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IDF troops kill Islamic Jihad militant in central Gaza gunbattle

By Yuval Azoulay, Amos Harel, and Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondents

Tags: Hamas, Palestinians, Israel

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.

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IDF troops regularly stage raids into Gaza to try to prevent Islamic Jihad and other factions from firing rockets or mortars across the border into Israel or at border crossings.

On Tuesday, five mortar shells struck Moshav Netiv Haasara on the Israel-Gaza border, causing damage to a home but no physical injuries. One mortar hit a house with a woman and an infant inside.

Also Wednesday, an 18-year-old Palestinian carrying a pistol, knives and a suicide note was arrested at a Border Patrol checkpoint outside the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron.

The suspect raised the suspicion of Border Police officers after he refused a request to pass through the security checkpoint.

The security establishment is investigating how the youth arrived at the tomb and why he had decided to carry out the attack.

He was taken for questioning by police in Hebron.

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1.	How can this be true?	15:55	\|	Nik Miller	31/10/07

2.	In case Dutch is too busy to write:	16:00	\|	Murray of Montreal	31/10/07

3.	He should be released so he can use his.....	16:47	\|	maurice	31/10/07

4.	Once Again, Checkpoints Save Lives	17:16	\|	Yishai Kohen	31/10/07

5.	Dutch, if he was in d-land he would have been kil like the moroca	17:40	\|	Gabriel	31/10/07

6.	A thought for Israel	20:02	\|	David	31/10/07

7.	Summary Killings (Murder) = War Crimes by the IDF	20:53	\|	POP	31/10/07

8.	#4	21:25	\|	B	31/10/07

9.	POP the islamofascist`s friend is crying.....	21:26	\|	maurice	31/10/07

10.	#7, POP...one smented person!	22:44	\|	DR	31/10/07

11.	Palestinian blood isn`t water...	22:57	\|	Dutch	31/10/07

12.	Armed 18 yr old Arab with suicide note is neither teen nor youth!	23:09	\|	Genuine Tosefta	31/10/07

13.	Dutch # 11	23:46	\|	ChanahS	31/10/07

14.	Murray of Montreal on Dutch	00:12	\|	JG	01/11/07

15.	Jews-Arabs--Separate NOW!	00:19	\|	Bjorn	01/11/07

16.	Ground Ops	00:43	\|	Ron	01/11/07

17.	Dutch - Pal terrorists blood is poison	00:44	\|	Dakkar	01/11/07

18.	day for dutch	00:53	\|	Gabriel	01/11/07

19.	Way to go, boys!	01:10	\|	Moishe Kadish	01/11/07

20.	TO # 7 POP, islamofascist	01:21	\|	Mark Bernadiner	01/11/07

21.	Murray of Montreal to Dutch	01:33	\|	JG	01/11/07

22.	#7...demented, not smented!	01:38	\|	DR	01/11/07

23.	Dutch and Palestinian blood!	01:40	\|	DR	01/11/07

24.	#10 Re: The scum of the earth...	01:47	\|	Dutch	01/11/07

25.	Zionism, Lies and Haaretz.	02:00	\|	It`s propaganda	01/11/07

26.	POP Do not forget,remember your founder`s	04:57	\|	cristo	01/11/07

27.	Chanah Your commnt	05:03	\|	dutch	01/11/07

28.	terrorists are good,peace loving people...	05:58	\|	maria	01/11/07

29.	#17 Dakkar, You comment reminds me of another time in history	20:48	\|	Dutch	01/11/07

30.	For Dutch - The crimes against the Palestinians	00:02	\|	Non Dutch	03/11/07

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