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An IDF jeep that was damaged in a bomb attack Tues. near the Gaza border in which a soldier was killed and three others were wounded.
(Reuters)
Last update - 00:56 01/01/2009
IAF strikes Gaza after IDF soldier killed near border
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent and Agencies
Tags: Israel News, Gaza, Hamas 

The Israel Air Force attacked targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon, hours after an Israeli soldier was killed and three others were wounded in a Palestinian-rigged bomb attack near the border.

Palestinian witnesses also said by late Tuesday afternoon that Israeli tanks could be seen rolling into the Gaza Strip.

The incident near the border was the first deadly attack carried out by Palestinian militants since a cease-fire went into effect in the coastal strip 10 days ago.
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The soldier, who served as an NCO in the army, was killed when a roadside bomb exploded near an Israel Defense Forces patrol along the Gaza border, near the Kissufim crossing.

The wounded Israelis were identified as an officer, who sustained serious wounds, and an additional NCO and soldier, who were lightly hurt. The wounded were taken for treatment to the Soroka hospital in Be'er Sheva. The soldiers' families have been informed of the incident.

A Palestinian was reportedly killed in ensuing clashes between IDF soldiers and Gaza militants in the area. Heavy gunfire was audible along the border in central Gaza and Israeli helicopters hovered in the air, firing bursts from their machine guns, Palestinian witnesses said.

Gaza medical workers identified the Palestinian killed as a farmer.

Later Tuesday, the Israel Air Force targeted a motorcycle in the southern Gaza Strip, critically wounding two people, Hamas and Palestinian medical officials said. One of those wounded was a Hamas militant, said group spirces.

Hamas: Israel to blame for renewed violence

A political source in Jerusalem said that Israel must respond strongly and fiercely.

Although there was no claim of responsibility for Tuesday's attack on the IDF soldiers, Mushir al-Masri, a Hamas leader, said Israel was to blame for continuing to fire into Gaza. Al-Masri said his group had not agreed to a full cease-fire but only to a lull in fighting.

"The Zionists are responsible for any aggression," he said.

Israel has warned that it would respond harshly to any violations of the cease-fire, which ended the Israel Defense Forces' 22-day offensive against Hamas in Gaza.

Israel's stated goals in the campaign were the halting of cross-border rocket fire, the destruction of Hamas' infrastructure and the restoring of its deterrence. After the operation, Israel declared that it had achieved its objectives.


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      1.   lol...obviously "some" people disagree... 00:30  |  eric 01/01/09
      2.   Hamas has the inalienable right to be irresponsible 00:37  |  S 01/01/09
      3.   Should the army call 911 (police) and press charges 00:44  |  Joseph.E 01/01/09
      4.   PEACE IN MIDWEST 00:55  |  DAVIDE 01/01/09
      5.   Was the arab killed by `friendly` fire ? was he used as human shi 00:04  |  Joseph.E 01/01/09
      6.   Palestinian killed was a farmer 00:05  |  peace 01/01/09
      7.   Not the first 00:07  |  Wissam 01/01/09
      8.   The rest of the world will accept us only, 00:41  |  Allon 01/01/09
      9.   Why the siege of Gaza? 00:49  |  Avraham 01/01/09
      10.   Let the world know, a "lull" is no promise of peace but more war 00:00  |  De 01/01/09
      11.   this is a joke 00:07  |  yosi 01/01/09
      12.   The first of many, the suicide bombings of buses were the first 00:12  |  JO 01/01/09
      13.   IDF soldier and a Palestinian killed. 00:12  |  King Gent 01/01/09
      14.   Israel: Go back to Gaza! 00:16  |  Nechama 01/01/09
      15.   #8...Thats illegal in international law... 00:19  |  johhny 01/01/09
      16.   Hamas` idea of a truce 00:20  |  Murray of Montreal 01/01/09
      17.   Leave Gaza and open borders or Hamas will resume attacks 00:27  |  lydia 01/01/09
      18.   Peace? 00:31  |  dave 01/01/09
      19.   they were to close to the border and threstening security 00:32  |  Hamas spokes person 01/01/09
      20.   The key to Israels failure 00:37  |  Natallie Durson 01/01/09
      21.   I pray for the IDF victims of this pre meditated terrorist attack 00:39  |  Levi 01/01/09
      22.   Israel is responsible for the agression even if we committed it - 00:44  |  ivo 01/01/09
      23.   gain no thing in this war 00:49  |  Imad 01/01/09
      24.   Killing of farmer must be investigated as a war crime 00:54  |  Jens 01/01/09
      25.   Hamas asked ONLY that the crossings be fully opened 00:55  |  Clickfool 01/01/09
      26.   Keep momentum going Israel, DESTROY TERROR 00:16  |  Harvey 01/01/09
      27.   Clickfool 23 00:27  |  ChanahS 01/01/09
      28.   DELETED BY MODERATOR 00:27  |  allang 01/01/09
      29.   Jens et al 00:32  |  ChanahS 01/01/09
      30.   bomb attacks are not "rights" Hamas can not be trusted 00:40  |  Craig 01/01/09
      31.   palestinan right to exit 00:43  |  george 01/01/09
      32.   To Natallie Durson #20 00:44  |  Bob 01/01/09
      33.   322 ivo - Sorry, but I didn`t understand your letter 00:45  |  Yonatan 01/01/09
      34.   By the way, if this attack has shown ONE THING..... 00:46  |  Swiss (Dino) 01/01/09
      35.   #22 sorry for #24 00:47  |  Sydney 01/01/09
      36.   Imad #17 00:32  |  Bob 01/01/09
      37.   Isaac Newtons Law of cause and effect 00:33  |  gee 01/01/09
      38.   #24 - Jens 00:36  |  Bob 01/01/09
      39.   Natallie Durson #20 and Bob #32 00:36  |  Mikael 01/01/09
      40.   "farmer" was probably planting bombs 00:39  |  rehovot 01/01/09
      41.   We should all be afraid of the future 00:39  |  Medo 01/01/09
      42.   Hamas asks only for the borders to be opened for normalized trade 00:47  |  J 01/01/09
      43.   False flag? 00:48  |  Esra 01/01/09
      44.   Durson thinks that she knows everything re Israel. Should Mitchel 00:50  |  Vittorio 01/01/09
      45.   nuttie durston,you nothing but a loud mouthed lier,your first 00:51  |  terrornator 01/01/09
      46.   why Israil declared Arafat as "terrorist"??? 00:57  |  Bulent 01/01/09
      47.   goodies? 00:07  |  Tom 01/01/09
      48.   Barak & Livni & Kadima ministers couldn`t let the IDF finish 00:09  |  Moishe 01/01/09
      49.   #25 Clicky....Let Egypt open Rafah first 00:10  |  Lynn 01/01/09
      50.   Bob #33 00:14  |  NYC Man 01/01/09
      51.   Bulent from Istanbul 00:33  |  David Israel 01/01/09
      52.   Re# 1 Eric, The IDF knows very well what its goals were 00:36  |  Ines 01/01/09
      53.   #24 Jens 00:36  |  ErikfromTO 01/01/09
      54.   #46 Bulent Arafat was a terrorist he even had his own Brigade 00:37  |  Big Sur 01/01/09
      55.   Re # 2 and it is very very succesful at it 00:37  |  Ines 01/01/09
      56.   For Ms Durson, we are always bad mannered 00:39  |  Israeli citizen 01/01/09
      57.   HAMAS HAS A RIGHT TO LIE THROUGH THEIR TEETH 00:40  |  Ian 01/01/09
      58.   #49 Lynn yes Egypt should but then Egypr occupied Gaza once 00:42  |  Big Sur 01/01/09
      59.   A big whopper from you, "Terrornator" # 45 00:46  |  Clickfool 01/01/09
      60.   Israel MUST send a message after EVERY terror outrage 00:46  |  Harvey 01/01/09
      61.   Re #3 Israel and the army did ... 00:50  |  Ines 01/01/09
      62.   #43 Esra...they did have mortars and used them 00:54  |  Lynn 01/01/09
      63.   pals broke the cease fire (again) 00:25  |  Adrian de Klerk 01/01/09
      64.   #59 - correction click fool 00:29  |  Adrian de Klerk 01/01/09
      65.   Re # 5 The arab like so many any other arabs 00:30  |  Ines 01/01/09
      66.   #62 Lynn 00:34  |  Malone 01/01/09
      67.   Viscious Response to Non-Occupation 00:59  |  Brad 01/01/09
      68.   Pros and cons 00:01  |  Natallie Durson 01/01/09
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      83.   Natallie`s pros and cons 00:03  |  Henk R 01/01/09
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      89.   for the record, re: my post # 1 (2nd try) 00:13  |  eric 01/01/09
      90.   # 52 to ines re: what the idf showed the world 00:14  |  eric 01/01/09
      91.   Palestinian prince I was correct 00:36  |  David Israel 01/01/09
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      95.   #74, Ines... 00:03  |  Silvienne 01/01/09
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