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IDF troops evacuating a wounded comrade Sunday after he was seriously hurt in fighting in the southern Gaza Strip. (Alberto Denkberg)
Last update - 21:52 17/02/2008
IDF soldier seriously wounded in southern Gaza Strip
By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent and News Agencies
Tags: Islamic Jihad, IDF, Gaza 

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was seriously wounded Sunday in a gun battle with Palestinian militants during an arrest raid in the southern Gaza Strip.

The soldier, from the elite Sayeret Matkal unit, was shot in the shoulder and originally categorized in moderate condition. He was airlifted to Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva, but his condition worsened.

Palestinian officials said three militants and a Gaza civilian were killed during the raid. More than 20 people were wounded, including several gunmen and a 45-year-old civilian who lives near the airport and was shot in the head, said Health Ministry official Dr. Moaiya Hassanain.
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In one air strike, three gunmen were killed, including two from Hamas and one from a smaller militant faction, the Popular Resistance Committees, said Health Ministry official Dr. Moawiya Hassanain. A civilian was also killed in the clashes, Hassanain said.

Also Sunday, a Qassam rocket struck a house in the western Negev town of Sderot, damaging the building. One woman was treated for shock.

The fighting erupted at about 1 A.M. Sunday after undercover IDF troops took over several homes near the airport in southern Gaza. IDF tanks and bulldozers moved in to back the troops, and IAF aircraft struck twice, Hamas said.

The IDF said the operation was routine and aimed at militants who regularly fire rockets and mortars at southern Israel. It said one of the air strikes was aimed at militants approaching soldiers.

The bulldozers were razing farmlands in an effort to deny rocket squads cover, and the army was carrying out arrest sweeps of men under 45, Hamas security and residents said. According to Hamas, at least 25 men were arrested.

Earlier Sunday, a militant from Gaza's ruling Hamas movement died of wounds sustained in an Israel Air Force strike last week.

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      2.   Destroy the terrorists. 08:34  |  Jean Van Daem 17/02/08
      3.   Nine militants 08:44  |  akiva (zionist) 17/02/08
      4.   More shameful wounding of Palestinian by the IDF 08:59  |  Dutch 17/02/08
      5.   "IDF backed by aircraft and tanks..." 09:42  |  Silvienne 17/02/08
      6.   Assymmetric Warfare - Silvienne 10:03  |  David 17/02/08
      7.   shameful? 10:21  |  dawn 17/02/08
      8.   Silvienne # 5 10:34  |  ChanahS 17/02/08
      9.   Silvienne - just imagine 10:36  |  ChanahS 17/02/08
      10.   Sylvienne 5 10:38  |  ChanahS 17/02/08
      11.   #5 Silvienne 10:45  |  Franco 17/02/08
      12.   cant be bothered to read silvienne 11:14  |  ct 17/02/08
      13.   # 5 The IDF is a cowardly killing machine... 11:17  |  Dutch 17/02/08
      14.   What a disgusting blend of vandalism & fascism in the IDF 11:20  |  Dutch 17/02/08
      15.   At least three of the four killed were "militants" 11:27  |  MR 17/02/08
      16.   MR 11:47  |  Allon 17/02/08
      17.   Dutch 14 12:25  |  ChanahS 17/02/08
      18.   Dutch and cowards 13 12:26  |  ChanahS 17/02/08
      19.   rabid dutch 13:03  |  danny 17/02/08
      20.   "5" Silvienne 13:12  |  james 17/02/08
      21.   Vandalism by the IDF? 13:28  |  Eli 17/02/08
      22.   Good work IDF! 13:40  |  Nechama 17/02/08
      23.   Three terrorists killed 13:48  |  KUTW 17/02/08
      24.   Qassam strikes Sderot 13:50  |  KUTW 17/02/08
      25.   6. Silvienne: qassam launching, as usual 13:54  |  KUTW 17/02/08
      26.   Dutch-why don`t you join your buddies 13:55  |  Joseph 17/02/08
      27.   These are the victories 15:09  |  dovale 17/02/08
      28.   #21 Hamas will never submit to the infidels in Israel 15:28  |  Dutch 17/02/08
      29.   Silvienne 15:52  |  rich 17/02/08
      30.   Goliath on the rampage again.... 16:01  |  Palestinian Brit 17/02/08
      31.   To #4, 13, 14, 28 - Dutch Jirk - Get real !!! 16:03  |  Yossi 17/02/08
      32.   LEAVE THE WESTBANK 16:03  |  Max 17/02/08
      33.   Victories... 16:04  |  Palestinian Brit 17/02/08
      34.   I anticipate Hamas taking the West bank shortly 16:04  |  Avi 17/02/08
      35.   Silvienne 16:05  |  Nephtaly 17/02/08
      36.   for dutch bag 16:10  |  coffe bob 17/02/08
      37.   Why does Dutch support war crimes? 16:13  |  Joe Sittizen 17/02/08
      38.   Dutch speaks with hatred (emotion) not facts 16:21  |  Michael 17/02/08
      39.   Israelis are naive to core. Want to know why? 16:51  |  John 17/02/08
      40.   Dutch # 4 16:57  |  alan 17/02/08
      41.   #5 Silvienne - Stop being silly 17:09  |  * BEN JABO 17/02/08
      42.   solving the problem -palestinian brit 17:17  |  ka 17/02/08
      43.   #33 Palestinian Brit - I too am in shock 17:20  |  * BEN JABO 17/02/08
      44.   IDF and bully boy tactics 17:37  |  Milo 17/02/08
      45.   #37 Joe Sittizen, Your Absurd claims 17:42  |  Dutch 17/02/08
      46.   Dutch - Intentional acts of murder 18:08  |  Michael Jacobs 17/02/08
      47.   #39 John 18:12  |  James Rassouk 17/02/08
      48.   absurd ratio 18:15  |  rico 17/02/08
      49.   To Dutch # 45, thats what´s tragic.. 18:28  |  dovale 17/02/08
      50.   32 Max: Israel is defending itself from jihad 19:11  |  KUTW 17/02/08
      51.   #5 Sil 19:42  |  Moshe 17/02/08
      52.   To Dutch, re "indigenous people" 19:43  |  Karl M. 17/02/08
      53.   AFGHANISTAN and DOG FIGHTING 19:50  |  judith 17/02/08
      54.   John 39 - You have your knickers in a twist 20:07  |  Free Gilad Shalit 17/02/08
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      56.   Dutch # 45 The Relative Number Of Casualties Is Irrelevant 23:07  |  Jeff Northridge 17/02/08
      57.   dant dant dant -another 1 bites the dust 23:22  |  waste of sand 17/02/08
      58.   No... 23:57  |  Maureen Ann 17/02/08
      59.   foolish terrorists 00:31  |  micheal 18/02/08
      60.   hahahahahaha 00:33  |  POP 18/02/08
      61.   hahahahahaha 00:33  |  POP 18/02/08
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      63.   #5 Silvienne re back up 03:07  |  Adrian de Klerk 18/02/08
      64.   What Israel Should Do 03:43  |  Yechiel 18/02/08
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      67.   dutch pals need not surrender to israel they will be killed so 06:52  |  ralph 18/02/08
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      69.   idf must kill all islamist terrorists evil must be destroyed 06:53  |  ralph 18/02/08
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