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Palestinian police officers check the damage to a car after it was hit by an IAF missile strike in central Gaza on Tuesday. (AP) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 20:59 23/10/2007 IAF kills senior militant in air strike in Gaza Strip By Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff , Haaretz Correspondent, and News Agencies 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. The IDF Spokesman's Office said the men in the car were members of a crew which launched rockets into Israel. Several hours after the air strike, a Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip - the third fired on Tuesday - hit a residential building in Sderot. Several people were treated for shock, and damage was caused to the building. The Palestinian sources identified the dead man as Mubarak al-Hasanat, 37, who they said was a senior official in the Hamas administration's Interior Ministry and the deputy commander of the Popular Resistance Committees, a loose alliance of militants from various factions involved in rocket attacks. Advertisement Witnesses said a missile destroyed the car in the attack, which took place on a coastal road in Hamas-run Gaza. The two rockets fired earlier on Tuesday struck near open areas adjacent to western Negev kibbutzim, causing no damage or injuries. Eight mortars were also fired from inside Gaza, and struck near the Israel-Gaza border fence. The IDF said Tuesday morning that 15 Qassam rockets had been fired at Israel in the previous 24 hours. The Tuesday air strike attack occurred a few hours after Hamas warned that abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit may suffer in retaliation for the death of a Palestinian prisoner Monday in a Ketziot Prison riot. The group's military wing said in a statement it would "not stand idle before the attacks on the prisoners and has painful options for the enemy regarding the case of Shalit and other issues." It did not elaborate. About 1,000 prisoners rioted before dawn Monday at Ketziot Prison in the south, in response to a massive search for concealed weapons that wardens were conducting at the time. One prisoner was mortally injured by the wardens' crowd dispersal equipment. Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in June after street battles with its rival Fatah. Hamas heads the government in Gaza, while Fatah's Palestinian Authority leads a parallel government in the West Bank. Also on Tuesday, two Islamic Jihad militants were killed by Israel Defense Forces fire during a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin. Israel Radio reported that an IDF officer was lightly wounded in the fighting. The two were killed in a Jenin gun battle that erupted when they attempted to escape from a house that had been surrounded by troops from the elite Duvdevan undercover unit in the Sabah el-Kheir neighborhood. One of the two killed was 43-year-old Khaled Reik, a senior leader in the military wing of Islamic Jihad in the northern West Bank. He was believed to have taken part in the planning of several terrorist attacks, including a failed shooting attack outside Tul Karm in July. The second person was named as Mahmoud Jawabreh, Reik's assistant. Related articles: Hamas threatens 'painful options for the enemy' on Gilad Shalit IAF strike injures at least four Hamas gunmen in north Gaza Suspects in plot to assassinate PM Olmert back in custody Bookmark to del.icio.us For their grandparents Many young Israelis are honoring their grandparents' pre-Shoah communities. Something fishy here... Amnon Levy's candid camera show catches frozen fish importer adjusting sell-by dates.   1.   Bravo IAF, one islamofascist less 15:42  |  maurice 23/10/07   2.   HALF a kudo to the IAF 16:35  |  * BEN JABO 23/10/07   3.   Israel has no choice 17:03  |  Ricardo 23/10/07   4.   Munching on letters 17:18  |  Shlomo 23/10/07   5.   Good Job IAF,Keep It Up, Get Rid Of Them All 17:43  |  Shepherd 23/10/07   6.   War Crimes 17:54  |  Paul 23/10/07   7.   #1 = Islam-o-fascists VS. Jude-o-fascists 17:55  |  Paul 23/10/07   8.   Kudos for the War Crimes Israel 18:02  |  Paul 23/10/07   9.   Memories of the Warsaw Ghetto 18:04  |  Paul 23/10/07   10.   Great job IAF keep up the good work! 18:08  |  Matt 23/10/07   11.   Jude-O-Fascists kill more civilians 18:08  |  Paul 23/10/07   12.   Thank you, IDF, thank you very very much!!! 18:20  |  Haya 23/10/07   13.   another one bites the dust 18:24  |  don 23/10/07   14.   paul...since when is a terrorst murderer a civilian? 18:27  |  SHIMON 23/10/07   15.   Bravo the IAF 18:34  |  KUTW 23/10/07   16.   3. BEN JABO: Whole kudos 18:37  |  KUTW 23/10/07   17.   Bravo the IDF, who killed two more 18:41  |  KUTW 23/10/07   18.   If you did not take prisoners 18:42  |  KUTW 23/10/07   19.   7. Paul: Jewish resistance vs Islamofascists 18:45  |  KUTW 23/10/07   20.   #9 Paul 18:48  |  Sol 23/10/07   21.   I just don`t get it 20:27  |  B 23/10/07   22.   More Provocation - Hoping For A Response To Derail Peace Talks 21:09  |  chet 23/10/07   23.   Predictable Zionist assassination before Nov "peace" summit 21:42  |  Joe 23/10/07   24.   PAUL, YOUR POSTS ARE MUSIC TO MY EARS 21:51  |  martyrmaker 23/10/07   25.   mutiple #`s By Paul who is error on what is a war crimes 22:35  |  Sandman 23/10/07   26.   Why was Al Hsanat allowed to reach the age of 37? Negligence ! 22:47  |  Alan 23/10/07   27.   more on Paul the Bovine Scatlogist 22:56  |  Sandman 23/10/07   28.   #9 Paul - Your parents 23:25  |  * BEN JABO 23/10/07   29.   #16 KUTW 23:28  |  * BEN JABO 23/10/07   30.   To #21 Sorry, human sheilds are not allowed 23:28  |  3-ha-ha 23/10/07   31.   11Jewish freedom fighters kill more terrorists 23:44  |  KUTW 23/10/07   32.   Oh, they said it, so it`s correct... 00:19  |  Silvienne 24/10/07   33.   KUTW te IAF needs the TARGET PRACTICE 01:15  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 24/10/07   34.   B perhaps you`re ON to sommething 01:18  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 24/10/07   35.   Israel assassinates an Hamas Gov official 01:24  |  Sarah 24/10/07   36.   Senior Terrorist - USE THE "T" WORD 01:28  |  Dakkar 24/10/07   37.   No Big Deal 01:52  |  Billy T 24/10/07   38.   If such a terrorist can be found, why not Shalit? 02:29  |  Fortuna Benmayor 24/10/07   39.   Instead of the NarrowMinded Propaganda - Any Positive Ideas? 03:27  |  Truth Approached 24/10/07   40.   NONIE DARWISH Speaking to J POST 03:31  |  Brant 24/10/07   41.   #28, Ben Jabo... 18:13  |  Silvienne 24/10/07   42.   #41 Silvienne - Here`s the link AGAIN 00:18  |  * BEN JABO 25/10/07   43.   Sarah - hadn`t you heard 00:20  |  * BEN JABO 25/10/07   44.   PA Police In GAZA?? 12:29  |  Jeff 25/10/07   45.   #42, Ben Jabo...I`ve got the link... 17:00  |  Silvienne 25/10/07   46.   Silvienne - which link 18:20  |  * BEN JABO 25/10/07   47.   #4, Ben Jabo, sorry for the nuttiness... 18:50  |  Silvienne 25/10/07   48.   #47 Silvienne - I told you so!! 06:35  |  * BEN JABO 26/10/07   49.   #48, Ben Jabo...well, you were right... 17:43  |  Silvienne 26/10/07

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