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IDF reservist First Sergeant Major Ehud Efrati, 34, who was killed in a gunbattle with Hamas militants in southern Gaza early Monday. (Reproduction)
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IDF reservist killed in gunbattles in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza
By Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents

Israel Defense Forces troops clashed with Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on Monday, leaving one soldier dead and five more wounded. At least one Hamas gunman was also killed in the clashes.

IDF reservist First Sergeant Major Ehud Efrati, 34, of Beit Yehoshua, was killed early Monday in a gunbattle with Hamas forces in the southern Gaza Strip area of Khan Yunis. Two other soldiers were lightly wounded in the clashes.

A Hamas gunman was shot dead during the gunbattle in Khan Yunis, Palestinian officials said. The gunman was named as Mohammed Abu-Tahoon, 22. The IDF said forces in the town shot two gunmen but did not give details of their condition.
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Another IDF soldier suffered moderate wounds when a piece of shrapnel struck him in the neck during a gunbattle with Palestinian militants in the West Bank city of Nablus. He was evacuated to the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva for treatment.

Two other IDF soldiers were wounded Monday, one of them seriously, during a battle with militants in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanun.

IDF tanks and helicopters shelled the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, killing one gunman and wounding at least 10 other people, hospital officials said. The IDF confirmed that its forces were fighting Palestinian gunmen in Beit Hanun, but did not elaborate.

Meanwhile, IDF troops arrested 20 wanted Palestinian militants throughout the West Bank overnight Monday.

Two soldiers from the IDF's Golani Brigade were lightly wounded on Friday during clashes with Hamas forces in the northern Gaza Strip. During the clashes, IDF troops killed Hamas militant, Yusef al-Walida.

Also Friday, four militants were killed in three separate clashes with Israel Defense Forces troops in the Gaza Strip.

Seven Qassam rockets struck the western Negev on Friday. No injuries were caused, but one rocket struck a textile factory in Sderot, causing a fire.

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      1.   TO MY IDF BROTHERS:WE WILL AVENGE YOU 14:23  |  WARRIOR 29/10/07
      2.   A victim of Rabin`s "peace" 14:23  |  Jew 29/10/07
      3.   Israel`s War 14:32  |  Ron 29/10/07
      4.   IDF = Civilian Murdering Force 14:41  |  POP 29/10/07
      5.   condolences 14:47  |  Nabulsi 29/10/07
      6.   to 8 You tried hard 4 times before....Idf stand still. 15:19  |  mb 29/10/07
      7.   IDF Warrior 15:30  |  Elizabeth 29/10/07
      8.   Coldolences to IDF soldier`s family 15:35  |  Malcolm Green 29/10/07
      9.   Hey Haaaretz, what about the guidlines? IDF=swine? 15:57  |  Rami 29/10/07
      10.   POP`s posts are excellent examples of buccal diarrhea. 16:06  |  Murray of Montreal 29/10/07
      11.   IDF soldiers: Thank you, all of you! 16:06  |  Reut 29/10/07
      12.   hat off to the heroic resistance fighters 16:07  |  Jack 29/10/07
      13.   Also thanking the chayalim 16:12  |  Jerusalem Shmuel 29/10/07
      14.   THANKS TO THE IDF, WE ARE A FREE PEOPLE. 16:21  |  Gabriel 29/10/07
      15.   HERO of the IDF 16:27  |  Nephtaly 29/10/07
      16.   # 4=idiot 16:35  |  TOMY 29/10/07
      17.   Sorry POP but you are dead wrong 16:56  |  Murray of Montreal 29/10/07
      18.   so sad 17:01  |  Nerys 29/10/07
      19.   POP 17:04  |  Nerys 29/10/07
      20.   pop 17:04  |  alan 29/10/07
      21.   POP is an idiot 17:06  |  Sabra 29/10/07
      22.   IDF = Pawns of Apartheid 17:10  |  POP 29/10/07
      23.   My condolences 17:20  |  KUTW 29/10/07
      24.   Best wishes to the wounded 17:21  |  KUTW 29/10/07
      25.   Khan Yunis. 17:25  |  Vital 29/10/07
      26.   ENOUGH BLOOD 17:30  |  JH 29/10/07
      27.   No point in mourning those IDF terrorists 17:31  |  Stephen Murray 29/10/07
      28.   what do u expect? 17:38  |  Linda 29/10/07
      29.   Ehud Efrati, z"l 17:42  |  sandra chitayat 29/10/07
      30.   Yes, Pop the IDF is one evil and murdrous force 17:44  |  Dutch 29/10/07
      31.   Another 4 young men dead 17:57  |  Chris Linthwaite 29/10/07
      32.   DUTCH POLICE KILLED A MOROCCAN TERROR SUSPECT! STEPHAN MURRAY ?? 17:58  |  Gabriel 29/10/07
      33.   #4 IDF + Civilian Murdering Force 18:07  |  Jas 29/10/07
      34.   The real sadness here... 18:09  |  Dutch 29/10/07
      35.   THIS DEAR DEAR BROTHER. SENT TO HIS DEATH BY ISRAEL GOV. 18:12  |  Alan 29/10/07
      36.   ISRAEL GOV. THAT SENDS INTO GAZA 100`S OF MILLIONS $S GREEN CASH 18:16  |  Dave 29/10/07
      37.   Dutch and serving 18:26  |  Omran 29/10/07
      38.   candy for everyone 18:48  |  jaw breaker 29/10/07
      39.   Be careful Dutch! 18:50  |  Murray of Montreal 29/10/07
      40.   Congrats to Hamas! 19:07  |  meir 29/10/07
      41.   Occupy Israel.... 19:11  |  POP 29/10/07
      42.   Linda, I would tell you what i think about you... 19:27  |  Nephtaly 29/10/07
      43.   Blessed be his memory... my heart with his family.. 19:28  |  Iguana Pacheca 29/10/07
      44.   pop 44 19:59  |  alan 29/10/07
      45.   POP IS 100% CORRECT! I AGREE 20:06  |  Ian Robertson 29/10/07
      46.   Marray... 20:06  |  KMS 29/10/07
      47.   NO JUSTICE IN THIS WORLD, WARRIOR DEAD AND LINDA ALIVE 20:06  |  Elizabeth 29/10/07
      48.   No 30 Your`e in denial 20:16  |  rob 29/10/07
      49.   Regarding Pop, Steve Murray, Dutch, Tim and their ilk 20:20  |  utagawa 29/10/07
      50.   My deepest condolences... 20:32  |  Ofer 29/10/07
      51.   Bronx Meir? 20:34  |  Ofer 29/10/07
      52.   Omran, I don`t doubt the seriousness of your concern 20:55  |  Dutch 29/10/07
      53.   Don`t Waste Young Lives 21:00  |  Nathan 29/10/07
      54.   #10, Elizabeth... 21:11  |  Silvienne 29/10/07
      55.   What dutch & pop are deliberatly ignoring 21:26  |  Adrian de KLerk 29/10/07
      56.   "Haaretz",I hope you`ld alow writing Mazuz=cretin on his demise, 21:30  |  Absolute Sweden 29/10/07
      57.   POP, why are you even on here. 21:36  |  Doug 29/10/07
      58.   To Gabriel from a Dutchman 21:42  |  Mark B. 29/10/07
      59.   RE 1: TO MY PALESTINIAN BROTHERS, WE WILL AVENGE YOU 21:49  |  JACKAL 29/10/07
      60.   RE 41: POP, GREAT IDEA. ISRAEL SHOULD BE GIVEN TO U.N. 21:50  |  JACKAL 29/10/07
      61.   #32 Gabriel about Stephen Murray 21:52  |  Sarah 29/10/07
      62.   Jackass, it doesnt belong to the UN or the World, ISRAEL BELONGS 22:15  |  Elizabeth 29/10/07
      63.   No 41 POP 22:15  |  Nina 29/10/07
      64.   Hello Murray, I can`t see how you can compare occupations 22:22  |  Dutch 29/10/07
      65.   to Mark B , and Sarah(about stephan murray and dutch )samecrap 22:36  |  Gabriel 29/10/07
      66.   Kudos to the brave IDF 22:42  |  KUTW 29/10/07
      67.   wht do Pop and Gandhi have in comon? 22:51  |  Gabriel 29/10/07
      68.   Ofer You are Blind 22:53  |  Meir 29/10/07
      69.   May he rest in peace (end) 22:54  |  Alexander 29/10/07
      70.   30.Dutch: those good hamas terrorists 22:58  |  KUTW 29/10/07
      71.   dutch and the numbers 23:04  |  Gabriel 29/10/07
      72.   B`Tselem......... oh please 23:10  |  Adrian de Klerk 29/10/07
      73.   Israel is not just another country Gabriel 23:12  |  Mark B. 29/10/07
      74.   #46 Adrian, I am not making the IDF out to be monsters... 23:15  |  Dutch 29/10/07
      75.   and the murderer is none other than ehud olmert 23:19  |  chaim schonbrun 29/10/07
      76.   SINCEREST Condolences to the family of Sergeant Major Ehud Efrati 23:21  |  PETER SM 29/10/07
      77.   Defending the home land 23:35  |  Simon 29/10/07
      78.   #1 Warrior. Playing games. 23:40  |  Maureen Ann 29/10/07
      79.   #48 Doug in Colarado Springs. 23:46  |  Maureen Ann 29/10/07
      80.   No Mouron (Drongo) Anne its more like 5768 actually 00:12  |  Elizabeth 30/10/07
      81.   Doug in Colorado 00:29  |  Sam 30/10/07
      82.