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Last update - 00:00 15/04/2008
IDF soldier moderately wounded by Gazan sniper
By Amos Harel and Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondents, and AP

ey identified the casualties from the missile attack in Jabalya refugee camp as members of Islamic Jihad, one of several Palestinian militant factions.
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The dead man was named as Mohammed Ghausain, Islamic Jihad's commander in northern Gaza. He was hit while riding his motorcycle in the Jabalya refugee camp, Palestinians said.

The IDF confirmed that its troops had carried out the air strike.

Israel frequently targets Gaza militants in airstrikes, trying to stop daily rocket fire from Gaza at southern Israel.

Earlier Tuesday, Hamas radio reported that militants from the Islamic group had detonated bombs next to several IDF armored vehicles operating in the Gaza Strip.

The IDF troops were operating out of Dir el-Balah, in southern Gaza. The army said that no one was hurt in the explosions.

IDF troops earlier Tuesday hit a Qassam rocket squad in the central Gaza Strip.

Also Tuesday, Palestinian militants fired anti tank rockets and mortar shells at the soldiers. None of the troops were hurt in the incident.

Meanwhile, an Israel Air Force aircraft hit a vehicle in a missile strike in northern Gaza late Monday, killing a person getting out of the car, witnesses and health officials said.

The witnesses said the man was apparently the target of the IAF strike. He was identified as Ibrahim Abu Olba, 42, from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Dr. Moaiya Hassanain of the Palestinian Health Ministry said he died of his wounds in a Gaza hospital. Three bystanders were also hurt, he said.

The DFLP has claimed responsibility for some of the recent rocket attacks on Israel.

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that it carried out the strike targeting Abu Olba, who it said had been involved in a string of attacks against Israel and was planning more.

Israel often targets suspected militants with airstrikes, often targeting rocket squads or their commanders.

The vehicle was hit in the town of Beit Lahiya near the Israel-Gaza border.

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      1.   good job IAF 00:28  |  vik 15/04/08
      2.   "Three bystanders hurt"...just as usual... 00:43  |  Silvienne 15/04/08
      3.   Ibrahim Abu Olba, 42 -There will be joy in the streets 00:43  |  * BEN JABO 15/04/08
      4.   pflp`s response? 01:29  |  Akiva P. 15/04/08
      5.   Response to # 1 Silvienne 03:34  |  Kipperraes 15/04/08
      6.   To Selvienne 04:16  |  Boris 15/04/08
      7.   Lightning Strikes 04:21  |  Doc Holliday 15/04/08
      8.   one less car is good for the fight against global warming 04:27  |  Yadu 15/04/08
      9.   to Silvienne 04:45  |  Claudio 15/04/08
      10.   `suspected militants`? 04:55  |  Jon 15/04/08
      11.   Another disproportionate response 04:57  |  Murray of Montreal 15/04/08
      12.   The "Israeli aircraft" was a drone (CNN) 05:15  |  Murray of Montreal 15/04/08
      13.   Strike down the terrorist with a rock from the hand of David 06:33  |  Theodor 15/04/08
      14.   bystanders 06:45  |  Gregor 15/04/08
      15.   SIlvienne, do the math 06:52  |  Oddvark 15/04/08
      16.   Killing terrorists 07:29  |  Edifice 15/04/08
      17.   Silvienne bystanders in terrorists world are 07:30  |  *BEN JABO 15/04/08
      18.   Israel civilians are targeted... just as usual... 07:44  |  Dan 15/04/08
      19.   #6 Good call Oddvark - silvienne hates it 07:45  |  Adrian de Klerk 15/04/08
      20.   The solution to terror. 07:48  |  Jean Van Daem 15/04/08
      21.   jihad 08:19  |  Di 15/04/08
      22.   Oddvark Silvienne doesn`t understand 08:21  |  Aby 15/04/08
      23.   # 6 to oddvark in fantasyland (2nd try) 08:41  |  eric 15/04/08
      24.   An irrelevance, from Israel`s point of view 09:28  |  Clickfool 15/04/08
      25.   SILVIENNE (#01) Come on Silvienne Iraq is calling you! 09:48  |  Gil 15/04/08
      26.   For poor confused Theodor # 11 09:58  |  Clickfool 15/04/08
      27.   SILVIENNE (#01) Come on Silvienne Iraq is calling you! 10:06  |  Gil 15/04/08
      28.   CLICKFOOL (#22) Come on Clickfool Iraq is calling you! 10:07  |  Gil 15/04/08
      29.   For Gil # 28 10:39  |  Clickfool 15/04/08
      30.   Fantasyland Eric 11:22  |  Oddvark 15/04/08
      31.   BUT HE WAS DRESSED IN CIVILIAN 11:35  |  Robert 15/04/08
      32.   More shocking violence against Palestinians by the IDF 12:03  |  Dutch 15/04/08
      33.   CLICKFOOL (#29) Am I really? 12:20  |  Gil 15/04/08
      34.   Gil, You are one ruthless militant 12:21  |  Dutch 15/04/08
      35.   CLICKFOOL (#29) Am I really? 12:22  |  Gil 15/04/08
      36.   CLICKFOOL (#29) Am I really? 12:39  |  Gil 15/04/08
      37.   #17 IS ANOTHER PATHETIC FAKE POST 13:21  |  * BEN JABO 15/04/08
      38.   #27 Gil - Stop wasting your breath 13:48  |  * BEN JABO 15/04/08
      39.   #24 Chickfool; Why should anyone give a damn about savages? 14:34  |  Ian Robertson 15/04/08
      40.   DUTCH (#34) Hello Dutch how nice of you 15:53  |  Gil 15/04/08
      41.   #27 Gil - I`m going to Sderot to protect our 16:00  |  *BEN JABO 15/04/08
      42.   DUTCH (#32) Come on Dutch Iraq is calling you! 16:24  |  Gil 15/04/08
      43.   If it was Jews hit there`d be dancing in the street 16:59  |  x-ray 15/04/08
      44.   #41 is another PATHETIC FAKE 17:03  |  * BEN JABO 15/04/08
      45.   #27 Gil - Mispar #41 zeh m`zuyaf 17:05  |  * BEN JABO 15/04/08
      46.   there is no joy when someone dies 17:29  |  solem 15/04/08
      47.   dutch you are one ignorant bitch 17:30  |  Gil 15/04/08
      48.   #44 is a pathetic fake poster I am brave 17:45  |  *BEN JABO 15/04/08
      49.   Dutch, are you really that dumb? 17:49  |  DR 15/04/08
      50.   324 Cllickfool continues to miss the point! 17:53  |  DR 15/04/08
      51.   Sad but Necessary 19:03  |  ERSB 15/04/08
      52.   Proves Olmert is out of touch with reality No Truce Here 19:20  |  Shepherd 15/04/08
      53.   #2 - "Silvienne" - Pretty name, ugly ideas 19:44  |  JP 15/04/08
      54.   PUB CRAWLING CLICKFOOL 20:01  |  George W Bush 15/04/08
      55.   Every vehicle owner in Gaza owes Hamas a debt of gratitude! :o) 20:03  |  Murray of Montreal 15/04/08
      56.   Replying to Click and the Other Fools Part2 20:12  |  George W Bush 15/04/08
      57.   Good gracious, Gil, are you also Phil Harris/Victor Hardman? 20:17  |  Clickfool 15/04/08
      58.   Making use of drones 20:18  |  George W. Bush 15/04/08
      59.   For "George W.Bush" # 54 20:21  |  Clickfool 15/04/08
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      61.   The idf are serial killers! This all is part of the slow genocide 20:59  |  lakshmi 15/04/08
      62.   Israelis: Welcome to the rest of your lives 21:12  |  Natallie Durson 15/04/08
      63.   Clickfool (#57) As you wish! 21:38  |  Gil 15/04/08
      64.   Political assassinations 21:48  |  Ban Ki Moon 15/04/08
      65.   #53, JP.... 21:52  |  Silvienne 15/04/08
      66.   #15 Oddvark 21:58  |  Amish 15/04/08
      67.   Gil, Re: Israel is holding an olive branch... 22:03  |  Dutch 15/04/08
      68.   Sillyvienne: Too Many Posts About Too Many Palestinians 22:10  |  Tex 15/04/08
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      70.   #15, Oddvark... 22:18  |  Silvienne 15/04/08
      71.   #25 & #27, GIL, the subject of this debate is not Iraq... 22:21  |  Silvienne 15/04/08
      72.   Silvienne 63 22:22  |  ChanahS 15/04/08
      73.   Silvienne 63 22:22  |  ChanahS 15/04/08
      74.   #22, Aby....quite honestly.... 22:23  |  Silvienne 15/04/08
      75.   #6, Boris... 22:25  |  Silvienne 15/04/08
      76.   #6, Boris... 22:25  |  Silvienne 15/04/08
      77.   another good job IAF 22:26  |  vik 15/04/08
      78.   #5, Kipperraes, your post sounds like a party political tract 22:28  |  Silvienne 15/04/08
      79.   #68, Tex isn`t counting how many posts are addressed to me... 22:29  |  Silvienne 15/04/08
      80.   DR, Re : paving the way towards peace... 22:32  |  Dutch 15/04/08
      81.   Silvienne, #69 - there are rules of war 22:40  |  James 15/04/08
      82.   #69, Silvienne 22:49  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 15/04/08
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      84.   The Iranian teachers and explosive devices. 22:57  |  Stephen. 15/04/08
      85.   Stephen Re Extra Judical killings 23:02  |  Dutch 15/04/08
      86.   To Selvienne and Clickfool, innocent bystanders 23:08  |  Conroy 15/04/08
      87.   #68 Tex, the security fence dissapoints a lot of people 23:16  |  Conroy 15/04/08
      88.   lakshmi...you sound frantic 23:19  |  Lynn 15/04/08
      89.   Statistics don`t lie 23:23  |  Oddvark 15/04/08
      90.   DUTCH (#57) What a Quack you are, Wow 23:29  |  Gil 15/04/08
      91.   Silvienne hits a speed-bump 23:39  |  peter 15/04/08
      92.   #62 Durson; "This is it. A state of permanent war." 23:48  |  Murray of Montreal 15/04/08
      93.   #62 - Durson`s bloodlust 23:50  |  peter 15/04/08
      94.   Silvienne # 69 It`s A Matter Of Intent (part 1) 00:30  |  Jeff Northridge 16/04/08
      95.   SILVIENNE (65) Sorry 4 not putting our head on the Chopping Board 00:34  |  Gil 16/04/08
      96.   #72, Peter... 00:39  |  Silvienne 16/04/08
      97.   #70, Oddvark...ah, so I`m lying, is that so? 00:41  |  Silvienne 16/04/08
      98.   gillian on her won island!!! 00:54  |  talk about dumb 16/04/08
      99.   Silvienne # 69 It`s A Matter Of Intent (part 2) 00:56  |  Jeff Northridge 16/04/08
      100.   Lakshmi 61 00:59  |  ChanahS 16/04/08
      101.   Natallie Durson 62 01:03  |  ChanahS 16/04/08
      102.   #61 lakshmi the hysterical, no genocide 01:38  |  Adrian de Klerk 16/04/08
      103.   # 63 Gil, you can really believe me, at least..... 02:23  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/04/08
      104.   Gaza Strip needs Terrorism Stripping 03:11  |  Zev 16/04/08
      105.   2nd try-Silvienne 69-Israel doesn`t "whine" about Kasam attacks 03:23  |  Stephen in New York 16/04/08
      106.   clickfool 03:27  |  yossi 16/04/08
      107.   #69 - Silvienne - Pretty name, unfamiliar with law of war 03:33  |  JP 16/04/08
      108.   #81, Jeff Northridge... 03:40  |  Silvienne 16/04/08
      109.   #82, Gil--like I`ve said before, Iraq is not the subject... 03:42  |  Silvienne 16/04/08
      110.   Gil--Iraq is not the subject of this debate... 04:38  |  Silvienne 16/04/08
      111.   #86;Jeff Northridge, We agree on the main point but... 04:47  |  Doc Holliday 16/04/08
      112.   #83-Silvienne wallowing in it 04:58  |  peter 16/04/08
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      114.   # 30 to oddvark: how odd? 06:41  |  eric 16/04/08
      115.   Stephen , You are making a mountain out of a molehill 08:14  |  Dutch 16/04/08
      116.   Gil, I have been fighting for Iraqi rights .... 08:49  |  Dutch 16/04/08
      117.   Silvienne (#110) Living in denial? 09:21  |  Gil 16/04/08
      118.   SILVIENNE (#96) Amazing Total of 120 Palestinians killed, REALLY? 09:42  |  Gil 16/04/08
      119.   SILVIENNE (#96) Amazing Total of 120 Palestinians killed, REALLY? 09:43  |  Gil 16/04/08
      120.   DUTCH (#116) Where is your Talk backing on that issue Dutch? 10:31  |  Gil 16/04/08
      121.   #48 Another boring fake post 16:31  |  * BEN JABO 16/04/08
      122.   Dutch 115-all warm and comfy in Natick, MA 19:28  |  Stephen in New York 16/04/08
      123.   #81, James... 00:10  |  Silvienne 17/04/08
      124.   #82, Cipora, Israel must obey internationa law... 00:12  |  Silvienne 17/04/08
      125.   #86, Conroy... 00:15  |  Silvienne 17/04/08
      126.   #107, JP...now you are not going to tell me... 00:22  |  Silvienne 17/04/08
      127.   Gil, 120 Palestinians killed in 5 days reported by Haaretz 07:41  |  Silvienne 17/04/08
      128.   #127 If those are the actual statistics 17:17  |  * BEN JABO 17/04/08
      129.   #128, Ben Jabo... 20:45  |  Silvienne 17/04/08
      130.   #129 Silvienne - Where are your statistic from?? 00:01  |  * BEN JABO 18/04/08
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      132.   Ben Jabo...I watched the clip... 05:36  |  Silvienne 18/04/08
      133.   #132 Silvienne - Israel can`t filter out the 25% 06:24  |  * BEN JABO 18/04/08
      134.   #132 Silvienne - He thinks like the rest of Hamas 06:30  |  * BEN JABO 18/04/08
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      136.   #134, Ben Jabo.. 16:58  |  Silvienne 18/04/08
      137.   #135 Silvienne 18:39  |  * BEN JABO 18/04/08
      138.   #136 Silvienne - For the very last time 18:57  |  * BEN JABO 18/04/08
      139.   #129 Silvienne 19:01  |  * BEN JABO 18/04/08
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      143.   #141 Silvienne 19:15  |  * BEN JABO 19/04/08
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