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IAF Gaza strikes kill 6 including gunmen linked to Shalit kidnap
By Avi Issacharoff and Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent and News Agencies
Tags: Hamas, Gaza Strip 

At least six Palestinian militants were killed on Tuesday in a series of Israel Air Force attacks on the Gaza Strip, just as Israel and Hamas were in the final stages of an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire deal.

Among the dead was Muataz Durmush, the second in command of the militant organization Army of Islam. The other casualties were also apparently members of the group. Muataz' half brother Mumtaz is considered the commander of the Army of Islam, which was involved in the 2006 kidnapping of Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit.

Five militants were killed when the IAF attacked a blue Subaru in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis. The strike destroyed the car and the Palestinian Health Ministry said all of its occupants were killed.
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Another militant was killed in an attack on the central Gaza town of Deir el-Balah. The dead man was identified as a member of the Army of Islam, a Palestinian group which shares ideology with al-Qaida.

Two others were wounded in a strike just minutes before in the same town. Their identities were not immediately known.

The IDF confirmed all three of the attacks and said it had targeted militants in vehicles, and said that all three strikes were carried out in accordance with specific intelligence supplied by the Shin Bet security service regarding militant activity.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri condemned the attacks as an attempt to ruin efforts to reach a ceasefire and vowed revenge.

Hamas had said earlier Tuesday that a two-phase truce deal with Israel could start as soon as Thursday and would begin with a three-day cessation of hostilities.

Abu-Zuhri had said then that Egypt would announce the deal soon, "barring any unforseen developments."

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      1.   It`s the Mossad 15:11  |  Arie 17/06/08
      2.   Why its "Five militants" and not "Five terrorists"? 15:19  |  lior 17/06/08
      3.   Things change rapidly in Gaza 15:20  |  Yonatan 17/06/08
      4.   Win the war against terror. 15:22  |  Jean Van Daem 17/06/08
      5.   No mercy with those islamofascists 15:34  |  maurice 17/06/08
      6.   more innocent terrorists killed, shame on us 15:40  |  judith 17/06/08
      7.   Ceasefire to start at 6.00am on Thursday 15:57  |  Chris Linthwaite 17/06/08
      8.   IDF attempts to kill as many Gazans as possible before truce 15:59  |  POP 17/06/08
      9.   IDF = #1 Terrorist Org in the world. Israel is #1 Terror State 16:00  |  POP 17/06/08
      10.   #5. Israel`s Jude-O-Facscists are hard at work killing arabs 16:01  |  POP 17/06/08
      11.   AFTER 50 MISSILES ON ONE DFAY, WHAT WERE THEY EXPECTING???? 16:08  |  Robert 17/06/08
      12.   POP: what`s a "Jude-o-Fascist"? sounds like a karate expert 16:11  |  Richard S 17/06/08
      13.   Not Hamas Members 16:15  |  Ron 17/06/08
      14.   Truce on Thursday. 16:17  |  David Nigel Braham 17/06/08
      15.   I`m dying to hear all the Neo-Zionist scum & their justifications 16:19  |  POP 17/06/08
      16.   to POP 16:24  |  Harry 17/06/08
      17.   POP is hard at work writing usless asinine comments. 16:25  |  Alex 17/06/08
      18.   Hamas should be hunted like Al Qaeda 16:25  |  royzer 17/06/08
      19.   Kill the Enemy 16:30  |  Honest Observation 17/06/08
      20.   6 militants 16:52  |  might makes right 17/06/08
      21.   Ha`aretz and the "militants" 16:57  |  Yonatan 17/06/08
      22.   To Chris:"Ceasefire to start at 6" 16:59  |  Arie 17/06/08
      23.   Just take `em out 17:15  |  Erdogan 17/06/08
      24.   SLY JOB 17:21  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 17/06/08
      25.   #22 Arie 17:37  |  Chris Linthwaite 17/06/08
      26.   intel could have come from Hamas 17:38  |  Paul Freedman 17/06/08
      27.   Nazi Jews calling Muslim Islamofascists 17:46  |  KMS 17/06/08
      28.   Muntaz Dughmush killed, linked to Shalit capture 17:50  |  maurice 17/06/08
      29.   Long Arm Of Israel Got Shalit`s Kidnapper 17:59  |  lakshmi 17/06/08
      30.   Thanks IDF , The world thanks you . 17:59  |  TOMY 17/06/08
      31.   POP, POP, POP,..... 18:03  |  ANDY 17/06/08
      32.   KMS: you know well from Nazii weltenschaung 18:11  |  Paul Freedman 17/06/08
      33.   Kill the Enemy Part 2 18:13  |  Honest Observation 17/06/08
      34.   Honest Observations: From a COWARD in the SAFTEY of the USA 18:29  |  POP 17/06/08
      35.   #26 Paul Freedman 18:33  |  Chris Linthwaite 17/06/08
      36.   Can`t comprehend... 18:33  |  Esther 17/06/08
      37.   Tomy`s world (#30) 18:43  |  jjvanka 17/06/08
      38.   A Suitable Death 18:57  |  Douglas Fireman 17/06/08
      39.   IT`S UP TO EUROPE TO JUSTIFY THIS GENOCIDE 18:59  |  indrajaya 17/06/08
      40.   OOOOOUCCCHHH! BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK 19:00  |  Brant 17/06/08
      41.   #37, jvanka`s twisted world! 19:06  |  DR 17/06/08
      42.   POP- #34 19:08  |  Honest Observation 17/06/08
      43.   #27 - KMS`s Racist Posting 19:14  |  MichaelF 17/06/08
      44.   The sequel 19:15  |  Arie 17/06/08
      45.   #42 HO; Like a rapist, you blame your victims like a true coward 19:16  |  POP 17/06/08
      46.   Pop Goes the Weasel 19:28  |  Douglas Fireman 17/06/08
      47.   Bravo IAF! Now get the rest 19:31  |  August West 17/06/08
      48.   to INDRY 19:32  |  Indrajaya 17/06/08
      49.   #37, jjvanka to TOMY.... 19:36  |  Silvienne 17/06/08
      50.   #43, MichaelF...to KM 19:39  |  Silvienne 17/06/08
      51.   #34, POP...re: Honest Observation 19:45  |  Silvienne 17/06/08
      52.   All the zionist posters here, all out in force... 19:53  |  Silvienne 17/06/08
      53.   Oooh boy! Silvienne and her wisdom are here. 19:58  |  POP2 17/06/08
      54.   silviene, you politicaly correct trash 19:59  |  JP 17/06/08
      55.   Re Brant #40 `OUUUCHHH...` 20:02  |  Colin Wright 17/06/08
      56.   Silvienne 20:03  |  Honest Observation 17/06/08
      57.   Run for cover people! Sharpshooter Silvienne`s ready to fight 20:07  |  POP2 17/06/08
      58.   #52 Silvienne 20:08  |  Chris Linthwaite 17/06/08
      59.   #35, thanks--interesting indeed 20:10  |  Paul Freedman 17/06/08
      60.   HAMAS SHOULD KNOW: Israel will respond any violence. 20:11  |  Vittorio 17/06/08
      61.   Silvienne # 52. 20:15  |  David Nigel Braham 17/06/08
      62.   finally 20:17  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/06/08
      63.   What is the problem? 20:24  |  Cynic 17/06/08
      64.   #37 jjvanka , Read again , armed terrorists 20:34  |  TOMY 17/06/08
      65.   pop is upset 20:34  |  alan 17/06/08
      66.   LMFAO @ HO the COWARD 9/11 & NYC have nothing to do w/Israel 20:34  |  POP 17/06/08
      67.   Why do this on the eve of a truce? What about Shalit`s safety? 20:34  |  Toronto`s Finest 17/06/08
      68.   58 lintiwaite 20:36  |  JP 17/06/08
      69.   58 lintiwaite 20:36  |  JP 17/06/08
      70.   # 50 Here comes Salvine the Moron again... 20:38  |  misha 17/06/08
      71.   Too bad not more thugs were killed! 20:38  |  Gabi