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Palestinians carry the body of Hamas militant during his funeral in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. (AP)
Last update - 18:09 07/02/2008
Seven Palestinians killed in IDF raid in Gaza; 7 Qassams hit Negev
By Avi Issacharoff and Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Tags: IDF, Israel, Hamas 

Seven Palestinians were killed Thursday, including six militants, in an Israel Defense Forces operation in the northern Gaza Strip, as Gaza militants fired at least seven Qassam rockets at southern Israel.

One of the rockets struck a building in the western Negev town of Sderot, and a civilian was treated for shock.

Two of the rockets hit open areas in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council, causing no damage or injuries.
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The fighting in the Strip erupted earlier in the day after IDF tanks drove several hundred meters into northern Gaza. Hamas militants and IDF troops traded automatic fire, as Israel Air Force aircraft fired missiles and Hamas lobbed mortar shells.

Five Hamas men were killed, three by missiles and two by gunfire, said Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas' military wing. Two were field commanders, he said. The Islamic Jihad faction said one of its militants also died in the clash.

Palestinian medics confirmed that six bodies were removed from the area.

Another Palestinian militant died of wounds on Thursday that he sustained in an airstrike a day earlier in the northern Gaza Strip, Hamas said.

Local residents said IDF tanks and heavy bulldozers penetrated the border fence near the town of Jabaliya in the coastal territory.

The teacher was killed, and two other staffers were hurt, when an IDF surface-to-surface missile struck an agricultural school in the northern town of Beit Hanun, Hamas said. It released no further details, and school officials weren't immediately available for comment.

The IDF, which frequently operates in Beit Hanun against Palestinian rocket squads, said it opened fire in the area at a group of
rocket launchers. "We definitely did not fire at a school," an IDF
spokeswoman said, adding that the military was looking into the report.

IDF troops completed the operation and withdrew from Palestinian territory before noon on Thursday, Israel Radio reported.

The fighting came a day after Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip launched at least 10 Qassam rockets into Israel, lightly wounding a two-year-old and 12-year-old girl.

Late Wednesday, the IAF aircraft also carried out three strikes in Gaza wounding some four Hamas men, according to Israel Radio. The first hit a metal workshop in central Gaza, wounding no one, Hamas said.

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      1.   Not Mentioned 10:22  |  Walid 07/02/08
      2.   teacher? students? 10:50  |  Yoni 07/02/08
      3.   Walid #1 - Not mentioned as well - content of education in school 10:59  |  Johnny 07/02/08
      4.   Life in the Gaza strip. 11:08  |  Harold Lane 07/02/08
      5.   More "Not Mentioned" 11:08  |  yenal 07/02/08
      6.   Wide operation. 11:08  |  Vital 07/02/08
      7.   #1. as long as you foolish arabs shoot... 11:10  |  reuven 07/02/08
      8.   To Walid.... 11:18  |  US CITIZEN 07/02/08
      9.   Yoni and Johnny 11:27  |  Walid 07/02/08
      10.   #3 legitimate targets 11:28  |  Bon Levi 07/02/08
      11.   TACTICS NOT WORKING FOR ISRAEL! 11:33  |  naro 07/02/08
      12.   Qasams as Convenient Tools 11:36  |  Walid 07/02/08
      13.   How many Palestinians killed by Israel since January 2008? 11:42  |  Objective 07/02/08
      14.   To reuven #7 11:44  |  dovale 07/02/08
      15.   Bad luck, only 7 killed 11:48  |  maurice 07/02/08
      16.   Israel should be kicked out of the UN for killing Palestinians 11:50  |  Dutch 07/02/08
      17.   Sensless war and wasted lives 12:07  |  El-Birawi 07/02/08
      18.   Israel deliberately targets children 12:07  |  Michael 07/02/08
      19.   jew terrorists 12:11  |  ?|?|? 07/02/08
      20.   To US Citizen 12:11  |  Michael 07/02/08
      21.   Such angry looking people 12:16  |  SLAVO 07/02/08
      22.   Israeli terror 12:16  |  Minda 07/02/08
      23.   Those shameful killers in the IDF .... 12:19  |  Dutch 07/02/08
      24.   Time to kill ALL of the terrorists...no matter how many 12:19  |  SLAVO 07/02/08
      25.   US Citizen 12:20  |  Walid 07/02/08
      26.   When will the Palestinians understand? 12:26  |  dovale 07/02/08
      27.   zionazi terrorism at its best 12:28  |  immortal 07/02/08
      28.   God bless the Gazans 12:31  |  ELIAS KHOURY 07/02/08
      29.   #1 It will be a blessing when Israelis are kicked out of ME 12:35  |  Dutch 07/02/08
      30.   Kill as many islamofascists as possible 12:43  |  maurice 07/02/08
      31.   Fascism 60 years ago, Islamofascism today 12:44  |  Jean 07/02/08
      32.   To #10,#12 Michael & #11?l?l? or whatever 12:53  |  Don Saliman 07/02/08
      33.   To El-Birawi # 9 12:54  |  dovale 07/02/08
      34.   Michael and Melinda 12:56  |  alan 07/02/08
      35.   To Minda 12:57  |  dovale 07/02/08
      36.   Well Done CONGRATULATIONS to IAF/IDF always... 12:58  |  Antonius Lynn 07/02/08
      37.   Lying Michael 13:13  |  Nik Miller 07/02/08
      38.   Michael no 10 13:19  |  Allon 07/02/08
      39.   Michael # 10 That Is Categorically False 13:38  |  Jeff Northridge 07/02/08
      40.   MINDA yes how Ironic 13:48  |  Gil 07/02/08
      41.   MINDA yes how Ironic 13:49  |  Gil 07/02/08
      42.   #19 13:52  |  ?|?|? 07/02/08
      43.   #19, who blew up king david hotel? 13:53  |  ?|?|?|?| 07/02/08
      44.   # 1 Walid.....Hello 14:00  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      45.   Offside Alan 14:04  |  Minda 07/02/08
      46.   Answer to your question 27 14:08  |  Minda 07/02/08
      47.   # 16 Dutch ...considering the damage 14:10  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      48.   Bad habits 14:11  |  K 07/02/08
      49.   Pals are in the dictionary under Terrorists 14:15  |  Petra 07/02/08
      50.   "Military Looking Into Report" 14:16  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      51.   Gil is partly right 14:17  |  Minda 07/02/08
      52.   The best picture of the week, ABOVE 14:25  |  maurice 07/02/08
      53.   #21 more double dutch from doris cadigan 14:34  |  v hardman 07/02/08
      54.   Aboul Gheit calls qassams "comical and 14:38  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      55.   Self-defense for Dummies 14:45  |  Ricardo 07/02/08
      56.   IDF is targeting schools now... Jewish values are cool 14:47  |  POP 07/02/08
      57.   #24 Saliman, It seems you are the one brainwashed 14:51  |  Dutch 07/02/08
      58.   We Definitely Didnt Fire At A School 14:51  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      59.   Michael #10 14:55  |  Stranger 07/02/08
      60.   What is missing on that picture above ? 15:06  |  Stranger 07/02/08
      61.   School=Bomb making factory?? 15:10  |  DR 07/02/08
      62.   Seven Palestinians killed in Gaza..... 15:11  |  Dagma 07/02/08
      63.   #50doris continues with more double dutch 15:11  |  v hardman 07/02/08
      64.   why israel is an impracticable state 15:16  |  kaled 07/02/08
      65.   Dead Terrorist for each kassam isn`t fair:hit their funeral!!! 15:19  |  Clara Goldman 07/02/08
      66.   #21 15:29  |  Christian 07/02/08
      67.   Only Seven Palestinians killed? 15:30  |  The Threadmill 07/02/08
      68.   Walid HI 15:34  |  Stranger 07/02/08
      69.   aaaaaatao POP # 49 - The IDF is targetting schools now..... 15:36  |  Dolly 07/02/08
      70.   Their own school was hit by Qassem 15:40  |  idf_sergeant 07/02/08
      71.   Ask Poutine how to fight islamofascism like... 15:47  |  maurice 07/02/08
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