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Last update - 10:17 24/02/2008 Five Palestinians killed in IDF Gaza actions over the weekend By Yuval Azoulay and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel Air Force  Israel Defense Forces ground troops targeted a group of Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip overnight Saturday. The IDF said the target was hit, but it was not clear how many militants had been hurt and what their condition was. Meanwhile, Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired three Qassam rockets into the western Negev Sunday morning. The rockets struck open fields and caused to damage or injuries. IDF actions in Gaza left five Palestinians dead over the weekend. Advertisement Three Palestinians were killed Saturday afternoon in an Israel Air Force air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said. Family members of the three men killed, identified them as an employee of a Jordanian bank, a former government employee, and a student. They said the three had been on a picnic. The IDF confirmed the air strike, but said the three had belonged to a militant cell, and that they had approached the Gaza border in order to fire a mortar shell into Israel when they were killed. The air strike came a day after an Israeli missile killed two Palestinian militants and wounded a third in central Gaza, according to Palestinian medical staff and Hamas security officials. The Hamas officials, who did not wish to be named, said the militants were members of the Islamic Jihad group who were on foot east of the Maghazi refugee camp when they were targeted. The militants had been posted in central Gaza near the Israeli border to observe army movements, Islamic Jihad said. An IDF spokeswoman confirmed an air strike had been carried out against "terror elements" in the Gaza Strip. Israel frequently carries out missile strikes and raids against militants in the Gaza Strip in what it says is an effort to stop them launching rockets into southern Israeli towns and planting bombs along the border that target IDF soldiers. Related articles: Sources: Israel deploys Patriot missiles fearing Hezbollah strike Israel: We are capable of handling Hezbollah threat ANALYSIS: Major IDF operation in Gaza back on the agenda Bookmark to del.icio.us   And the Oscar goes to... Olmert is pulling for Beaufort, saying 'it's time Israel won an Oscar.' Battling on foreign soil Israeli Americans voted Clinton, but Obama won the global primary.   1.   A different solution - Well-being instead politics. 10:47  |  Jean Van Daem 24/02/08   2.   The IDF has become a killing machine. 11:28  |  Dutch 24/02/08   3.   Dutch even IDF machine doesn`t match Hamas Qassam murder factory 22:47  |  Genuine Tosefta 24/02/08   4.   Murderous Qassams? 21:12  |  Palestinian Brit 25/02/08

Today Online Gaza protest of Israeli siege yields disappointing turnout Responses: 233 Bradley Burston: Palestine's doomsday weapon - non-violence - fails its test Responses: 77 Canadian Jew loses bid to have 'Jerusalem, Israel' in passport Responses: 68 Obama`s top adviser: Israel and Arabs must negotiate own peace Responses: 65 Akiva Eldar: AIPAC does not even bother to rally for two-state solution Responses: 22 Rosner's Domain "Reasonable people can agree or disagree on meeting Ahmadinejad" Clinton allies say: Obama bad for Israel (WTR) Iran Could Have Enough Uranium for a Bomb by Year's End (WTR) Poll: Is it time for Israel to end the blockade in Gaza? McCain, a supporter of Israel with a 'Judeophile' brother More Headlines 20:56 U.K. diplomat: Iran may have continued nuclear arms work after 2003 18:46 Woman, two children hurt in Qassam strike on Sderot 21:18 Ramon: PM wants accord with West Bank settlers on unauthorized outposts 18:12 Two IDF officers injured in blast at central Israel base 19:07 Immigration Police detains some 200 African refugees in Tel Aviv 18:07 Official: Egypt frees 21 arrested Gazans, some Hamas activists 21:26 Knesset okays mandatory jail sentence for violence against the elderly 21:20 Gaza protest of Israeli blockade yields disappointing turnout 19:31 Agriculture Min. warns against eggs smuggled from West Bank 18:23 PA: West Bank town of Jericho linked to Jordanian electricity grid 20:06 American tourist drowns in flash flood near Dead Sea Previous Editions Select Day 24 feb 22 feb 21 feb 20 feb 19 feb 18 feb 17 feb 15 feb 14 feb 13 feb 12 feb 11 feb

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