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Palestinians: IAF missiles kill 2 Hamas naval officers in Gaza
By Mijal Grinberg, Yoav Stern and Youval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: IDF, mortar shells, Gaza 

The Israel Air Force on Wednesday killed two Hamas naval police officers when it fired missiles at a Hamas security position in the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian security source and medical workers said.

At least 10 other people were wounded, Hamas radio reported.

An Israel Defense Forces spokesman confirmed that there had been an air strike at a Hamas position near Khan Younis after militants fired 11 mortar shells and Qassam rockets at nearby Israeli communities.
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The IDF said that one of the shells hit the Israeli town of Kerem Shalom, causing damage to a structure there.

Two other shells struck south of Kibbutz Erez and the fifth hit inside Palestinian territory next to the security fence in southern Gaza.

There were no injuries reported in any of the incidents.

Militants and IDF forces clashed in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. In all, at least seven Hamas militants were killed over the course of 24 hours.

The Israel Air Force attacked a Hamas post in Khan Yunis on Tuesday, a few hours after the conclusion of the Annapolis summit. The attack came after a day of mortar shells fired at Israel, with some landing near the Kerem Shalom community.

An IDF source said that the attack was a response to Hamas' firing.

Earlier, a Qassam rocket landed in the Sha'ar Hanegev regional council. No injuries or damage was reported. In total, four Qassam rockets and four mortar shells were fired.

Four Palestinian militants were killed overnight between Monday and Tuesday in three separate clashes with the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip.

On Monday, at least three militants were killed in Gaza in two separate Israeli strikes. In the first incident, an Israel Air Force aircraft launched a missile strike on militants at a mortar launching pad in the northern town of Beit Hanun. One militant was wounded in the incident and at least one other was killed.

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      1.   Does "Haaretz" want readers to feel sorry for the "slain Hamas mi 13:43  |  Absolute Sweden 28/11/07
      2.   RETAKE GAZA NOW, SAY NO TO PALESTINIAN STATE!!! 13:44  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 28/11/07
      3.   DID Hamas fire from a school courtyard this time? 14:00  |  PETER S.M. 28/11/07
      4.   Look at the faces of the kids.... 14:42  |  Lynn 28/11/07
      5.   HAARETZ IS HAMAS PROPAGANDA ORGAN.IT`S FOR FREE,OR GOOD BUSINESS? 15:27  |  THE VOICE)))) 28/11/07
      6.   Haaretz swooned by Hamas..calls them "naval officers 15:33  |  GrossedOut 28/11/07
      7.   The Ballet of Terrorism 15:36  |  POP 28/11/07
      8.   Death Tolls: 20 Palestinians VS. 0 Israelis 15:37  |  POP 28/11/07
      9.   POP 15:50  |  Honest Observation 28/11/07
      10.   POP`s POOP 15:54  |  ChanahS 28/11/07
      11.   POP 16:02  |  Stephen in New York 28/11/07
      12.   children crying 16:05  |  utagawa 28/11/07
      13.   Haaretz falls and falls... why not collaborating with Al-Manar? 16:09  |  Fortuna Benmayor 28/11/07
      14.   "Israeli Terrorism" Was recognized by the whole WORLD yesterday. 16:13  |  POP 28/11/07
      15.   Pop poop 16:16  |  Rory 28/11/07
      16.   8 - you`d think they would do the math and stop 16:19  |  matt 28/11/07
      17.   The Arab culture of death, "honor" crimes..... 16:34  |  maurice 28/11/07
      18.   The virgins are waiting, come on Hamas killers 16:34  |  maurice 28/11/07
      19.   Bravo, IDF! 16:38  |  Doc 28/11/07
      20.   POP FOR HAARETZ EDITOR 16:43  |  Proud Israeli 28/11/07
      21.   POP No. 8: Up Side Down Side 16:44  |  Natan 28/11/07
      22.   Kudos to Israeli Terrorism 16:49  |  POP 28/11/07
      23.   POP-Legit Discussion 16:53  |  Honest Observation 28/11/07
      24.   More terror promised by hamas to 17:09  |  TOMY 28/11/07
      25.   Crying children 17:10  |  Rudy 28/11/07
      26.   #7 POOPs Body count,wrong math 17:16  |  TOMY 28/11/07
      27.   POP are you autistic? 17:18  |  ChanahS 28/11/07
      28.   POPs ridiculous "logic" 17:23  |  SHIMON 28/11/07
      29.   #8 POP goes the weasel 17:32  |  * BEN JABO 28/11/07
      30.   Israel acts like RAPIST: Blames victims of Apartheid. 17:35  |  POP 28/11/07
      31.   #14 POP goes the weasel 17:35  |  * BEN JABO 28/11/07
      32.   A new idiot in town 17:53  |  shockcorridor 28/11/07
      33.   POP, OK we get your view already 17:55  |  Michael 28/11/07
      34.   UNICEF money goes towards these photo ops 18:05  |  Richard S 28/11/07
      35.   POP # 8 - You Are Good At Math. How About 18:05  |  Eli 28/11/07
      36.   Arab is much better at killing than a Jew,caused 5 million deaths 18:44  |  Genuine Tosefta 28/11/07
      37.   That`s called winning, pop #8 18:49  |  Alex Frank 28/11/07
      38.   ok to kill settelers, not militants 18:52  |  Jon 28/11/07
      39.   Correction Lebanon twice Civil war meant Algeria too 19:01  |  Genuine Toseftat 28/11/07
      40.   More journalistic fodder 19:23  |  Mark 28/11/07
      41.   Photo 19:29  |  Gina 28/11/07
      42.   hamas navu officials inGaz 19:38  |  Les 28/11/07
      43.   Saudi Arabia Removes Terrorists Within Their Borders 19:47  |  Sarah 28/11/07
      44.   Hamas has a navy?!?!?!? 20:16  |  Adrian de Klerk 28/11/07
      45.   Terror groups don`t have "naval officers" 20:17  |  Klomp 28/11/07
      46.   Les -- Good point 20:18  |  Gina 28/11/07
      47.   kills 2 navel police officers ... HOW 20:32  |  zionist forever 28/11/07
      48.   Genuine Tosefta #36 20:47  |  Murray of Montreal 28/11/07
      49.   photo 20:47  |  frenz 28/11/07
      50.   POP: BOOB 20:50  |  Mohan 28/11/07
      51.   Don`t make fun of the Palestinian Navy! 20:55  |  Murray of Montreal 28/11/07
      52.   STOP trying to embarass POP 20:57  |  Murray of Montreal 28/11/07
      53.   It`s a diplomatic move. 21:08  |  Colin Wright 28/11/07
      54.   `naval officers?` 21:12  |  frenz 28/11/07
      55.   how israel targets enemies and how terrorists target enemies 21:14  |  david 28/11/07
      56.   The navy is right next door to the movie city 21:32  |  Israeli 28/11/07
      57.   POP POOP 21:56  |  Stayclear 28/11/07
      58.   POP, THE WEASEL 21:57  |  Brant 28/11/07
      59.   ATTENTION: ALL TALKBACK CONTRIBUTORS 23:05  |  Albert Einsten 28/11/07
      60.   AW C`MON EINSTEIN?!?!?!? 23:27  |  Brant 28/11/07
      61.   #60 Sorry Brant but IQ`s do not work that way 23:53  |  Albert Einsten 28/11/07
      62.   Brant #58; Congratulations 00:06  |  Albert Einsten 29/11/07
      63.   Olmerts friends fire missles into Israel 00:31  |  Say NO to Olmert! 29/11/07
      64.   Those pictures? 05:23  |  cristo 29/11/07
      65.   Hamas naval officers? 05:35  |  cristo 29/11/07
      66.   very funny 05:57  |  lee 29/11/07
      67.   Staged photo? 14:29  |  Ian Robertson 29/11/07
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