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Last update - 09:03 07/03/2008 Palestinian medics: IDF troops kill farmer in northern Gaza By News Agencies Tags: IDF, Palestinians, Gaza Israel Defense Forces troops shot dead a Palestinian farmer on Friday in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials said. An IDF spokesman denied the report, saying no operations were carried out and no shots were fired in the area. Six members of the militant Palestinian group Islamic Jihad were killed Thursday in three separate IDF strikes in the Gaza Strip. Advertisement IDF tanks opened fire on four militants near the Kissufim border crossing between Israel and the Strip after identifying an attempt to plant explosives, in the same spot where an explosive device killed an IDF soldier earlier Thursday. The four militants were killed. Another militant was killed earlier in an Israel Air Force strike near the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunis. A source in the Islamic Jihad confirmed the dead militant was a member of the group. The strike came several hours after another member of the militant group was killed in an IAF strike targeting a rocket launching squad in the northern Strip. The IAF often targets rocket launching squads in the Gaza Strip in efforts to prevent the ongoing rocket barrages that pound southern Israel nearly every day. Militants in Gaza fired at least eight rockets at southern Israel on Thursday, one of which struck a home in Sderot, wounding four people. The family was home at the time of the attack, and the father, Genadi Polotkov, suffered light to moderate wounds. Three passersby were lightly hurt, and eight people were treated for shock. Flames engulfed the house following the strike, and firefighters rushed to the scene in an effort to put out the blaze. A second rocket fired in the same barrage struck a cooking gas tank next to an empty home, sparking a fire, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. A third Sderot house was hit by a Qassam rocket earlier in the day. There were no injuries in that attack, and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Related articles: 6 Islamic Jihad militants killed in separate IDF actions in Gaza Eight killed when terrorist opens fire in library at Jerusalem yeshiva U.S. accuses Libya of blocking UN condemnation of J'lem attack ANALYSIS: Gazans see attack on yeshiva as unusual achievement Bookmark to del.icio.us   Hunting journalists Who leaked the details of a CIA-Mossad plot against Iran? Farming organic At Or-Gani, Israel's organic revolution is taking on new forms.   1.   Why? 16:07  |  mike 07/03/08   2.   terrorism 19:51  |  US PAL 07/03/08   3.   Stop the lies 20:49  |  Rustam 07/03/08   4.   Lies 21:11  |  Abe 07/03/08

Today Online Bradley Burston: To the Westerner who 'understands' terrorist Responses: 433 A. Issacharoff: Gazans see yeshiva attack as unusual achievement Responses: 202 U.S.: Peace talks must go on despite Jerusalem massacre Responses: 236 Yossi Sarid: Yasser Arafat is dead, but his curse lives on Responses: 54 Rosner's Domain Whose Jerusalem Is It, anyway? Poll: Should Abbas and Olmert continue their talks? An Israeli and a crocodile (WTR) The Israel Factor: What's wrong with Obama? Rosner's Mailbox: Stop focusing on Israel's favorability polls More Headlines 12:08 Egypt official: Gaza conflict serves Syrian interest 09:47 U.S.: Peace talks must go on despite J'lem massacre 04:15 Yeshiva head: J'lem shooting is continuation of 1929 massacre 07:25 IDF arrests three Palestinians who threw bombs at settlement 05:45 Hamas says yeshiva attack 'normal response' to IDF Gaza op 06:02 Dichter: E. J'lem Arabs involved in militant activity should be expelled 11:12 Putin - Not so much pro-Jewish as free from anti-Semitism 00:27 Leon Greenman, only Briton held at Auschwitz, dies at 97 05:07 Carter, Annan to lead peace delegation to Middle East next month 09:44 Four people killed in car accidents across Israel over the weekend 06:59 UN human rights chief, Israel critic, to step down after one term 21:20 Jordan's Abdullah warns failure of Israel-PA peace talks may boost Iran 04:26 Lieberman: Jerusalem attack is product of Arab MK incitement Previous Editions Select Day 07 mar 06 mar 05 mar 04 mar 03 mar 02 mar 29 feb 28 feb 27 feb 26 feb 25 feb 24 feb

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