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Israel vows to press ahead with campaign against Gaza militants
By News Agencies
Tags: Israel Air Force, Hamas, Gaza 

Israel on Tuesday pledged to press ahead with its campaign against militants in Gaza, responding to almost daily rocket barrages at Israel.

The military said that on Tuesday, 21 rockets and mortars were fired at Israel by nightfall, bringing the 12-month total over 2,000.

Army Radio reported Tuesday that an Israel Defense Forces had been lightly injured during a mortar shell attack near kibbutz Nahal Oz in the western Negev. The soldier was taken to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva for treatment. On Sunday, four soldiers were lightly hurt when Palestinian militants in Gaza fired mortar shells into an infirmary of a western Negev army base.
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Defense Minister Ehud Barak said "it is time to kill those who carry out attacks against Israelis," but said he was holding off on a large-scale invasion of the Gaza Strip for now.

Barak told Army Radio that Israeli troops killed 27 Gaza militants in the past 10 days and would continue to chase down those operating under Hamas rule.

On Tuesday morning, Palestinian medical workers and Hamas reported that an Israel Air Force air strike had killed at least two Hamas militants and wounded two others in the Gaza Strip.

The missile strike targeted a training base for Hamas' armed wing in central Gaza, the militant Islamist group said.

An Israel Defense Forces spokeswoman confirmed there had been an air strike on a Hamas military position in Gaza.

An IDF spokesperson said that the air strike came in response to a mortar shell that was fired at the western Negev on Monday striking a building in a nearby kibbutz but causing no injuries.

Also on Tuesday, an IDF officer was lightly wounded by a rock thrown while dispersing a gathering of some 500 Palestinians near the West Bank village of Beit Umar.

The IDF soldiers fired tear gas, while the Palestinians threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at the soldiers. One demonstrator was shot in the leg.

Two vehicles belonging to Israelis were stoned and damaged in the area, though no one was injured.

A Palestinian was arrested at the Hawara checkpoint with a knife and a number of bullets. Near Tul Karm, an explosive device was detonated near an IDF patrol and Molotov cocktails were also thrown at soldiers. There were no injuries.


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      1.   Quods IDF well Done 05:18  |  Adrian de Klerk 04/12/07
      2.   dutch`s response 05:22  |  Adrian de Klerk 04/12/07
      3.   Two hamas terrorists( not militants )killed, 05:22  |  cristo 04/12/07
      4.   military action 05:26  |  real vision 04/12/07
      5.   #3 - as usual, once more stupid north-american! 05:42  |  Niva dos santos 04/12/07
      6.   GOD BLESS THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN OF THE IDF KEEPING ISRAEL SAFE 06:33  |  HAL TRIPP 04/12/07
      7.   Necessary Job 07:32  |  Brad 04/12/07
      8.   Keep taking them out 08:49  |  Nemesis 04/12/07
      9.   Kol Akavod IAF, some islamofascists less 09:20  |  maurice 04/12/07
      10.   To Dutch 09:31  |  Natan 04/12/07
      11.   More shameful & barbaric killing of Palestinians by the IAf 09:36  |  Dutch 04/12/07
      12.   Hamas has the right to shoot down the IAF aircraft 09:43  |  Dutch 04/12/07
      13.   #11/12 Dutch 10:43  |  Sheikh Rattle & Roll 04/12/07
      14.   Maureen Anne is silent 11:14  |  aliza 04/12/07
      15.   No need to enter Gaza, just kill them for the air 12:08  |  maurice 04/12/07
      16.   THE ORACLE OF NATICK 13:33  |  Brant 04/12/07
      17.   3 Hamas militants killed 13:50  |  Iamashamed 04/12/07
      18.   My friend Dutch 13:57  |  Labhras 04/12/07
      19.   to17, Iamashamed, as you say...bad luck, only 3 14:22  |  maurice 04/12/07
      20.   Brant, I could not have said it better 14:49  |  Nephtaly 04/12/07
      21.   Shameful Dutch 14:57  |  utagawa 04/12/07
      22.   # 14 Maureen Ann is embarrassed 15:54  |  Lynn 04/12/07
      23.   Only way to win the Kassams-Don`t allow Hamas leaders to sleep 16:06  |  TZEDEK Tirdof 04/12/07
      24.   Dutch: just when i thought you couldn`t be more foolish... 16:25  |  Richard S 04/12/07
      25.   #12 Dutch,hamas has the right to shoot down 17:16  |  TOMY 04/12/07
      26.   #16, 60 yrs of Israel`s Land & War Crimes against Palestinians 17:38  |  Dutch 04/12/07
      27.   Brant, great post#16. Dutch - lost as usual 18:47  |  Polybios 04/12/07
      28.   Lotsa back-patting among the pro-Israels going on... 19:10  |  Silvienne 04/12/07
      29.   Eunuch Barak again with his empty threats.The man is a disgrace 23:51  |  Absolute Sweden 04/12/07
      30.   Terrorists Rights? 23:58  |  MaryRose 04/12/07
      31.   Oh Woe is Me 00:00  |  Real Fake Mock Dutch 05/12/07
      32.   Youshouldbeashamed #17 00:19  |  ChanahS 05/12/07
      33.   #28 Silvienne 00:20  |  leo 05/12/07
      34.   Silvienne # 28 00:27  |  ChanahS 05/12/07
      35.   #5 00:28  |  viking 05/12/07
      36.   29 Barak is not a disgrace...you & other apologists are 00:41  |  Dutch 05/12/07
      37.   #32 ChanahS, Another name for freedom & independence 00:54  |  Dutch 05/12/07
      38.   Dutch- if the homemade rockets are stupid, 01:33  |  ChanahS 05/12/07
      39.   Dutch`s defective comprehension 37 01:34  |  ChanahS 05/12/07
      40.   Polybios, My Response to you 01:53  |  Dutch 05/12/07
      41.   I hope so. when it comes to Hamas terrorists 03:12  |  TOMY 05/12/07
      42.   What a stupid idiot! 03:15  |  Murray of Montreal 05/12/07
      43.   #11 The Parrot Dutch is back 03:17  |  TOMY 05/12/07
      44.   #17 lamashmock,Be asured,everybody will 03:27  |  TOMY 05/12/07
      45.   "Innocent" Arabs killed,standing on a roof 03:33  |  TOMY 05/12/07
      46.   Rockets are not stupid,Dutch IS. 03:39  |  TOMY 05/12/07
      47.   #34, ChanahS... 05:12  |  Silvienne 05/12/07
      48.   #44, TOMY to lakshmi... 05:15  |  Silvienne 05/12/07
      49.   Nr 5- Niva dos Santos , You sided with the 05:51  |  cristo 05/12/07
      50.   #37 Dutch 06:36  |  Franco 05/12/07
      51.   #47 Silvienne 06:55  |  Franco 05/12/07
      52.   Re:#4 the angry jewish american 07:05  |  David 05/12/07
      53.   #48 Silvienne re: TOMY to Lakshmi aka Kali 07:28  |  * BEN JABO 05/12/07
      54.   #36 DEMENTED DUTCH - Dont` you realize 07:31  |  * BEN JABO 05/12/07
      55.   To all the talkback participants 07:48  |  Franco 05/12/07
      56.   #50 cristo 08:06  |  Franco 05/12/07
      57.   #12 the paccifist doris sends pea shooters to gaza 08:57  |  victor hardman 05/12/07
      58.   "those operating under Hamas rule." 12:49  |  Murray 05/12/07
      59.   Legitimate targets? 16:01  |  Murray 05/12/07
      60.   IAMASHAMED 17:12  |  Alan 05/12/07
      61.   #58 Murray - Milan 21:31  |  * BEN JABO 05/12/07
      62.   #59 Murray - Milian 21:32  |  * BEN JABO 05/12/07
      63.   Israel`s right to self-defence! 15:09  |  DR 06/12/07
      64.   #53, Ben Jabo... 17:47  |  Silvienne 06/12/07
      65.   #51, Franco from Roma.... 17:50  |  Silvienne 06/12/07
      66.   #57, Victor Hardman...to Dutch 17:52  |  Silvienne 06/12/07
      67.   #61, Ben Jabo to Murray of Milan... 17:54  |  Silvienne 06/12/07
      68.   #67 Silvienne - Not so innocent, complicit is more like it 02:11  |  * BEN JABO 07/12/07
      69.   #66 Silvienne to Victor 02:17  |  * BEN JABO 07/12/07
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