islamic Jihad militant.
IDF forces kill two Palestinian militants in the West Bank, Haaretz, June 24, 2008
Moments before the truce took hold, the Israel Air Force killed a member of a Qassam rocket squad preparing to launch near the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Israel-Hamas truce takes hold in Gaza, Haaretz, June 19, 2008
At least six Palestinian militants were killed on Tuesday in a series of Israel Air Force attacks on the Gaza Strip, just as Israel and Hamas were in the final stages of an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire deal.
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Five militants were killed when the IAF attacked a blue Subaru in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis. The strike destroyed the car and the Palestinian Health Ministry said all of its occupants were killed.Another militant was killed in an attack on the central Gaza town of Deir el-Balah. The dead man was identified as a member of the Army of Islam, a Palestinian group which shares ideology with al-Qaida.
Two others were wounded in a strike just minutes before in the same town.
IAF Gaza strikes kill 6 including gunmen linked to Shalit kidnap, Haaretz, June 18, 2008
Later, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in an attack on a rocket squad in Gaza, Palestinian hospital officials said. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed the strike.
Earlier Monday, IDF troops killed three Palestinian gunmen near the Gaza-Israel border, close to the coastal strip's southern town of Khan Yunis.
Israeli hurt as Grad-type rockets hit Ashkelon, Haaretz, June 17, 2008
Israel Defense Forces troops on Monday morning killed three Palestinian gunmen near the Gaza-Israel border, close to the coastal strip's southern town of Khan Yunis.
The fighting also included an air strike in which three Hamas militants were injured, one critically, Hamas said
IDF kills three gunmen near Gaza border fence, Haaretz, June 16, 2008
Israel Defense Forces troops on Thursday killed two Palestinian militants who were rigging explosive devices near the security fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
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IDF troops killed four Palestinians - one militant and three civilians - in three separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
IDF kills two militants rigging explosives near Gaza fence, Haaretz, June 12, 2008
Israel Defense Forces tank fire on Wednesday killed a 9-year-old Palestinian girl and wounded two other people in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical workers said.
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According to the Palestinian medics, the girl's head was decapitated from the tank shell, and her remains had been recovered from a house in the village of Qarara, east of Khan Yunis, that had been struck by the tank fire.
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As the IDF operation continued, soldiers shot and killed a Hamas gunman, the medics and Hamas officials said.
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On Tuesday, an Israel Air Force strike killed at least three members of a Hamas mortar crew on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Islamic group said.
Palestinians: IDF fire kills girl, gunman in Gaza, Haaretz, June 11, 2008
Shells fired from an Israel Defense Forces tank killed a Palestinian gunman and wounded another east of Gaza City on Saturday, Hamas Islamists and local medical workers said.
Hamas militant killed, another wounded by IDF fire in Gaza, Haaretz, June 8, 2008
Earlier on Friday, an Israel Defense Forces soldier was wounded and a Palestinian gunman killed on Friday, in clashes near the Gaza Strip border fence.
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A young Palestinian girl was killed in an IAF strike not longer after the mortar attack.
IDF soldier wounded, militant killed in Gaza border fire, Haaretz, June 6, 2008
Palestinian officials said the Israel Defense Forces struck a Hamas cell near Khan Yunis early Saturday morning. No injuries were reported in the incident, and IDF spokesperson has yet to confirm the attack.
In a separate incident on Saturday, Gaza officials said an explosion in the house of a Hamas militant has killed the man and wounded 16 relatives and neighbors.
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IDF troops used gunfire and tear gas on Friday to keep more than 3,000 Hamas supporters from approaching one of the Gaza Strip's main border crossings with Israel, wounding at least six Palestinians, witnesses said. Palestinian medical workers said at least two of the wounded were in a critical condition.
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In a separate incident Friday, Palestinian medical workers said a 65-year-old woman had died of wounds suffered a day earlier during an IDF raid near her home in the southern Gaza Strip.
Palestinians: IDF strikes Hamas cell near Khan Yunis, Haaretz, May 31, 2008
The Israel Defense Forces arrested 60 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip overnight Wednesday over suspicions they were involved in terrorist activity. The detainees were taken to Israel for questioning.
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On Wednesday, two Palestinian militants were killed in an Israel Air Force strike in the southern Gaza Strip. The two were Hamas activist Osama al-Outi and Islamic Jihad man Abed a-Razek Abu Moammar.
IDF arrests 60 Gazans; mortar hits Negev home, but doesn't explode, Haaretz, May 30, 2008
The Israel Air Force on Wednesday killed two Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical workers said.
An Israel Defense Forces spokeswoman said the two aerial attacks targeted "terror threats" in the Hamas-controlled territory.
IDF soldier lightly hurt in Gaza; IAF kills two Hamas militants, Haaretz, May 28, 2008
Israel Defense Forces troops killed three Hamas gunmen on Friday in clashes with militants in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical workers said.
Heavy clashes erupted before dawn east of the southern city of Rafah when Israeli troops entered an area known as Sufa in the Hamas-controlled territory.
Medical workers said soldiers arrested about 30 Palestinians during the raid.
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Thursday, an IDF force killed a Palestinian demonstrator and wounded about another 10, after the demonstrators threw rocks at the Karni crossing and Palestinians opened fire. The demonstration was part of a march protesting the closing of the crossings into the Gaza Strip after the morning attack.
Palestinians: IDF kills 3 in Gaza; soldier hurt by anti-tank missile, Haaretz, May 23, 2008
Meanwhile, Hamas on Wednesday claimed that IDF soldiers stationed on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip shot dead a Palestinian militant.
Sources identified the dead man as Mohamed al-Bahaisa, 24, of the Iz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the radical Islamic Hamas movement ruling Gaza.
Witnesses said they heard an intense exchange of gunfire in the area. An IDF spokeswoman said she was unaware of a firefight, but said she would check the report.
IDF soldier lightly hurt when mortar explodes on Negev base, Haaretz, May 22, 2008
Three Israeli air strikes and a raid in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed three Hamas militants and two Palestinian civilians, local medical workers and the Islamist group said.
Five Palestinians killed in IAF strikes on Gaza, Haaretz, May 21, 2008
Gaza doctors on Tuesday said an Israel Air Force strike killed a 13-year-old Palestinian, and wounded another youth, near the security fence with Israel.
The Israel Defense Forces said aircraft fired at a group of militants in the area that had moments earlier launched a rocket toward Israel.
Gaza boy, 13, said killed in IAF strike; IDF: Aircraft fired at militants, Haaretz, May 20, 2008
Israel Air Force aircraft struck twice in Gaza City late Wednesday, aiming for a group of Hamas militants, killing two and wounding four, witnesses and Hamas officials said.
IAF air strikes in Gaza leave two militants dead, four wounded, Haaretz, May 15, 2008
The Israel Defense Forces killed two Hamas militants and two Palestinian civilians on Wednesday in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, medical workers said.
On Wednesday morning, a gunman was killed in an Israel Air Force strike during a ground raid near Khan Yunis, in the southern part of the territory, the medical workers said.
An IDF spokeswoman confirmed the strike.
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Separately, IDF soldiers shot dead an 18-year-old Palestinian during an incursion near Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, the medical workers said.Another IAF strike in northern Gaza killed a Hamas gunman and a civilian, medical workers said.
Palestinians: IDF kills two militants, two civilians in Gaza, Haaretz, May 14, 2008
Palestinian doctors said Tuesday that one Palestinian was killed in an Israeli Air Force airstrike on a Palestinian mortar-launching squad in the Gaza Strip.
The Israel Defence Forces has confirmed the attack, which took place in Gaza, not far from Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha.
Gazan killed in IAF air strike; Qassams fall near Ashkelon, Haaretz, May 12, 2008
On Sunday morning, the militant group Hamas said that one of its members had been killed in an explosion along Gaza's fence with Israel.
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Fighting has escalated since an Israeli civilian was killed in a mortar shell attack on southern Israel on Friday. In retaliation, Israeli forces fired missiles that killed five Hamas militants.
3 Qassams hit Negev, one explodes near schoolbus, Haaretz, May 11, 2008
Earlier, Hamas and Gaza health officials said five of the group's members were killed and four others were wounded in two seperate Israel Air Force strikes on police stations in southern Gaza late Friday.
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The IDF spokesperson also confirmed an additional strike early Saturday morning, in which the IAF attacked a group of gunmen near the security fence in the southern Gaza Strip. They confirmed the group was hit, but there was no word yet on casualties.
Sderot home takes direct hit as 9 Qassams strike Negev, Haaretz, May 10, 2008
Palestinian medics say they found the body of a Palestinian woman in an area of heavy Israeli-Palestinian fighting along Gaza's border with Israel.
The woman was discovered late Wednesday in her home in the Abassan village in southern Gaza. Palestinian health officials say she was 35 years old and had seven children.
Palestinian woman, 35, found dead in southern Gaza, Haaretz, May 7, 2008
Israel Defense Forces tanks and bulldozers rumbled into the southern Gaza Strip early Wednesday, and Israeli aircraft struck a series of targets. One militant was killed and at least 14 Palestinians, including one civilian, were wounded in the fighting, according to witnesses and medical officials.
Palestinians: IAF strikes in Gaza kill 1 militant, wound 13 others, Haaretz, May 7, 2008
An Israel Air Force strike on a mortar launching squad early Tuesday killed a Hamas gunman and wounded three others in northern Gaza, according Palestinian officials.
IAF airstrike kills Hamas man in Gaza mortar squad, Haaretz, May 6, 2008
Israel Defense Forces soldiers on Saturday shot dead a Palestinian man who arrived at an army checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Hebron carrying a knife, Palestinian officials and Israeli medics said.
IDF troops at checkpoint shoot dead knife-carrying Palestinian, Haaretz, May 3, 2008
The Israel Air Force on Thursday killed in an airstrike a Hamas commander in the southern Gaza Strip who was involved in the 2006 abduction of Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit.
Nafez Mansour was killed when an IAF missile struck a car he was traveling in with two other Hamas members in the Rafah refugee camp.
Palestinian health officials said a female passerby was also lightly wounded in the strike as well as Mansour's 13-year-old son.
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On Wednesday, an IAF aircraft attacked a metal workshop in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing an Islamic Jihad top militant and wounding three other people, Palestinian officials said.
IAF missile strike in Gaza kills Hamas commander involved in Shalit abduction, Haaretz, May 1, 2008
Israel Defense Forces troops shelled a house in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun on Monday, killing seven Palestinians including four young siblings and their mother, medical officials and resident said.
Residents said an Israeli projectile smashed through the ceiling of a one-story house where the family was having breakfast.
Palestinian medics identified the dead children as sisters Rudina and Hana Abu Meatik, ages 6 and 3; and their brothers, Saleh, 4 and Mousab, 15 months. The children's mother was critically wounded in the explosion and succumbed to her wounds shortly after.
A 17-year-old Palestinian civilian who was passing by the home was also killed in the explosion, medical workers said.
Separately, IDF soldiers killed a Palestinian gunman from Islamic Jihad during fighting in the area, the faction said.
7 killed in Gaza, including mother and four siblings, Haaretz, April 27, 2008
A 14-year-old Palestinian girl was killed on Saturday during clashes between Israel Defense Forces troops and Palestinian militants in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, medical workers said.
Local residents said Israeli tanks entered the town and clashed with the Palestinians.
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Medics say the aircraft have launched five missile strikes since before dawn. One Palestinian was killed and seven wounded in the strikes. Three of the wounded are in critical condition.
Palestinians: 14-year-old girl killed in Gaza clashes, Haaretz, April 26, 2008
The Israel Defense Forces on Monday evening killed three Palestinian gunmen a few hundred meters away from the security fence between Gaza and Israel, close to the northern Gaza town of Jebaliya.
IDF strikes kill three gunmen in northern Gaza, Haaretz, April 22, 2008
Israel Defense Forces troops on Monday killed two Palestinians in two separate air strikes across the Gaza Strip.
One of the Palestinians was killed in a strike that targeted a vehicle in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.
A second strike on Beit Hanoun, in the northern Strip, killed a Hamas militant.
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IDF forces shot two gunmen who tried to attack them and detained more than 30 Palestinians for interrogation before withdrawing, the military spokeswoman said.
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Six Hamas militants were killed over the weekend in a series of IAF strikes on Gaza following the Islamist group's attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing which left more than a dozen IDF soldiers wounded. Hamas' initial plan, to abduct soldiers, was thwarted by the army.Also over the weekend, two of the Palestinian teenagers wounded in an IAF attack last Wednesday succumbed to their wounds.
Two Palestinians killed in IAF strikes on Gaza Strip, Haaretz, April 21, 2008
A series of Israel Air Force strikes killed at least seven Hamas gunmen and injured eight others northern Gaza Strip on Saturday and early Sunday, hours after militants of the Islamist group drove bomb-laden vehicles into an Israeli border crossing. Early Sunday, Palestinian medics said two Hamas militants were killed and six wounded in two separate Israeli air strikes, one east of Gaza City and the other in northern Gaza.
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On Saturday, An Israel Defense Forces spokeswoman said an IAF aircraft fired a missile at a group of militants spotted approaching Israel's border fence with the coastal territory.
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Also on Saturday, Palestinian security and health officials said a mechanic with the Hamas police was killed and four people were wounded in an Israel Air Force strike in southern Gaza.Earlier Saturday, a Hamas militant was killed in a separate incident when IDF troops raided a neighborhood of Gaza City.
At least 7 Gaza militants killed in IDF airstrikes, Haaretz, April 20, 2008
Four militants were killed - one in each of the explosions and two militants in the armored vehicle.
At roughly the same time, an IDF missile struck an armored vehicle approaching the Gaza border south of Kissufim. The vehicle was hit, resulting in a large explosion, suggesting a substantial quantity of explosives in the vehicle. It was not immediately clear how many Palestinian casualties were caused.
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Earlier Saturday, a Hamas militant was killed in a separate incident when IDF troops raided a neighborhood of Gaza City.
IDF: Attack on crossing is Hamas' most ambitious since Gaza pullout, Haaretz, April 19, 2008
Israel Defense Forces troops operating in the West Bank killed a senior member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade accused of devising a recent plot to poison diners at a Ramat Gan restaurant.
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Al Aqsa denied that Kabi was involved in the poisoning plot.
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On Thursday, troops fended off Palestinian gunmen who attacked the vital Kerem Shalom crossing on, killing one.
IDF kills militant leader wanted in plot to poison Ramat Gan restaurant, Haaretz, April 18, 2008
Israel Defense Forces paratroopers killed two Islamic Jihad militants during a raid near the West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday.
Palestinian medical and security officials said one of the dead was an Islamic Jihad militant and the other was a 16-year-old boy.
IDF paratroopers kill two Jihad militants in raid near Jenin, Haaretz, April 17, 2008
Twenty Palestinians were killed Wednesday, including a Reuters cameraman, in Israel Defense Forces operations in the Gaza Strip, making Wednesday one of the bloodiest days in recent times in Gaza.
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The fierce day of fighting started at around midnight on Tuesday, when a patrol from the Givati infantry brigade, accompanied by armored and artillery forces, entered the Sajawiya neighborhood on the east side of Gaza City. The soldiers exchanged fire with armed Palestinians, mostly from Hamas. One Givati soldier was moderately wounded in the thigh by a sniper. The soldiers killed four Hamas gunmen. According to military sources, the Palestinians even fired from the minaret of a mosque, and the IDF returned fire at the mosque and later blew up explosive devices found inside the mosque. The mosque suffered heavy damage, and the resulting pictures caused furious responses in the Muslim world.A Palestinian farmer, Hani Al-Zuarub, was killed at 3:00 P.M near Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, when a missile hit the car he was in. Another man was wounded. Three others were injured by shots fired at a school in the town.
Twelve Palestinians were killed, including five children under the age of 16, Wednesday afternoon when IDF helicopters fired missiles at houses in the Juhad Al-Dik area.
Three more Palestinians were killed near the Wadi Gaza Bridge, including Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, 23. He died when the car he was riding in was hit by a missile. Two other journalists were wounded. Pictures showed the car had the letters "TV" on it, as is usual for vehicles used by journalists in the region.
Footage from Shana's camera showed an Israeli tank firing a shell in his direction from several hundred metres away.
20 Palestinians killed in string of IDF operations in Gaza Strip, Haaretz, April 17, 2008
Palestinian medical workers and Hamas reported that IDF troops killed four Hamas gunmen in a separate battle in Gaza near a terminal used to supply fuel to the coastal territory.
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At least five Palestinians were injured in the clashes at several points in the Gaza Strip, Hamas and medics said.
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In one of the areas east of Gaza City, IDF armored vehicles hit and damaged a mosque, local residents said. Orange and olive trees were also uprooted, the witnesses said.
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Earlier Tuesday evening, the Israel Air Force attacked two Palestinian militants as they rode a motorcycle through the northern Gaza Strip, killing one and wounding the other, Hamas police officials said.
Three Israeli soldiers killed in clashes near Gaza border, Haaretz, April 16, 2008
Seven Palestinians were wounded Sunday evening in an Israel Air Force strike that partially destroyed the house of a senior militant in the Gaza Strip, local militant group said.
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Earlier Sunday, at least three Hamas militants were killed and four wounded in an explosion in the Gaza Strip, the militant group and Palestinian medical workers said.
7 hurt as IAF hits Gaza home of militant behind Nahal Oz attack, Haaretz, April 14, 2008
An Israel Air Force air strike on Friday evening killed a Hamas militant in central Gaza only hours after five people, including two boys, aged 12 and 13, were killed in an Israel Defense Forces ground raid in the same area.
Also on Friday, IAF missiles killed two Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip.
The deaths brought the Palestinian death toll to 14 in IDF strikes that followed a terror attack Wednesday, in which two Israeli civilians were killed at a vital Gaza fuel terminal.
IDF kills 8 Palestinians, including 2 children, in Gaza, Haaretz, April 13, 2008
Israel Air Forces strike killed at least two Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip early Friday, Hamas and medical workers said.
Palestinians: IAF kills 2 Hamas men in Gaza; IDF ground troops enter Strip, Haaretz, April 11, 2008
Following the infiltration, IDF tanks and soldiers rushed to the scene, and killed two of the terrorists with tank fire.
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An IAF missile strike on Wednesday evening hit a car in the Sajaia neighborhood in Gaza, in which one of the terrorists who carried out the shooting attack was traveling, IDF sources said.According to the sources, the terrorist and another man who was with him in the vehicle were killed in the strike.
Earlier Wednesday, during the IDF forces' attempt to target the terrorists who carried out the attack and fled the scene, the Israel Air Force fired one missile at a Palestinian car in Gaza City's Zeitun neighborhood and another at a house in the area.
Four Palestinians were killed as a result of the missile strike.
2 Israeli civilians killed in attack by Gaza infiltrators, Haaretz, April 10, 2008
IDF troops shot and killed two militants during the exchange of gunfire.
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On Tuesday, soldiers from the Givati Infantry Brigade and the Armored Corps killed three Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip, ...
IDF soldier killed, two wounded in Gaza Strip, Haaretz, April 9, 2008
A 5-year-old Palestinian boy was killed on Sunday when an Israel Defense Forces shell exploded near his home in the al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said.
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On Saturday, a Palestinian farmer was killed in the northern Gaza Strip in a similar incident.
Palestinians: IDF shell kills 5-year-old in Gaza, Haaretz, April 7, 2008
Israel Defense Forces troops killed three Palestinians Thursday morning during a military operation near the central Gaza town of Khan Yunis. According to the IDF, Givati Brigade infantry troops came across local militants and opened fire. Palestinian sources reported that three of the gunmen were killed in the exchange, and that the dead had belonged to the militant group Islamic Jihad.
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On Tuesday, two Hamas militants were killed in a predawn IDF raid near the Kissufim border crossing in central Gaza. The two were named as Abdullah a-Luh and Yehieh al-Burak.
IDF kills three Islamic Jihad militants in central Gaza, Haaretz, April 4, 2008
Two Palestinian militants were killed on Tuesday by Israeli special forces during a predawn raid in the central Gaza Strip, Hamas and medical officials said.
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An Israeli army spokeswoman said troops shot the two Palestinian militants as the army conducted a ground assault against what she called "terror infrastructure" in the Hamas-controlled territory.The violence could challenge Egyptian-mediated efforts to broker a truce between Israel and militant groups.
Hamas has not claimed any cross-border rocket fire into Israeli towns since the beginning of March.
Hamas: IDF special forces kill two militants in Gaza raid, Haaretz, April 1, 2008
The Israel Defense Forces killed two Palestinians who tried to plant a bomb on the Gaza Strip's northern border fence on Saturday, Palestinian hospital officials and a militant faction said.
Palestinians: IDF kills 2 Gazans; 4 others wounded in IAF strike, Haaretz, March 30, 2008
Earlier Friday, Hamas and Palestinian medical staff said that Israel Defense Forces troops killed a Hamas militant and wounded two others during clashes in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
An IDF spokesman said troops opened fire on a group of gunmen during an incursion into the Gaza Strip.
Qassam explodes between Negev pre-school, children's house, Haaretz, March 28, 2008
Israel Defense Forces troops killed a Palestinian civilian near the border fence with the Gaza Strip on Thursday, medical officials said. The officials said the 60-year-old farmer was shot dead riding on his donkey near the frontier fence east of Khan Younis in the central part of the Hamas-controlled territory.
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In a separate incident, the Islamist group Hamas said two members of its armed wing were killed by an Israel Air Force strike on a training camp in Gaza City.
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Meanwhile, a smuggling tunnel under the Egypt-Gaza border collapsed, killing one man, doctors said. Residents said they believed another man was buried in the rubble. Palestinian smugglers use tunnels to bring everything from cigarettes to weapons into Gaza.
Medics: IDF kills Gaza civilian; rocket damages Negev building, Haaretz, March 20, 2008
At least 12 Palestinians were wounded Tuesday evening in an Israel Air Force strike on the northern Gaza Strip, Israeli and Palestinian sources said.
Islamic Jihad spokesman Abu Hamza said the four members of his militant group were near a mosque when they were targeted by an IAF aircraft. The militants were wounded in the strike, one of them seriously.
At least 12 Palestinians wounded in IAF strike in Gaza, Haaretz, March 19, 2008
Three Palestinian militants were killed early Saturday night in an Israel Air Force strike east of Gaza City. According to the Israel Defense Forces Spokesman's Office, the men were Islamic Jihad members on their way to launch Qassam rockets at Israel.
IAF strike kills three Islamic Jihad militants in northern Gaza, Haaretz, March 16, 2008
The fragile, indirect agreement the Egyptians brokered between Israel and Hamas over Gaza will meet its first test Thursday.
The killings Wednesday of five wanted militants by the Israel Police's anti-terrorism unit, in two incidents on the West Bank, is likely to spur Islamic Jihad into attempting retaliatory rocket attacks from Gaza into the Negev. It seems we've been here many times before.
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The urgency of Wednesday's Bethlehem incident must be questioned. (The Islamic Jihad man killed in the second incident was planning imminent terror attacks.) The four militants killed in Bethlehem were on the IDF's wanted list for around eight years, and the operation where they were eliminated was a settling of scores by the police anti-terror squad and the Shin Bet security service.Was it also urgent? Apparently not. The four were not associated with any specific terror alerts. The decision to launch the operation was probably more a matter of opportunity than immediate need.
Targeted assassination / Little room for mistakes, Haaretz, March 13, 2008
Israel Defense Forces troops shot dead a Palestinian farmer on Friday in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials said.
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Six members of the militant Palestinian group Islamic Jihad were killed Thursday in three separate IDF strikes in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian medics: IDF troops kill farmer in northern Gaza, Haaretz, March 7, 2008
An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed and another seriously injured when Palestinian militants ambushed an IDF jeep on the Gaza Strip border early Thursday.
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Also on Thursday, the Israel Air Force killed one militant in an on attack on a rocket-launching site in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials said.
Soldier killed in ambush on IDF jeep at Gaza border, Haaretz, March 6, 2008
A senior Islamic Jihad operative and a two-week-old Palestinian infant were killed after nightfall on Tuesday in a brief Israel Defense Forces ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said, just a day after Israel ended a 48-hour ground incursion in northern Gaza against Palestinian rocket squads.
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Witnesses said IDF tanks fired shells and fighter helicopters fired missiles. A two-week-old baby girl, Amira Abu-Assar, was killed by a ricocheting bullet, medical officials said. Also, eight militants and three civilians were wounded, none of them seriously, the officials said.
Palestinians: Top Jihad man, infant killed in IDF raid in southern Gaza, Haaretz, March 5, 2008
Two Palestinian militants were killed Tuesday in two separate Israel Air Force strikes on the Gaza Strip, shortly after a Qassam rocket scored a direct hit on a house in the western Negev town of Sderot.
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Late Monday, the IAF fired a missile at a group of Palestinian militants firing rockets from the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanun, killing one man, Palestinian officials said.
IAF strike kills two Gaza militants; Qassam rocket damages Sderot home, Haaretz, March 4, 2008
A 14-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israel Defense Forces in Hebron as the violence spilled over into the West Bank on Sunday in the wake of the escalating clashes between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The clashes began when several hundred Palestinian youths threw stones and bottles at an Israeli checkpoint in Hebron's city center. IDF troops responded with rubber bullets and gas, slightly wounding two people.
Hebron teen killed by IDF as violence spreads to W. Bank, Haaretz, March 2, 2008
One civilian was lightly wounded Sunday in a barrage of 10 Qassam rockets on southern Israel, as at least three Palestinians were killed in ongoing fighting with Israel Defense Forces troops in the Gaza Strip.
A 21-month-old baby girl was among the dead in Gaza. Several other Palestinians succumbed to wounds suffered in Saturday's fighting, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed since before dawn Saturday to approximately 70.
Three Gazans killed, Israeli hurt in ongoing violence, Haaretz, March 2, 2008
At least 14 Palestinians were killed, among them four civilians - a father and his son, as well as two children - during an Israel Defense Forces ground incursion near the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabaliya before dawn Saturday.
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Two of the dead Palestinian children have been identified as Jaqueline Abu-Shbak, 12, and her brother Iyad Abu-Shbak. The name of the third child has yet to be released.
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At least 49 Palestinians have been killed in four days of IDF raids and air strikes in the coastal territory, launched in the wake of a massive Qassam rocket barrage on the western Negev that killed an Israeli civilian.
Clashes in Gaza leave at least 14 Palestinians dead, Haaretz, March 1, 2008
The Israel Defense Forces killed six militants early Thursday during operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, after the government vowed it would respond harshly to the rocket barrage which killed an Israeli civilian the day before in Sderot.
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Israeli security forces killed at least 12 Palestinians over the course of Wednesday in a number of air strikes in the Gaza Strip against terrorist activity. According to Palestinian sources, three of the casualties are children.
IDF kills six militants during operations in W. Bank and Gaza, Haaretz, February 28, 2008
An Israel Air Force aircraft blew up a minivan carrying Hamas gunmen in southern Gaza on Wednesday, killing five militants, including a senior rocket engineer and a regional rocket squad commander, the group said.
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The body of another Palestinian militant killed in central Gaza overnight was brought to the hospital in Gaza on Wednesday morning. The Islamic Jihad group said the man was one of its gunmen who had been killed in a clash with IDF troops.
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On Tuesday, IDF troops killed a Palestinian farmer near the Gaza Strip's border, his relatives and hospital officials said. The IDF said the man was an armed militant.
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Also on Wednesday, IDF commandos operating in central Nablus kill one Palestinians and wounded three others during a raid in the West Bank city.
IDF kills at least seven in raids in Gaza Strip, West Bank, Haaretz, February 27, 2008
Three Hamas militants were killed and at least four others wounded early Monday in two separate Israel Air Force strikes in the Gaza Strip.
Two militants were killed when the IAF attacked the Sajiyeh neighborhood in southeast Gaza City.
Palestinian officials identified the dead as Hani Abu Salah and Tair Masah.
Another strike in the southern Gaza Strip, east of Khan Yunis, killed Hamas militant Hassam Abu Hain.
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Another Palestinian militant was found dead on Monday morning in the southern Gaza border town of Rafah.A small Palestinian militant organization, the Popular Resistance Committees, said the man belonged to their group and was killed while firing his weapon at nearby IDF soldiers.
Three Hamas militants killed in two separate IAF strikes in Gaza, Haaretz, February 25, 2008
Israel Defense Forces ground troops targeted a group of Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip overnight Saturday. The IDF said the target was hit, but it was not clear how many militants had been hurt and what their condition was.
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IDF actions in Gaza left five Palestinians dead over the weekend. Three Palestinians were killed Saturday afternoon in an Israel Air Force air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said.
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The air strike came a day after an Israeli missile killed two Palestinian militants and wounded a third in central Gaza, according to Palestinian medical staff and Hamas security officials.
Five Palestinians killed in IDF Gaza actions over the weekend, Haaretz, February 24, 2008
An Israeli missile killed two Palestinian militants and wounded a third in the central Gaza Strip, close to the border fence with Israel on Friday, Palestinian medical staff and Hamas security officials said.
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An Israel Defense Forces spokeswoman confirmed an air strike had been carried out against "terror elements" in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian officials: Israeli missile kills two Gaza militants, Haaretz, February 22, 2008
A 7-year-old boy was killed and two other children were wounded Tuesday in an exchange of fire between Hamas militants and Israel Defense Forces troops in the central Gaza town of Deir el-Balah, Palestinian medics said. Palestinian security officials said IDF troops seized control over a house in town and came under heavy fire from Hamas. The troops shot back and the children were apparently caught in the crossfire, the officials said.
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Earlier Tuesday, IDF troops killed an armed Palestinian militant along the security fence on the border with the central Gaza Strip in the early morning hours.
Palestinians: 7-year-old Gaza boy killed in Hamas-IDF crossfire, Haaretz, February 20, 2008
Israel Defense Forces troops backed by aircraft and tanks clashed with militants in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing three gunmen and a civilian, Palestinian officials said.
More than 20 people were wounded, including several gunmen and a 45-year-old civilian who lives near the airport and was shot in the head, said Health Ministry official Dr. Moaiya Hassanain.
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The bulldozers were razing farmlands in an effort to deny rocket squads cover, and the army was carrying out arrest sweeps of men under 45, Hamas security and residents said. According to Hamas, at least 25 men were arrested.Earlier Sunday, a militant from Gaza's ruling Hamas movement died of wounds sustained in an Israel Air Force strike last week.
Four Palestinians killed in IDF arrest raid in southern Gaza, Haaretz, February 17, 2008
A Palestinian woman who was refused access to an ambulance at an Israel Defense Forces checkpoint died in her village in the West Bank on Thursday, a Palestinian doctor and relatives said.
Local witnesses said the husband of Fawziya Qabb pleaded with soldiers at the Jarushiya checkpoint near the town of Tul Karm to let his wife get to an ambulance waiting to take her to a Palestinian hospital but they ignored him.
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Human rights groups say they have recorded several cases of Palestinian patients who have died because of delays at IDF checkpoints since the start of the Palestinian uprising in 2000.
Palestinians: Ailing woman dies after IDF denies her ambulance, Haaretz, February 15, 2008
The Israel Air Force fired a missile aimed at two armed Palestinians in the northern Gaza town of Jabalya late Sunday night.
An Israel Defense Forces spokesperson confirmed that the IAF scored a direct hit on the target, but there was no word of injuries.
In an exchange of gunfire at the Gaza Strip border on Sunday evening, IDF troops killed a Palestinian militant after he opened fire on them.
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Earlier Sunday, the IAF killed a Hamas militant in Gaza, hours after two brothers, aged 8 and 19, were seriously wounded when a Qassam rocket struck the backyard of a house in the southern town of Sderot.The IAF carried out four strikes in the Gaza Strip before dawn on Sunday, wounding three militants and killing Mohammed Matir, a commander in Hamas' military wing.
IAF fires missile at two armed Palestinians in north Gaza, Haaretz, February 11, 2008
The Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet internal security service are preparing to step up assassinations against key Hamas figures in the Gaza Strip in response to the continued Qassam rocket attacks against Sderot.
Report: Haniyeh goes into hiding as IDF plans targeted killing, Haaretz, February 11, 2008
"IDF operations are continuing day and night and will even be expanded," he told committee members.
The defense minister said that in recent days, the IDF has killed 61 Palestinian militants. He added that over the last four months, 200 militants have been killed by Israeli fire.
Barak orders IDF to gird for wide Gaza offensive, Haaretz, February 11, 2008
The Israel Air Force killed a Hamas militant in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, hours after two brothers, aged 8 and 19, were seriously wounded when a Qassam rocket struck the backyard of a house in the southern town of Sderot.
The IAF carried out four strikes in the Gaza Strip overnight, wounding three militants and killing Mohammed Matir, a commander in Hamas' military wing. The IAF targeted, among other sites, an arms storage facility in a refugee camp in Rafah. Defense officials said that the Israel Defense Forces were planning to step up its Gaza operations as well as targeted killings of specific militants in response to the ongoing Qassam rocket fire.
IAF kills Hamas man; 2 brothers hurt in Sderot Qassam strike, Haaretz, February 10, 2008
Seven Palestinians were killed Thursday, including six militants, in an Israel Defense Forces operation in the northern Gaza Strip, as Gaza militants fired at least seven Qassam rockets at southern Israel.
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The fighting in the Strip erupted earlier in the day after IDF tanks drove several hundred meters into northern Gaza. Hamas militants and IDF troops traded automatic fire, as Israel Air Force aircraft fired missiles and Hamas lobbed mortar shells.Five Hamas men were killed, three by missiles and two by gunfire, said Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas' military wing. Two were field commanders, he said. The Islamic Jihad faction said one of its militants also died in the clash.
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The teacher died and two other staffers were hurt when an IDF surface-to-surface missile struck an agricultural school in the northern town of Beit Hanun, Hamas said.
Seven Palestinians killed in IDF raid in Gaza; 7 Qassams hit Negev, Haaretz, February 7, 2008
Israel killed nine Hamas operatives in the Gaza Strip, while Palestinians fired heavy barrages of rockets at southern Israel that moderately wounded a 14-year-old girl and lightly wounded several other civilians.
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Later Tuesday evening, air force helicopters raked areas in northern Gaza from which rockets are often launched with "deterrent fire," and Palestinian sources said that three civilians were wounded. The army said it had been targeting rocket-launching squads.
IDF kills nine Hamas men in Gaza, Qassams rain on Sderot, Haaretz, February 6, 2008
Earlier Tuesday, Israel Defense Forces troops killed two Palestinian gunmen from the Hamas movement on Tuesday near the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
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On Monday, just following the suicide bombing, an Israel Air Force strike killed two people, including the leader of the Popular Resistance Committees in northern Gaza, Abu Said Qarmout.
Qassams hit 2 Sderot factories; IDF kills Hamas militants in Gaza, Haaretz, February 5, 2008
Israel Defense Forces commandos early Monday killed two Islamic Jihad gunmen and seriously wounded a third during a raid on the West Bank town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin.
IDF commandos kill two Islamic Jihad gunmen in raid near Jenin, Haaretz, February 4, 2008
Israel Defense Forces troops on Thursday shot and killed a Palestinian militant who approached the border with Israel in the southern Gaza Strip, east of Rafah.
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Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an offshoot of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction, said the militant slain earlier by IDF troops was a 21-year-old member of the group.The group said the IDF had prevented ambulances from reaching the scene of the incident.
Palestinian approaching Israel border killed by IDF in southern Gaza, Haaretz, January 31, 2008
A Palestinian teenager was killed and another was wounded by Israel Defense Forces troops during a raid into the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday, Palestinian medical officials said.
The officials said the teenager was shot in his stomach by the troops who were surrounding a building in the city during a search for militants.
Palestinian sources identified the killed teenager as 17-year-old Kusai al-Afandi.
IDF troops kill Palestinian teen, hurt another in Bethlehem raid, Haaretz, January 29, 2008
A Palestinian teenager was killed Friday by Israel Defense Forces troops during a raid in a village near the West Bank city of Hebron, hospital officials said.
Witnesses said troops opened fire at local residents who hurled rocks at troops in the village, killing the teenager.
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At least four Hamas militants were killed by two Israel Air Force strikes in the Rafah area of southern Gaza late Thursday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said Friday.
Palestinians: IDF troops kill stone-throwing teenager near Hebron, Haaretz, January 25, 2008
Israel Defense Forces troops killed a Hamas militant during a military operation in the southern Gaza Strip early Wednesday, Hamas sources said.
The IDF confirmed that infantry and special forces had entered the southern Gaza Strip overnight Wednesday, conducting an arrest operation in the area between Khan Yunis and the Sufa Checkpoint.
Hamas militant killed in IDF arrest raid in southern Gaza Strip, Haaretz, January 22, 2008
An Israel Defense Forces officer was lightly wounded and a Palestinian gunman killed on Monday during an exchange of fire in an IDF operation in the West Bank City of Tul Karm targeting wanted militants.
IDF officer lightly wounded, militant killed in Tul Karm raid, Haaretz, January 21, 2008
Four hours after the blackout, Hamas said that five patients died because of the cutoff of electricity in hospitals.
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The Israel Air Force fired a missile Sunday night that struck a wagon loaded with Qassam rockets. The army said the wagon, which was near the Jabalya refugee camp, was transporting rockets to launch sites in northern Gaza. The Palestinians reported that the strike killed one person and wounded several.
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The IAF attempted to assassinate an Al Aqsa Bridage senior official late Sunday night in an air strike in northern Gaza. The official was injured in the strike and one of his men was killed.
PM: Israel won't let humanitarian crisis erupt in Gaza, Haaretz, January 21, 2008
An Israel Air Force strike on the northern Gaza Strip killed two Hamas fighters early Saturday, hospital officials said. The strike came as Israel Defense Forces troops backed by several tanks and bulldozers entered Gaza and searched homes in the Jabalya refugee camp. After a prolonged gunfight with Hamas militants, IDF troops captured four of them and took them to Israel for interrogation.
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Earlier Friday, IAF warplanes destroyed the former Interior Ministry building in Gaza City on Friday, killing one woman and wounding at least 45 others nearby. Five of the wounded remained in critical condition on Saturday.
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Another IAF missile strike, also on Friday, killed a militant and a teenage boy, and wounded two others in northern Gaza, medical officials said.
IDF kills two militants in Gaza; Qassam rocket strikes Sderot, Haaretz, January 20, 2008
Israel tightened its closure of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Friday in response to cross-border rocket fire, preventing even UN humanitarian supplies from getting in, officials said.
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Earlier on Friday, an Israel Air Force missile strike in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least one militant and wounded two others, medical officials in the Hamas-controlled territory said.
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Also on Friday, IDF troops killed a militant from the armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement in the West Bank, medical officials and the group said.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades confirmed one of its members was killed by
undercover IDF troops who were operating in the Balata refugee camp near the city of Nablus.
Israel closes Gaza border, blocks aid shipments, Haaretz, January 18, 2008
The Israel Air Force killed at least seven Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in three separate air strikes Thursday, as Gaza militants pounded southern Israel with Qassam rocket fire for a third straight day, lightly wounding four people.
IAF strikes kill seven in Gaza; 40 Qassams fired at Israel, Haaretz, January 18, 2008
An Israel Air Force strike on Thursday tore through a car traveling in the northern Gaza Strip, killing a militant leader and his wife, Palestinian health and security officials said.
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A leader of the small, Hamas-allied Popular Resistance Committees, Raed Abu el-Foul, and his wife were killed when a missile fired from the air hit their white sedan, Dr. Moaiya Hassanain of the Gaza health ministry said.
IAF kills two in Gaza car blast; 15 Qassams hit southern Israel, Haaretz, January 17, 2008
Three Palestinian civilians were killed Wednesday afternoon in an Israel Air Force strike that targeted a car east of Gaza City, as Qassam rocket fire continued to pound southern Israel.
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Palestinian sources identified the dead as members of the Yazji family - Amar, Mohammed, and 14-year-old Amir.
Three Gaza civilians killed in IAF strike as rockets pound southern Israel, Haaretz, January 16, 2008
Islamic Jihad's top military commander in the West Bank was killed early Wednesday morning by the Israel Defense Forces during a raid in a village near Jenin.
IDF soldiers kill Islamic Jihad's top commander in West Bank, Haaretz, January 16, 2008
Parts of southern Israel were subjected to a barrage of 25 Qassam rockets and dozens of mortars Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces said, in the wake of IDF raids in Gaza that killed 19 Palestinians. Of the dead, 15 were confirmed as armed militants.
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One of of the fatalities in the IDF operations on Tuesday was the son of Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar, the last surviving founder of the Islamist group.
25 Qassams fired at Israel after deadly IDF Gaza raid, Haaretz, January 16, 2008
A Palestinian sniper killed an Ecuadorian volunteer at Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha near the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday, hours after at least nine Palestinians died in an IDF ground and air raid on Gaza City.
One of of the victims in the IDF operation was reported to be the son of Hamas leader and co-founder Mahmoud Zahar.
The nine Palestinians were killed when IDF soldiers backed by tanks and helicopters entered the eastern Gaza City neighborhoods of Sejaiyeh and Zaitoun, trading fire with gunmen.
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Zahar, who was serving as Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister when the Hamas-Fatah coalition government collapsed in chaos last year, is seen as one of the more militant leaders of the Hamas political wing.
IDF raid kills 9 Palestinians; Gaza sniper kills farm volunteer, Haaretz, January 15, 2008
Israeli security forces killed 810 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in 2006 and 2007, Shin Bet security service chief Yuval Diskin reported Sunday at the weekly cabinet briefing in Jerusalem. He estimated that some 200 of those killed were not clearly linked to terrorist organizations.
However, an examination by Haaretz reveals that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces stands at 816 during those two years, and that of them, 360 were civilians who were not affiliated with any armed organizations. Data from B'Tselem, the Israeli human rights organization, show that 152 of the casualties were under age 18, and 48 were under the age of 14.
Haaretz probe: Shin Bet count of Gaza civilian deaths is too low, Haaretz, January 14, 2008
Three Palestinians were killed and three were injured Sunday night in an Israel Air Force strike near Gaza City.
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Security sources described the strike as a "targeted killing," which is designed to assassinate terror operatives, not thwart an imminent attack.
IAF strike kills three Palestinian militants near Gaza City, Haaretz, January 14, 2008
Two Hamas militants were killed and one was injured when the Israel Air Force struck a Hamas post in the southern Gaza Strip Saturday, the Islamic group said.
IAF strike kills two Hamas militants in southern Gaza, Haaretz, January 12, 2008
An Israel Defense Forces strike in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday killed two Palestinians, witnesses and medical officials said. The army is saying both casualties were firing at the troops, but Palestinian sources say at least on was a civilian.
2 killed in IDF air strikes in Gaza, Haaretz, January 10, 2008
An Israel Defense Force strike near a residential building in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday killed a Palestinian man and woman, both of them civilians, witnesses and medical officials said.
Palestinians: IDF strike kills two civilians in northern Gaza Strip, Haaretz, January 9, 2008
In the Gaza Strip on Monday, IDF soldiers killed a Palestinian man and woman near the Erez Crossing. The IDF said the two were planning to carry out a terror attack. The man was named as Bassam Abu Mostafa.
Also on Monday, in the West Bank, an Islamic Jihad operative from the village of Yamun was killed by IDF fire in clashes with troops near Jenin.
Hamas says its forces traded fire with Israel Navy boats off Gaza, Haaretz, January 8, 2008
Five Israel Defense Forces soldiers were wounded Sunday, one of them moderately, and five Palestinians killed in series of incidents in the Gaza Strip.
The fighting, which ended when the IDF withdrew at nightfall, also wounded at least 34 Palestinians, including four women, seven children and 15 gunmen.
Five IDF soldiers wounded, five Palestinians killed in Gaza fighting, Haaretz, January 7, 2008
The IDF killed three Palestinians in separate incidents early Sunday and late Saturday, shortly after seven Qassam rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip at the town of Sderot.
Two IDF soldiers lightly hurt in Gaza; troops kill 3 Palestinians, Haaretz, January 6, 2008
Israel Defense Forces troops on Friday killed two Hamas militants in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, Palestinian sources said.
The total number of Palestinians killed in the Strip since Thursday morning stands at 11, including four civilians.
IDF troops kill two Hamas militants in northern Gaza, Haaretz, January 4, 2008
Meanwhile, Israel Defense Forces troops backed by the Israel Air Force killed at least five Palestinians, three of them militants, early Thursday in the southern Gaza Strip, the IDF said.
Hamas officials reported heavy clashes between its men and IDF troops east of Khan Younis and at least nine IAF air strikes overnight that wounded 10 people, at least three critically.
Katyusha strikes northern Ashkelon; IDF strikes kill five Gazans, Haaretz, January 3, 2008
Israel Defense Forces killed six Hamas, Popular Resistance Committees and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade militants early Wednesday morning in a joint operation that included both land and air forces.
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At least one Hamas militant was killed and three others wounded Tuesday by Israel Defense Forces fire near the security fence along the central Gaza Strip.
IDF land and air strikes kill six armed Gaza Strip militants, Haaretz, January 2, 2008
The number of Palestinians killed by the Israel Defense Forces in 2007 decreased by 43 percent since last year, to 373, but the total number of Palestinians killed this year reached a record high because of the 344 Palestinians killed in the internecine conflict, the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem said in its year-end report.
The report also found a significant drop in the proportion of civilians killed, which decreased from 54 percent of the 657 Palestinians killed by IDF fire in 2006 to 35 percent of the 373 Palestinians killed between January 1 and December 29 of this year.
Fifty-three of the Palestinians were minors and the vast majority - 270 - were killed in the Gaza Strip.
In addition, seven Israeli civilians were killed by Palestinian fire in 2007 - the lowest number since the second intifada began.
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The organization also found that the settler population grew by 4.5 percent this year, far exceeding population growth but showing a lower rate of growth than last year, when the settler population increased by 5.8 percent.There are 36 manned roadblocks in the West Bank that are along the Green Line, and another 66 that are not, B'Tselem found. It said the number of unmanned roadblocks, such as heaps of dirt or cement blocks blocking the entrance to villages, increased to 459 this year, compared to 445 in 2006 and 410 in 2005, but that the number of surprise IDF roadblocks decreased in the second half of 2007.
Study: Number of Palestinians killed by IDF dropped 43% in '07, Haaretz, December 31, 2007
At least one Palestinian was killed and four others were wounded by gunfire while crossing from Israel into the Gaza Strip on Sunday after completing the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Palestinian medics said.
The medical workers said the pilgrims had been hit by Israel Defense Forces gunfire at the Erez crossing on the northern Gaza border. Witnesses said soldiers first fired into the air and then at the crowd of pilgrims.
Palestinians: IDF kills Gazan woman, hurts 4 others en route from hajj, Haaretz, December 31, 2007
Israel Defense Forces troops shot and killed two Palestinian militants Sunday as they tried to place a bomb on the security fence along the Gaza Strip, Israel Radio reported.
Report: IDF kills 2 Gaza militants trying to place bomb near fence, Haaretz, December 30, 2007
Israel Defense Forces troops killed one of Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia's bodyguards on Friday during an arrest operation in Ramallah.
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Meanwhile, IDF troops and the Shin Bet security service killed at least eight Hamas and Islamic Jihad gunmen in three separate incidents in the Gaza Strip Thursday.
IDF troops kill PA negotiator's guard during Ramallah arrest, Haaretz, December 28, 2007
Three Palestinians militants were killed and six others wounded Thursday by Israel Defense Forces fire in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis, according Palestinian sources and the IDF.
Three Palestinian militants killed by IDF fire in southern Gaza Strip, Haaretz, December 27, 2007
Two Islamic Jihad members were killed in an Israel Defense Force air strike in central Gaza early yesterday morning, near Dir al-Balah. An IDF spokesman said that a group of armed Palestinians was targetted.
IDF air strike in Gaza kills 2 Islamic Jihad men, Haaretz, December 25, 2007
The IDF has said it would continue its attacks against militants in the Gaza Strip despite calls by the Hamas leadership for a possible temporary calm.
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Meanwhile, a Hamas militant was killed Friday morning in by Israel Defense Forces fire in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis on Friday, the Palestinian Islamist group and medical workers said.
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In an IDF operation Thursday in the central Gaza Strip, one soldier was seriously injured and seven Palestinian gunmen were killed.
Two IDF troops lightly hurt as Israel mulls truce offer, Haaretz, December 21, 2007
Israel Defense Forces tanks and troops raided the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least four Palestinian militants, as Qassam rockets continued to rain down upon the western Negev.
Two rockets struck open fields Thursday morning and caused no injuries or damage. A third Qassam rocket hit the grounds of an elementary school in the western Negev city of Sderot. One school child was treated for shock. No property damage was caused.
Rocket hits Negev school; IDF kills 4 Gaza militants, Haaretz, December 20, 2007
On Monday night, two IAF strikes killed seven Islamic Jihad militants, including a senior Gaza commander, prompting the group to threaten a wave of "martyrdom" attacks in response to the killings, a phrase used in the past to denote suicide bombings within Israel.
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In one of the airstrikes Monday night, the IDF said it targeted a cell that was about to fire rockets at Israel. Undercover troops took part in the attack, the military said, and the leader of the cell was killed. Two other militants also died. The remains of a fourth militant killed in the same strike were discovered Tuesday morning, according to Dr. Moaiya Hassanain of the Gaza Health Ministry.
IDF kills at least 13 Islamic Jihad, Hamas militants, Haaretz, December 18, 2007
Six Palestinians, all operatives of terrorist organizations, were killed during two separate operations in the Gaza Strip yesterday, while four Israel Defense Forces soldiers were wounded.
6 Palestinians killed during major IDF operation in Gaza, Haaretz, December 14, 2007
Eight Palestinian militants were killed and four Israel Defense Forces soldiers were lightly wounded in separate IDF operations across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
Dozens of IDF tanks and armored vehicles moved into Gaza on Tuesday morning, setting off clashes with Palestinian militants firing rocket-propelled grenades and mortar rounds.
Israel Air Force planes providing cover killed three unidentified militants, soon after three Islamic Jihad militants were killed by an IDF tank shell.
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Earlier Tuesday, two Palestinian militants were killed in two separate IAF strikes in northern Gaza.
IDF kills eight militants in raids in north, south Gaza, Haaretz, December 11, 2007
Israel Defense Forces troops on Friday shot and killed a Palestinian farmer in his fields along the Gaza-Israel border, a Palestinian official said.
The 30-year-old farmer was shot from an IDF position along the border fence, and another farmer, his cousin, was wounded, according to Dr. Moaiya Hassanain of the Gaza health ministry.
Palestinians: IDF soldiers kill Gaza farmer near Israel border, Haaretz, December 7, 2007
An undercover Border Police unit accidentally killed a Palestinian police officer during an arrest raid in Bethlehem Wednesday.
Mohammed Salah, 36, was killed after Border Police officers refused to stop at a Palestinian security forces roadblock near Al-Hadar, south of Bethlehem.
The Palestinians began following the Israeli officers' vehicle, when the Border Police officers opened fire.
Undercover IDF unit accidentally kills PA policeman in Bethlehem, Haaretz, December 6, 2007
Israel Defense Forces troops killed a Palestinian near the border fence between Israel and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Thursday.
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The man's family said he was attempting to catch birds in the area. Local medical officials said the man was unarmed. On Wednesday, two Hamas activists were killed in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia by IDF fire in an attack on a Hamas position.
Palestinian killed by IDF fire near Gaza Strip security fence, Haaretz, December 6, 2007
Two Hamas militants were killed Wednesday morning in an Israel Air Force strike on the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya.
Two other Palestinians were wounded in the strike, although it was not immediately clear whether they were militants or civilians.
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Barak told Army Radio that IDF troops had killed 27 Gaza militants in the past 10 days and would continue to chase down those operating under Hamas rule.
Two Hamas militants killed in IAF strike on northern Gaza Strip, Haaretz, December 5, 2007
An Israel Air Force air strike killed at least two Hamas militants and wounded two others in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian medical workers and Hamas said.
Palestinians: 3 Hamas militants killed in central Gaza air strike, Haaretz, December 4, 2007
Four Hamas gunmen were killed in two seperate clashes with Israel Defense Forces troops on Monday in the northern Gaza Strip near the border fence with Israel, medical officials and Hamas said.
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Defense Minister Ehud Barak told ministers earlier Sunday that he had authorized military action in Gaza, including the targeting of "manned military Hamas targets". Barak said Israel had killed 22 militants in attacks during the past week.
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IDF troops over the weekend killed six Palestinian militants in the southern Gaza Strip, five of them members of the military wing of Hamas.
IDF kills four Hamas gunmen in clashes in northern Gaza, Haaretz, December 3, 2007
An Israel Air Force strike killed five Hamas members early Saturday, prompting threats by Gaza militants to fire longer-range rockets at Israeli border towns.
Eight people were wounded, including one critically, in the strike near the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis, close to the border with Israel, according to Moaiya Hassanain of Gaza's Health Ministry.
IAF strike kills 5 Hamas gunmen, wounds 8 in southern Gaza Strip, Haaretz, November 30, 2007
Four Hamas militants were killed overnight in two separate Israel Air Force strikes near the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunis, Palestinian security officials said early Thursday morning.
The Israel Defense Forces said the first attack was on a group of armed men in combat vests moving near the border with Israel and the second was against two men trying to plant a bomb near the border fence.
On Wednesday an IAF air strike on a Hamas security position killed two of the group's naval officers after Palestinians fired 20 mortar shells and two rockets into Israel, Palestinian medics and the IDF said.
At least 10 other people were wounded in that attack.
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Since the beginning of the week, 20 Palestinian militants have been killed in clashes with IDF forces in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinians: Two IAF strikes kill 4 Hamas militants in south Gaza, Haaretz, November 29, 2007
Israel Defense Forces troops killed two Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip overnight, the Hamas movement and the army said on Tuesday.
Hamas, which seized control of the coastal territory in June, said the two were killed near the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza. An IDF spokeswoman said troops shot two Palestinians trying to plant an explosive device near the border fence.
In a separate incident, a civilian was killed by Israeli gunfire near the Sufa border crossing in southern Gaza, said Palestinian medical staff. The IDF said troops in the area shot at a person acting suspiciously and crawling toward them.
IDF troops kill 2 Hamas gunmen, one civilian in Gaza shootings, Haaretz, November 29, 2007
The Israel Defense Forces killed at least three Hamas militants on Monday in two separate incidents in the northern Gaza Strip.
In the first incident, an Israel Air Force aircraft opened a missile strike on militants at a mortar launching pad in the northern town of Beit Hanoun. One militant was wounded in the incident and at least one other was killed.
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In the second incident, which occurred near the Erez Crossing, two other militants were killed by IDF fire on the ground. The two were suspected of preparing an explosive device targeting IDF troops patrolling the area.
IDF airstrike kills at least three Hamas militants in Gaza Strip, Haaretz, November 26, 2007
Israel Defense Forces troops killed two Palestinian militants during a raid in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, local medical workers said.
IDF spokeswoman said troops had spotted two men, one armed and the other equipped with ammunition. The soldiers opened fire at the pair when they came close to the troops.
A team of Israel Defense Forces killed Sunday a wanted Palestinian militant in the West Bank town of Tul Karm, both Palestinians and the army said. The troops wounded a second militant and took him to a hospital in Israel for treatment, the IDF said.
Also on Sunday, IDF troops killed five Palestinian militants in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip.
On Sunday afternoon, three armed Palestinians were killed while approaching the Israel-Gaza border fence in the northern section of the coastal territory.
Earlier Sunday, IDF troops killed two Palestinian militants during a raid in the central Gaza Strip, local medical workers said.
IDF soldiers kill wanted Palestinian militant in Tul Karm, Haaretz, November 25, 2007
Israel Defense Forces troops killed two Palestinian militants during a raid in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, local medical workers said.
IDF spokeswoman said troops had spotted two men, one armed and the other equipped with ammunition. The soldiers opened fire at the pair when they came close to the troops.
Local residents said the two men were killed while the IDF operated close to the Mghazi refugee camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip.
IDF troops kill two Palestinian militants in central Gaza raid, Haaretz, November 25, 2007
Israel Defense Forces soldiers shot dead two Palestinian men who approached the border fence separating Gaza from Israel overnight, Palestinian medical staff said.
The two brothers, in their forties, had walked close to an Israel-Gaza border terminal late on Friday night. Local residents said the men often scoured the area for cement and other building materials to sell. On Saturday morning, Palestinian ambulances evacuated their bodies from the scene.
An army statement said the two men appeared suspicious ...
IDF kills two Palestinians near Gaza security fence, Haaretz, November 24, 2007
Meanwhile, IDF troops shot and killed an unarmed Palestinian who approached the security fence separating Israel from the Gaza Strip, the military said Thursday.
Near 20 mortar shells fired from Gaza over course of Thursday, Haaretz, November 23, 2007
Israel Defense Forces troops opened fire Thursday on a car carrying militants in northern Gaza, killing two and injuring five, militants and a health official said.
Officials: Two militants killed, 5 hurt, in IDF strike on Gaza Strip, Haaretz, November 15, 2007
Israeli forces on Saturday killed two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and wounded three others in three separate incidents, Palestinian sources and the Israel Defense Forces said.
The first incident, which resulted in two deaths, occurred after troops noticed two Palestinian youths crawling toward the fence (to avoid detection, said the IDF) separating the Gaza Strip and Israel. The incident happened near Al-Bureij refugee camp in the Strip's central region.
The two slain youths, Jihad and Bilal al Nabhin, 16- and 17-years old, were shot at night, and Gaza rescue forces reported they found their bodies in the morning. Palestinian sources said the two youths did not belong to any militant organization.
Qassam strikes cowshed in western Negev, killing 7 cattle, Haaretz, November 11, 2007
Also Friday, IDF troops shot and killed two Palestinians who were crawling near the security fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel on Friday night, apparently planting an explosive device, the military said.
No further details were available on the shooting in central Gaza or the identity of the men.
IDF troops open fire, arrest suspected smugglers who infiltrated Israel, Haaretz, November 10, 2007
Three Palestinians were killed when an Israel Air Force aircraft opened fire on them in northern Gaza early Sunday morning. Hospital officials said that all three were civilians.
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Another Palestinian was killed by IDF troops later in the day during a ground incursion into Gaza. The identity of the fourth casualty was not immediately clear.
IDF strikes kill 4 Gazans as Qassam volleys hit Negev, Haaretz, November 4, 2007
An Israel Air Force airstrike against a Hamas police position in the southern Gaza Strip killed one and injured three early Saturday, Palestinian officials and the Israel Defense Forces said.
Hamas said one of its men was killed in the attack near the former settlement of Morag in southern Gaza. Palestinian medics said three others were injured.
IAF air strike in south Gaza kills Hamas militant, injures three, Haaretz, November 3, 2007
Israel Defense Forces troops killed a Palestinian gunman during a gunbattle in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, hospital officials said.
They identified the 23-year-old Mahmoud al-Hajj, who was killed in central Gaza near the border fence with Israel, as a member of the Islamic Jihad militant group.
The IDF had no immediate comment.
IDF troops kill Islamic Jihad militant in central Gaza gunbattle, Haaretz, November 1, 2007
Four Hamas policemen were killed when the Israel Air Force shelled a Hamas police position in the southern Gaza Strip, the militant group and Palestinian hospital officials said. The IDF confirmed the strike, saying the attack followed the firing of mortar shells by Hamas at Netiv Haasara, near the Gaza border.
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Just before the strike in Abasan village, east of Khan Yunis, ground troops entered the Gaza Strip, fired a missile targeting a Qassam rocket cell and accidentally hit a home in Gaza City's Jabalya refugee camp. Three Palestinian civilians, including a very small girl, were wounded.
A military spokeswoman said IDF troops operating in the area fired at a Palestinian rocket crew but the missile flew off-target due to a "technical error."
IDF strikes kill four Hamas men, wound 3 civilians, Haaretz, October 30, 2007
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A Hamas militant was killed and another seriously wounded Friday in an Israel Air Force strike in the central Gaza Strip, the militant group said.
The IDF confirmed the strike, saying aircraft targeted militants who were approaching troops operating just inside the central Gaza Strip to stop rocket attacks on Israel.
Earlier Friday, three Palestinian militants were killed and two Israel Defense Forces soldiers lightly wounded during IDF operations in the Gaza Strip.
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On Thursday, an Islamic Jihad militant and two members of Hamas' military wing were killed in separate clashed with IDF troops in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinians: Hamas militant killed, another wounded in IAF Gaza strike, Haaretz, October 26, 2007
The Israel Defense Forces killed two militants of Hamas' armed wing before dawn Thursday, east of the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, Hamas officials said.
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The IDF said it had fired on militants close to the Gaza security fence.On Wednesday two Palestinians were killed during an IDF strike in northern Gaza, Palestinian officials said.
IDF kills two Hamas militants, two Islamic Jihad rocket launchers, Haaretz, October 25, 2007
Missile-firing Israel Air Force aircraft attacked a car carrying gunmen in the central Gaza refugee camp of Nuseirat on Tuesday, and Palestinian sources said a senior member of the militant Popular Resistance Committees, who is also an official of the Hamas-led government, was killed in the attack.
IAF kills senior militant in air strike in Gaza Strip, Haaretz, October 24, 2007
Two Islamic Jihad militants were killed by Israel Defense Forces fire during a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin early Tuesday.
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The Palestinian militants were killed in a Jenin gun battle that erupted when the two attempted to escape from a house that had been surrounded by troops from the elite Duvdevan undercover unit in the Sabah el-Kheir neighborhood.
Two Islamic Jihad militants killed, one IDF officer hurt in Jenin raid, Haaretz, October 23, 2007
An Israel Air Force strike injured at least four Hamas gunmen in the northern Gaza Strip early Sunday, medical workers said.
Hamas initially said one its members had been killed, but medical workers said he was still alive. An Israel Defense Forces spokeswoman confirmed an attack but gave no other details.
IAF aircraft on Saturday killed two Islamic Jihad terrorists in a missile strike on a fishing boat off the coast of the Gaza Strip, the IDF said.
The two men were apparently on their way to carry out a terror attack.
IAF strike injures at least four Hamas gunmen in north Gaza, Haaretz, October 22, 2007
A Hamas militant was killed Wednesday morning by an Israel Defense Forces tank shell in the southern Gaza Strip.
Three additional Palestinians were wounded by the fire, including two civilians. The Hamas militant was identified as 20-year-old Hazem Asfor.
The IDF confirmed that ground troops were operating in Palestinian territory, near the Gaza security fence, and said troops fired on militants who had targeted them with an anti-tank rocket.
Hamas militant killed by IDF tank fire in southern Gaza Strip, Haaretz, October 17, 2007
One Palestinian civilian and one militant were shot and killed before dawn on Tuesday during an Israel Defense Forces raid on the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian witnesses and doctors said.
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The civilian, 72-year-old Abd al-Wazir, was shot just as he left his house in the area and later died of his wounds, his family and doctors said.
Two Palestinians, including one militant, killed in IDF Nablus raid, Haaretz, October 16, 2007
One Palestinian was killed yesterday and at least four others were injured during separate incidents in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
A member of Fatah's militant wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, was killed during an incident involving a patrol of undercover Border Police in Jenin yesterday. The dead man is Mohammed Abu Sarur, 20.
Second Al-Aqsa militant killed by IDF in as many days, Haaretz, October 14, 2007
An Israel Air Force strike killed a Hamas militant and wounded five others in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanun Saturday, Hamas and local residents said.
An Israel Defense Forces spokesman said the strike was aimed at a group of Gaza militants that had launched a Qassam rocket at Israel.
The IDF frequently conducts raids and air strikes in the Gaza Strip to try to stop militants from firing rockets into southern Israel.
On Thursday, Israel Defense Forces tanks and infantry units were operating in the central Gaza Strip.
Witnesses: IAF strike kills Hamas militant in Gaza, Haaretz, October 13, 2007
Border Police troops killed a militant from the armed wing of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement in the West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian security and hospital officials said.
Palestinian security officials said the man was killed by undercover forces operating near the West Bank city of Jenin. They said he was shot while driving a wanted Islamic Jihad militant.
Palestinians: Border Police troops kill Fatah militant near Jenin, Haaretz, October 11, 2007
Undercover Israel Defense Forces troops killed one Fatah militant and wounded another during a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus early Wednesday.
Palestinian sources said the raid had targeted the wounded man, a leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade who recently signed a deal granting him amnesty from Israel but did not fulfill several of the document's conditions, group spokesman Mahdi Abu Ghazaleh said.
Witnesses said that an IDF army commando force infiltrated the old city of Nablus disguised as Palestinian security forces, and spoke in Arabic to passersby.
The unit then fired at the militants from rooftops, killing Amar Ein Abousi and injuring Sufian Kandeel, sources from within Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades reported.
Members of the group had said earlier that the two men were armed, but Abu Ghazaleh, who was at the scene of the shooting, said after that they were not.
PA sources: IDF kills Fatah militant, wounds another in Nablus raid, Haaretz, October 10, 2007
The Israel Defense Forces on Friday shot and killed an armed militant near the Israel-Gaza border fence in the central Gaza Strip, Israel Radio reported.
IDF troops kill armed Palestinian near Israel-Gaza border fence, Haaretz, October 5, 2007
Two Palestinians were killed in separate Israel Defense Forces strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning.
In the first incident, a Hamas militant was killed when the Israel Air Force struck a group of militants near the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, Palestinians said. The militant was named as Mohammed Hassan.
Soon thereafter, another Palestinian, Said al-Amur, was killed by IDF fire in Khan Yunis. Local residents said troops and tanks raided an area about 2 kilometers inside Gaza.
Two Palestinians, including Hamas militant, killed in IDF strikes on Gaza, Haaretz, October 3, 2007
Israel Defense Forces troops killed two Hamas militants on Monday in an overnight gunbattle in the Gaza Strip, a Hamas official said.
The IDF said troops shot two armed Palestinian militants who attacked them inside Gaza not far from the border fence.
IDF troops kill 2 Hamas militants in overnight gunbattle in Gaza, Haaretz, October 1, 2007
It was a pretty quiet year, relatively speaking. Only 457 Palestinians and 10 Israelis were killed, according to the B'Tselem human rights organization, including the victims of Qassam rockets. Fewer casualties than in many previous years. However, it was still a terrible year: 92 Palestinian children were killed (fortunately, not a single Israeli child was killed by Palestinians, despite the Qassams). One-fifth of the Palestinians killed were children and teens - a disproportionate, almost unprecedented number. The Jewish year of 5767. Almost 100 children, who were alive and playing last New Year, didn't survive to see this one.
Twilight Zone / The children of 5767, Haaretz comment, September 28, 2007
The Israel Air Force fired missiles at a Qassam rocket launching cell in the northern Gaza Strip Thursday evening, killing one militant, Palestinian sources reported.
The incident occurred in Beit Hanun, after 11 additional Palestinians had been killed in separate strikes in the Gaza Strip.
One Palestinian killed in IAF strike on rocket launching cell in Gaza, Haaretz, September 28, 2007
Eleven Palestinians, including at least seven militants, were killed Wednesday evening and Thursday morning in three separate Israel Defense Forces strikes on the Gaza Strip.
Eleven Palestinians killed in IDF strikes on Gaza Strip, Haaretz, September 27, 2007
Israel killed nine Palestinians in military operations in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and threatened a major ground sweep of the Hamas-run territory to stem cross-border rocket fire.
Five members of the Army of Islam militant group died in an Israeli air strike on their car in Gaza City. In a separate incident, Palestinian witnesses said Israeli shelling killed a gunman and three bystanders in the northern town of Beit Hanoun.
Israel kills 9 in Gaza, warns of big sweep, Reuters, September 26, 2007
It seems that there was a break in the killings during the Yom Kippur holidays.
Medics said on Friday that the number of Palestinians killed during an Israeli operation in a Gaza Strip refugee camp rose to four after a Hamas fighter was shot dead during the incursion.
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The latest death brings to 5,869 the number of people killed in Israeli-Palestinian violence since 2000, most of them Palestinians, according to an AFP toll.
Fourth Palestinian killed in Gaza raid, AFP, September 21, 2007
Israel Defense Soldiers soldiers killed four Palestinians during an incursion in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, hospital officials said.
Four Palestinians killed in IDF raid in Gaza Strip, Haaretz, September 21, 2007
A Palestinian was killed in the West Bank city of Nablus yesterday as Israeli forces continued searching for a Hamas cell that is thought to be attempting to dispatch a suicide bomber on a mission inside Israel. This was the second Palestinian killed in Nablus in 24 hours.
Palestinian killed as Nablus hunt for Hamas cell goes on, Haaretz, September 21, 2007
Israel Defense Forces troops operating against rocket squads in the Gaza Strip on Thursday killed a Palestinian teenager who health officials and witnesses said was hit by shrapnel from a tank shell, then run over by an army bulldozer.
IDF troops kill 17-year-old Palestinian in central Gaza, Haaretz, September 20, 2007
A Palestinian man was killed Wednesday morning in the West Bank city of Nablus, as Israeli forces continue their hunt for a local Hamas-led cell believed to be planning a suicide bombing in Israel.
Palestinian eyewitnesses identified the man as 35-year-old Adib Salim, and added that he was disabled, unarmed, and not involved in the fighting.
Palestinian killed as IDF hunts for Hamas cell in Nablus raid, Haaretz, September 19, 2007
Two Palestinian gunmen were killed yesterday in the West Bank in exchanges of fire with Israel Defense Forces patrols, while Qassam rocket attacks continued to target communities bordering the Gaza Strip.
IDF kills two in W. Bank; six Qassams hit Negev, Haaretz, September 18, 2007
An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian militant were killed on Tuesday in fighting that erupted during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank.
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The PFLP militant was the fourth Palestinian killed by Israeli troops in the past three days in the West Bank. Israel said all were gunmen.
Israeli soldier, Palestinian gunman killed in W.Bank, Reuters, September 17, 2007
HEBRON, West Bank, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed an armed Palestinian on Sunday after shooting broke out between two feuding Palestinian families near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, local residents and medics said.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian in Hebron, Reuters, September 16, 2007
Obviously, Arab terrorists will be eliminated.
Posted by: Peace Now | November 18, 2008 at 04:37 AM
yep, peace,
and the Palestinian kind of arab is well known for being the most dangerous criminal human race ever produced
Posted by: an angry arab's fan | November 22, 2008 at 03:32 PM