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IDF kills three Palestinians, injures 20 others in fighting in the Gaza Strip By Haaretz Correspondents and Agencies , By Avi Issacharoff and Yuval Azoulay Three Palestinians were killed and more than 20 wounded in clashes with Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday, Israel Defense Forces soldiers and Palestinian gunmen clashed in Abassan, along the Gaza-Israel border, and Israeli aircraft carried out at least four missile strikes. Advertisement One missile struck Palestinians who were using abandoned houses as cover, killing a gunman from Islamic Jihad and wounding 14 people, Palestinian sources said. Palestinians identified the dead man as Mahmoud Abu Muslam, 21. An earlier strike wounded six members of Hamas, and three of them were in critical condition, according to Dr. Moaiya Hassanain of the Palestinian Health Ministry. Palestinian witnesses said a total of 25 tanks and armored bulldozers entered Abassan, an area east of Khan Yunis, setting off battles with local militants. Several hours after the Israeli forces withdrew from Abassan, medics also found the body of a Palestinian woman in her home. According to the Palestinian Human Rights Center, the woman was killed when the IDF blew up her front door. The woman, Wafa al-Durma, 33, was mother to seven children. IDF soldiers then detained her children for at least six hours before allowing them to call an ambulance to evacuate their mother's body from the house, the center charged. Yesterday, the Israel Air Force launched two additional strikes in northern Gaza, killing one Palestinian and wounding four others, according to medics. The man killed was a member of Islamic Jihad, security officials said. The missiles struck near the town of Jabalya. The Israel Defense Forces said the missiles targeted a rocket launching squad. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Siniora vs. Hezbollah The Lebanon prime minister accuses Hezbollah of staging a coup. Plant down - again Palestinians say tha Gaza power plant has closed due to a fuel shortage.

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