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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 17/06/08
      72.   # 51 HERE COMES THIS IDIOT AGAIN... 20:39  |  misha 17/06/08
      73.   # 52 Salvine/MORON get lost.... 20:40  |  misha 17/06/08
      74.   #49 Silvienne , nothing will ever change 20:41  |  TOMY 17/06/08
      75.   Six more terrorists that Meretz will not be able to free 20:42  |  Binyamin Dissen 17/06/08
      76.   IAF- Mossad-Shin Bet 20:46  |  gastrodoctor 17/06/08
      77.   #52 Silvienne , Are you a Pali ? 20:47  |  TOMY 17/06/08
      78.   Forgive them for they no not what they do. 20:47  |  Ramius 17/06/08
      79.   theres nothing as pathetic as watching all the arab/muslim 20:53  |  terrornator 17/06/08
      80.   Paul Freedman...louder voices don`t mean truth 20:58  |  KMS 17/06/08
      81.   #78 Ramius 21:06  |  Chris Linthwaite 17/06/08
      82.   #39 Indrajaya 21:19  |  Franco 17/06/08
      83.   Qudos IAF well done 21:34  |  Adrian de Klerk 17/06/08
      84.   DAN #81: your parole officer know you have internet access? 21:42  |  Richard S 17/06/08
      85.   Good strikes 21:49  |  KUTW 17/06/08
      86.   27. KMS: Muslim terrorists are Islamofascists 21:52  |  KUTW 17/06/08
      87.   #36, Esther 21:53  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/06/08
      88.   Well done, Israel! 21:54  |  Gina 17/06/08
      89.   Dan you are an immoral person for 21:59  |  JP 17/06/08
      90.   #81 Dan 22:01  |  Chris Linthwaite 17/06/08
      91.   Dan and comparision with the nazis 22:01  |  JP 17/06/08
      92.   #75 Binyamin Dissen: That´s was a good one ! LOL 22:04  |  JP 17/06/08
      93.   COLIN WRIGHT AND THE KILLED 22:06  |  Brant 17/06/08
      94.   Poop let out of its cage again? 22:08  |  Rory 17/06/08
      95.   good news 22:13  |  english jew 17/06/08
      96.   Time to kill those islamofacists once for all 22:19  |  JP 17/06/08
      97.   dan # 81 don`t be a dumbass,not ever poster with a fascistic tone 22:26  |  terrornator 17/06/08
      98.   #80: your post 27 is anti-Semitic on the face of it 22:35  |  Paul Freedman 17/06/08
      99.   Proof that a ceasefire has been signed 22:37  |  Labhras 17/06/08
      100.   To laksh(m)it 22:51  |  admirer 17/06/08
      101.   terrornator @#79 22:59  |  Akiva P 17/06/08
      102.   dan 23:05  |  another dan 17/06/08
      103.   Dan #81 his idea of Nazis 23:06  |  Bill H. 17/06/08
      104.   81, Dan, kill just the terrorists as they just did 23:09  |  The Equalizer 17/06/08
      105.   #81, Nazi sympathiser 23:10  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/06/08
      106.   #103 Another dan to Dan 23:20  |  Labhras 17/06/08
      107.   Check first 23:22  |  Stranger 17/06/08
      108.   Keep it up #81 23:26  |  Alex 17/06/08
      109.   Palestinian numbers are growing: there`s NO genocide! 23:26  |  Arthur 17/06/08
      110.   Congrats IDF 23:32  |  Grateful 17/06/08
      111.   Chris Linthwaite 23:37  |  rich 17/06/08
      112.   Announcement to all 23:44  |  Honest Observation 17/06/08
      113.   91 -Linthwaite the arrogant one 23:51  |  JP 17/06/08
      114.   91 -Linthwaite the arrogant one 23:52  |  JP 17/06/08
      115.   91 -Linthwaite the arrogant one 23:52  |  JP 17/06/08
      116.   91 -Linthwaite the arrogant one 23:53  |  JP 17/06/08
      117.   Let the IDF runs the government for the sake of Israel 23:55  |  JP 17/06/08
      118.   Cipora Julianna Kohn # 88 23:56  |  Gina 17/06/08
      119.   113 - Honest Observation, this is a good advise for 23:57  |  JP 17/06/08
      120.   113 - Honest Observation, Good advise 23:58  |  JP 17/06/08
      121.   113. Honest Observation 23:58  |  KUTW 17/06/08
      122.   Clearly some do not want a cease fire 00:00  |  Mark Lincoln 18/06/08
      123.   Who the hell needs a truce? 00:08  |  Murray the Mongoose 18/06/08
      124.   zionists kill 6 and imagine they won...how sad you are indeed 00:08  |  muslim 18/06/08
      125.   Silvienne 50 00:21  |  ChanahS 18/06/08
      126.   zionist are Nazi 00:35  |  muslim 18/06/08
      127.   #61, Naughty bathroom talk from David Nigel... 00:39  |  Silvienne 18/06/08
      128.   #54, More namecalling from JP...!!! 00:40  |  Silvienne 18/06/08
      129.   #74, TOMY, keep dreaming... 00:42  |  Silvienne 18/06/08
      130.   More disgraceful & immoral killing of Palestinians by IAF 00:43  |  Dutch 18/06/08
      131.   #77, No, TOMY, I`m an American, as you already knew... 00:46  |  Silvienne 18/06/08
      132.   #117, Pity Party for JP....to Chris 00:49  |  Silvienne 18/06/08
      133.   IDF too scared to enter Gaza 00:51  |  khaled 18/06/08
      134.   to 109: Alex 00:51  |  Palestinian in UK 18/06/08
      135.   Israel should be put back on the terrorist list.... 00:55  |  Dutch 18/06/08
      136.   Hamas tech savvy world 01:01  |  allang 18/06/08
      137.   Hamas refuses to heed my warnings 01:01  |  leo 18/06/08
      138.   Another Point 01:09  |  Honest Observation 18/06/08
      139.   106 Cipora, Moral & just societies don`t eliminate people 01:12  |  Dutch 18/06/08
      140.   Honest Observation is 100% right 01:53  |  Thank you HO 18/06/08
      141.   What is KMS talking about!? 01:56  |  Anon 18/06/08
      142.   Pop: Israel Succeeds In Preventing More Terrorists 02:16  |  Brad 18/06/08
      143.   Great work IDF! 02:23  |  Nechama 18/06/08
      144.   Akiva P # 102 calling them pathetic is just bragging on them 02:24  |  terrornator 18/06/08
      145.   # 81 DAN....God forgive you 02:27  |  Lynn 18/06/08
      146.   Palestinian freedom fighters fight on with determination 02:33  |  American in NY 18/06/08
      147.   # 50 Silvienne.....at one time, the whole world was 02:38  |  Lynn 18/06/08
      148.   #112 Rich 02:38  |  Chris Linthwaite 18/06/08
      149.   #118 Silvienne , no I did not know , but 02:41  |  TOMY 18/06/08
      150.   That was a car? 02:46  |  Wow. 18/06/08
      151.   #113 HO - I support the existence of Israel-that proves you wrong 03:28  |  POP 18/06/08
      152.   re #81 Dan `Maybe the Nazis were right after all` 03:28  |  Colin Wright 18/06/08
      153.   Israel doesn`t believe people are innocent until proven guilty 03:36  |  POP 18/06/08
      154.   American in NY @#131 03:41  |  Akiva P 18/06/08
      155.   Dead Pal Terrorists Now In the Court of Allah 03:57  |  Douglas Fireman 18/06/08
      156.   Colin 04:42  |  Ramius 18/06/08
      157.   No Civilians Killed in the IDF preventive counter terrorism 04:46  |  Joseph.E 18/06/08
      158.   Outlawed Hamas Are Thieves . 04:51  |  Joseph.E 18/06/08
      159.   POP`s Nuremberg Fixation 04:54  |  Ramius 18/06/08
      160.   #124 Honest Observer: Why are you thanking yourself...? lol 05:00  |  POP 18/06/08
      161.   POP-#134-Nice Surprise 05:36  |  Honest Observation 18/06/08
      162.   Hamas brothers said they were going to shoot to the last 06:04  |  PETER SM 18/06/08
      163.   POP DID you not say attacking Israel is "FUN"? 06:26  |  PETER SM 18/06/08
      164.   Dan`s Concerns With Man`s Inhumanity To Man 06:38  |  Douglas Fireman 18/06/08
      165.   WRIGHT whats your excuse when you blatantly lie here? 07:02  |  PETER SM 18/06/08
      166.   To #2, Yes MILITANTS!!! 07:37  |  Niva dos santos 18/06/08
      167.   124 Israel is 100 % wrong operating outside the law 07:47  |  Dutch 18/06/08
      168.   Silvienne - impolite slur on the Talmud 07:49  |  Reid 18/06/08
      169.   #87 Cipora , your comment shows your moral sickness 07:55  |  Dutch 18/06/08
      170.   Ramius I agree with you 08:02  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 18/06/08
      171.   #112 Honest Observation? A Remake 09:48  |  Guy From NYC 18/06/08
      172.   #112 Honest Observation? A Remake 09:48  |  Guy From NYC 18/06/08
      173.   #112 Honest Observation? A Remake 09:48  |  Guy From NYC 18/06/08
      174.   Re: Reid #168 . You are a funny guy 09:56  |  Guy From NYC 18/06/08
      175.   Re: Reid #168 . You are a funny guy 09:56  |  Guy From NYC 18/06/08
      176.   Margie: Olive branch? lmao 10:06  |  Guy From NYC 18/06/08
      177.   Margie: Olive branch? lmao 10:06  |  Guy From NYC 18/06/08
      178.   Margie: Olive branch? lmao 10:07  |  Guy From NYC 18/06/08
      179.   GUY FROM NYC 12:42  |  Brant 18/06/08
      180.   TO # 128 etc.Silvienne 13:08  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 18/06/08
      181.   Gunmen now or are they Militants? 15:33  |  Baruch Gold 18/06/08
      182.   180 Teacher/Instruct (answer) 19:20  |  Bill H. 18/06/08
      183.   #140, "Thank you HO" (cute name...not really) 22:44  |  Silvienne 18/06/08
      184.   #108, Alex to Dan 22:52  |  Silvienne 18/06/08
      185.   Latest Cease-Fire 00:15  |  Gary 19/06/08
      186.   Congrats to the IAF! Toda Rabbah 02:16  |  Klomp 19/06/08
      187.   Guy From NYC....2nd TRY 05:17  |  Silvienne 19/06/08
      188.   #176, Guy From NYC....2nd try 05:18  |  Silvienne 19/06/08
      189.   171# Guy from NYC You missed one one thing 05:28  |  Akram Zekaria 19/06/08
      190.   Talkbackers 06:42  |  Umm Danny 19/06/08
      191.   TO # 130 etc.etc.etc.Dutch 09:06  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 19/06/08
      192.   122# Mark Lincoln : He loves evil and hate the truth. 16:29  |  Akram Zekaria 19/06/08
      193.   #186, Klomp....! 17:16  |  Silvienne 19/06/08
      194.   Guy from NYC 23:00  |  Murray the Mongoose 19/06/08
      195.   #194, Murray the Muskrat... 00:19  |  Silvienne 20/06/08
      196.   #191, Teacher/Instruct to Dutch... 00:22  |  Silvienne 20/06/08
      197.   Re:Akram Zekaria 00:33  |  Guy From NYC 20/06/08
      198.   Murray the Marsupial #194 re; Guy from NYC 01:11  |  American in NY 20/06/08
      199.   Klomp # 186 Congrats to the IAF Toda Tutti Frutti 01:41  |  American in NY 20/06/08
      200.   122# Mark Lincoln: Peace at any price is 1000 years of Fascism. 03:39  |  Akram Zekaria 20/06/08
      201.   TAKE NO CAPTIVES FOR MERT TO LET OUT OF THE ISRAELI PRISON!!! 03:57  |  glenna 20/06/08
      202.   #199, Well said, American! 17:10  |  Silvienne 20/06/08
      203.   #198, American in NY... 17:14  |  Silvienne 20/06/08
      204.   169# Guy from NYC Blind Hate of the first order. 06:43  |  Akram Zekaria 21/06/08
      205.   #204, Akram Zekaria to Guy... 08:15  |  Silvienne 22/06/08
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