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An Israeli is seen outside a house damaged in a Qassam rocket strike in early March. (AP)
Last update - 01:31 22/04/2008
IDF strikes kill three gunmen in northern Gaza
By Avi Issacharoff, Yuval Azoulay and Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: Gaza, Palestinians, IAF 

The Israel Defense Forces on Monday evening killed three Palestinian gunmen a few hundred meters away from the security fence between Gaza and Israel, close to the northern Gaza town of Jebaliya.

The IDF said the Palestinian militants were trying to infiltrate into Israel.

After an Israel Air Force strike killed one of the group of militants, soldiers from the Givati infantry brigade charged and killed the remaining gunmen. None of the IDF troops were hurt.
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The Givati soldiers, who operate in the area, found upon the bodies of militants AK-47 assault rifles, grenades, and an RPG anti-tank rocket launcher.

In Gaza, the Islamic Jihad said it sent three armed men to attack the Israeli military post at the Erez checkpoint in northern Gaza late Monday, and they clashed with IDF troops.

In recent days, Palestinian militants have repeatedly attacked crossing points between Gaza and Israel. In response, Israel has closed the crossings, cutting off most food, fuel and other vital supplies to Gaza.

The IDF strikes came after a four-year-old boy was lightly wounded in a Qassam rocket attack on a western Negev kibbutz.

The boy was hurt by shrapnel from the rocket, which had been launched by Palestinian militants in northern Gaza. The Qassam struck in Kibbutz Gevim, close to the rocket-weary town of Sderot. He was treated on the scene by Magen David Adom emergency services.

Early Monday, IDF troops killed two Palestinians in two separate air strikes across the Gaza Strip.

One of the Palestinians was killed in a strike that targeted a vehicle in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.

A second strike on Beit Hanoun, in the northern Strip, killed a Hamas militant.

An IDF spokeswoman confirmed an operation had taken place near Beit Hanoun, a border town frequently used by Palestinian factions to launch rockets at Israek.

IDF forces shot two gunmen who tried to attack them and detained more than 30 Palestinians for interrogation before withdrawing, the military spokeswoman said.

Palestinian hospital officials said the body of a Hamas gunman had been retrieved from the scene of the fighting. He had been hit by tank shell, they said.

Eight other Palestinians were wounded in the strikes.

The four-year-old hurt at Kibbutz Gevim had just returned from a trip to the North with his parents, and was wounded as they were parking their car. The rocket caused damage to the windows of houses in the area.

Meanwhile, six Hamas militants were killed over the weekend in a series of IAF strikes on Gaza following the Islamist group's attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing which left more than a dozen IDF soldiers wounded. Hamas' initial plan, to abduct soldiers, was thwarted by the army.

Also over the weekend, two of the Palestinian teenagers wounded in an IAF attack last Wednesday succumbed to their wounds.

The IAF struck Gaza three times following the attack on Kerem Shalom. Three of the militants killed in a weekend strike on Rafah had apparently planned the attack on the crossing.


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      1.   Murderers should not be spared ! 12:26  |  Jean Van Daem 21/04/08
      2.   1The real murderers are in the IDF with their high tech killing 13:42  |  Dutch 21/04/08
      3.   It was immoral to create this gangster state 15:34  |  Dutch 21/04/08
      4.   2&3 Dutch you apparently would not knwo a murderer if He bit you 16:30  |  Robert/Montreal 21/04/08
      5.   They killed two terrorists 16:59  |  KUTW 21/04/08
      6.   #1, Jean Van Daem is quite correct... 17:16  |  Silvienne 21/04/08
      7.   #4, Robert/Montreal... 17:18  |  Silvienne 21/04/08
      8.   #2 Dutch, what should we support? 17:20  |  DR 21/04/08
      9.   #7 Silvienne, blinded by your own ignorance! 18:13  |  DR 21/04/08
      10.   quick, let me predict the Ehuds` response: they will pay for this 18:15  |  Robin Hood 21/04/08
      11.   C`mon Hamas. Do Something Constructive For Your People 18:16  |  Douglas Fireman 21/04/08
      12.   HaAretz does it again 18:22  |  just me 21/04/08
      13.   #6 18:36  |  Mort 21/04/08
      14.   #2 dutch pacifists with bombs 18:55  |  odles 21/04/08
      15.   Silvienne 6 19:08  |  ChanahS 21/04/08
      16.   Hamas ready for peace deal... 19:17  |  Jean Van Daem 21/04/08
      17.   #16 19:58  |  Shmuel 21/04/08
      18.   Silvienne the parrot 20:47  |  Murray of Montreal 21/04/08
      19.   respond to Dutch 21:12  |  Mikey 21/04/08
      20.   #9, DR 22:39  |  Silvienne 21/04/08
      21.   #18, Murray the Mongoose... 22:41  |  Silvienne 21/04/08
      22.   #15, ChanahS... 22:48  |  Silvienne 21/04/08
      23.   14 The differnce between Qassams & Israel`s high tech killing 23:00  |  Dutch 21/04/08
      24.   Silvienne on Dutch`s Side 23:02  |  Reid 21/04/08
      25.   Silvienne on Dutch`s Side 23:02  |  Reid 21/04/08
      26.   DR, It`s so easy to blame the victims & lump people together 23:15  |  Dutch 21/04/08
      27.   Good job, IDF 23:29  |  KUTW 21/04/08
      28.   This is the best reply to the 10 year fake truce 23:32  |  Genuine Tosefta 21/04/08
      29.   What a Laugh! 23:34  |  Douglas Fireman 21/04/08
      30.   tit for tat, olmert, barak, go home, you`re not warriors 23:41  |  david 21/04/08
      31.   21 Silvienne 23:42  |  Oddvark 21/04/08
      32.   #21; Why thank you for the compliment Silvienne 23:43  |  Murray the Mongoose 21/04/08
      33.   I just love it when.... 23:52  |  leo 21/04/08
      34.   Silvienne 22 - with impunity 00:09  |  ChanahS 22/04/08
      35.   Douglas Fireman # 27 00:11  |  ChanahS 22/04/08
      36.   Dutch-Difference btwn kassams and hi-tech 00:16  |  dan 22/04/08
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      39.   Dutch, talk some sense for a change. 01:11  |  Stellar 22/04/08
      40.   Silly & Vain 01:56  |  Ibn Musa 22/04/08
      41.   7 Silly & Vain 01:59  |  Ibn Musa 22/04/08
      42.   #23 Demented Dutch 02:02  |  * BEN JABO 22/04/08
      43.   #7 Silvienneno Israeli Dances and gives out candies , sorry 02:26  |  Robert/Montreal ZION 22/04/08
      44.   DR and others wasting time 02:30  |  Lourdes 22/04/08
      45.   gUMEN gUNMEN.. hAARETZ HAS IT WRONG 03:14  |  Sabra 22/04/08
      46.   Three more dead 03:33  |  Murray the Mongoose 22/04/08
      47.   #23; Dutch the difference is.... 03:44  |  Doc Holliday 22/04/08
      48.   Obviously IDF has no need for "hudna" with Hamas 04:16  |  Voice of Reason 22/04/08
      49.   Totally misunderstood both sides by both sides 04:47  |  H. Shamuel 22/04/08
      50.   Well done IDF and IAF - keep on at the terrorists 05:10  |  Free Gilad Shalit 22/04/08
      51.   Dead On Arrival 05:10  |  Douglas Fireman 22/04/08
      52.   #22 Actually, they do have the right 05:45  |  MaryRose 22/04/08
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      57.   Silvienne , A word on Palestinians "worship death" 08:32  |  Dutch 22/04/08
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      59.   #56: Silvienne what makes your statement any different? 12:04  |  Doc Holliday 22/04/08
      60.   Silvienne (#56) How sure are you? 13:21  |  Gil 22/04/08
      61.   Silvienne (#56) How sure are you? 13:21  |  Gil 22/04/08
      62.   DUTCH (#57) Don`t you think passing candies when people 13:37  |  Gil 22/04/08
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      64.   Silvielle the parrot 14:59  |  Murray the Mongoose 22/04/08
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