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Palestinians inspecting the wreckage of a car belonging to Hamas militants after it was hit in an IDF strike on Monday. (AP)
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IDF kills 6 Hamas militants said involved in mortar attacks
By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent, and Agencies

Six Hamas militants were killed and one other was wounded Monday in an Israel Defense Forces strike on a car traveling in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said.

The IDF confirmed the strike, saying ground forces fired on a car carrying Hamas militants involved in firing mortar shells at Israeli targets near the Gaza security fence on Sunday. In addition, the army said the militants were involved in Qassam rocket fire at the western Negev earlier in the day.

Four Qassam rockets landed in the western Negev on Monday, causing no damage or injuries.

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The car was leaving a Hamas military installation when it was targeted by Israeli aircraft, killing six people, according to Dr. Muawiya Hassanin of the Palestinian Health Ministry. Hamas officials identified the six as Hamas militants.

The Israeli army spokeswoman said the missile was not fired from an airborne platform.

One of the dead was named as local Hamas commander Mohammed abu Arab.

Hamas said the car was hit as it approached a Hamas security post near the al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

Hamas denied the dead gunmen had fired rockets. It has not claimed any rocket attacks on Israel since its violent takeover of the Gaza Strip from the rival Fatah group in June, although it has fired mortar shells.

Other militant groups have continued to launch many rockets across the border into nearby Israeli towns and agricultural communities causing damage, a few injuries and deaths, great panic among civilians and a disruption of daily life.

In a second strike on Monday, a militant from the Islamic Jihad group was wounded by an Israeli missile after a launching crew fired a rocket at Israel in the northern Strip, militants and Palestinian medical workers said.

The IDF confirmed it had targeted a rocket launching cell near Beit Hanun, and said the operation had been carried out from the ground. The army could not confirm whether anyone had been hit.

An Israeli army spokesman said over 40 makeshift rockets had been fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip since Friday.

Hamas spokesman described Israel's action as an "ugly Zionist massacre" and said "all options were open" for a response.

"The Zionist enemy [Israel] is playing with fire and they will have to shoulder the responsibility for the consequences of this crime," Izz el-Deen al-Qassam spokesman Abu Ubaida said.

Asked whether Hamas would resume firing rockets into Israel, Abu Ubaida added: "If the Zionist enemy fears the possibility of a response with rockets then they should know that we have even more dangerous weapons." He did not elaborate.
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  1.   HAMAS declared WAR: HAMAS meets consequences. Don`t complain,... 17:55  |  Vittorio 20/08/07
  2.   Good for the IAF...keep the price high for terror 18:04  |  The Equalizer 20/08/07
  3.   BRAVO IDF 18:07  |  alan 20/08/07
  4.   Nice Shooting 18:09  |  Steve 20/08/07
  5.   What a shame.... 18:12  |  Peter 20/08/07
  6.   JUSTICE! BRAVO IDF! 18:21  |  don 20/08/07
  7.   A lot of good Hamas is doing 18:30  |  Lynn 20/08/07
  8.   A lot of good Hamas is doing 18:30  |  Lynn 20/08/07
  9.   They got a taste of their own medecine...bravo 18:35  |  maurice 20/08/07
  10.   Well, when you go out to play with fire and murder people, do 18:40  |  Anat 20/08/07
  11.   Deterrent concept has been shelved ? 18:44  |  Ed 20/08/07
  12.   why do you call them militants? 18:50  |  chaim schonbrun 20/08/07
  13.   Boum badaboum, wehere is my head ? gone 18:50  |  jean 20/08/07
  14.   the world is a better place 18:52  |  rich 20/08/07
  15.   Hamas Targets 19:01  |  The Realist 20/08/07
  16.   Which of the regular Jew-haters on this talkback 19:15  |  Mufasa 20/08/07
  17.   ..but there`s oil to power the cars and Qassam launchers? 19:17  |  Richard S 20/08/07
  18.   what really happened 19:20  |  Clickfool secretary 20/08/07
  19.   Six Hamas militants killed 19:22  |  BOB KING 20/08/07
  20.   Great job 19:24  |  KUTW 20/08/07
  21.   Six Hamas militants killed in IDF strike 19:29  |  simon 20/08/07
  22.   5. Peter 19:29  |  KUTW 20/08/07
  23.   7. Lynn 19:32  |  KUTW 20/08/07
  24.   clickfool? Dutch? Chris Linthwaste? Where are you? 19:32  |  Mark 20/08/07
  25.   Kudos To IDF! 19:34  |  Bill Foonman 20/08/07
  26.   RETAKE GAZA W.BANK,DESTROY TERROR,STOP THE CAT 19:35  |  VOICE of mOSHIACH 20/08/07
  27.   World should approve of this 19:38  |  Mario 20/08/07
  28.   IDF and Hamas: business as usual 19:46  |  christoph 20/08/07
  29.   Hamas holding its weekly Bar B Q 19:52  |  Lavy 20/08/07
  30.   6 down 19:53  |  bg 20/08/07
  31.   Six Less Friends For Indrajaya 20:03  |  Yosemite 20/08/07
  32.   Attn: Dutch; Is six dead terrorists in a single vehicle a record? 20:14  |  Murray of Montreal 20/08/07
  33.   The promised 72 years old virgin has new J-Dates 20:29  |  Joseph E . 20/08/07
  34.   Another immoral action by IDF 20:37  |  Dutch 20/08/07
  35.   6 less to worry about 20:47  |  Nemesis 20/08/07
  36.   Why 20:52  |  BRL 20/08/07
  37.   the truth 21:02  |  Clickfool`s friend 20/08/07
  38.   GO IDF, IMMEDIATE, DECISIVE RESPONSE 21:19  |  Ambrose 20/08/07
  39.   A QUESTION OF STATE TERRORISM 21:24  |  indrajaya 20/08/07
  40.   christoph #20 21:30  |  larry from maine 20/08/07
  41.   Haaretz Needs To Call Them Terrorist Not Militants 21:37  |  Hausman 20/08/07
  42.   Great job (2nd try) 21:41  |  KUTW 20/08/07
  43.   5. Peter (2nd try) 21:42  |  KUTW 20/08/07
  44.   Christophe, #20 too simplistic 21:47  |  FOX 20/08/07
  45.   This is no surprise,since it isacompanion piece to the rampages 22:01  |  lakshmi 20/08/07
  46.   #33 Indrajaya, "State terrorism"? 22:05  |  Murray of Montreal 20/08/07
  47.   Hi INDRAJAYA 22:05  |  Mario 20/08/07
  48.   Fox (#45), larry (#41) 22:19  |  christoph 20/08/07
  49.   Christoph#29 22:22  |  Edifice 20/08/07
  50.   BRAVO IDF. 22:25  |  DANNY. 20/08/07
  51.   2faced soverignists 22:33  |  Ablefable 20/08/07
  52.   Larry (#41) 22:35  |  christoph 20/08/07
  53.   FOX (#45) 22:46  |  christoph 20/08/07
  54.   we never do indraya 22:49  |  ross 20/08/07
  55.   #27: Gaza will not be retaken 22:51  |  Paul Freedman 20/08/07
  56.   Indrajaya`s hypocrisy 22:55  |  Michael 20/08/07
  57.   to Dutch#35 23:24  |  Ilya 20/08/07
  58.   Give it up, Hamas 23:40  |  Harry 20/08/07
  59.   Good Shot! 23:56  |  Jane 20/08/07
  60.   Dutch 00:02  |  Gus 21/08/07
  61.   SHARON, OLMERT AND THEIR TERROR STATE 00:17  |  PalestiniansAreAMyth 21/08/07
  62.   35Dutch,greetings,I have already posted but Haaretz has not 00:21  |  lakshmi 21/08/07
  63.   Ross #46 - Amen 00:34  |  Johnny 21/08/07
  64.   The lesson Hams learned: You can`t have it both ways 00:41  |  Conroy 21/08/07
  65.   #35, Dutch 00:50  |  Silvienne 21/08/07
  66.   #39, Ambrose 00:53  |  Silvienne 21/08/07
  67.   #40, Indrajaya 00:54  |  Silvienne 21/08/07
  68.   #32, Yosemite to Indrajaya 00:58  |  Silvienne 21/08/07
  69.   That`s Interesting 01:13  |  Jeff Northridge 21/08/07
  70.   56Silvienne,saw your post to Dutch,understand how you feel,but it 01:14  |  lakshmi 21/08/07
  71.   Silvienne, celebration is normal 01:18  |  Theodor 21/08/07
  72.   Israel should cut off all electricity until Hamas surrenders 01:23  |  Hal 21/08/07
  73.   DARK DAY FOR HAARETZ 01:28  |  JJ 21/08/07
  74.   silvie 01:32  |  bev 21/08/07
  75.   #71, Lakshmi...thanks for your post.. 01:35  |  Silvienne 21/08/07
  76.   #72, Theodor from Zion 01:38  |  Silvienne 21/08/07
  77.   72Theodor,you sound like an evil person,it`s a good thing you did 01:39  |  lakshmi 21/08/07
  78.   #60, Jane 01:39  |  Silvienne 21/08/07
  79.   Feel powerless indrajaya? 01:43  |  Johnny 21/08/07
  80.   #66 sylvienne 01:46  |  duncan 21/08/07
  81.   MORE UNNECESSARY KILLING OF PALESTINIANS BY THE IAF... 01:47  |  Dutch 21/08/07