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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
      72.   MINDA (#44) What do you mean it is not your Government 16:00  |  Gil 07/02/08
      73.   #1; Wahid Your premise is false ! 16:02  |  Doc Holliday 07/02/08
      74.   32 dear jefff. u omit gazan account of deaths 16:04  |  bozhidar bob balkas 07/02/08
      75.   Lynn 16:25  |  Walid 07/02/08
      76.   50 16:34  |  dave 07/02/08
      77.   MINDA (#44) What do you mean it is not your Government 16:44  |  Gil 07/02/08
      78.   I sure notice the comments about an Arab school 16:46  |  Gee 07/02/08
      79.   Walid 16:50  |  ottomatik 07/02/08
      80.   observe the photo: every one of them a murderer. 16:51  |  frenz 07/02/08
      81.   GOOD JOB, IAF/IDF, GOOD BOYS 16:52  |  BOB KING THE ZIONIST 07/02/08
      82.   no 2 ... maybe youre right yoni... 16:56  |  ravi 07/02/08
      83.   dutch -three short questions 16:57  |  natan 07/02/08
      84.   Michael at Oxford - irrational 17:56  |  john 07/02/08
      85.   # 49 POP....and???????? 17:57  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      86.   # 42 Zionists want to define everything 18:04  |  Fed-up of your lies 07/02/08
      87.   no legitimate targets 18:08  |  peter 07/02/08
      88.   MINDA (#44) What do you mean it is not your Government 18:08  |  Gil 07/02/08
      89.   I wonder 18:19  |  Gee 07/02/08
      90.   POP = POOP 18:20  |  SLAVO 07/02/08
      91.   Radical ISlam is the problem, not israel!!! 18:22  |  DR 07/02/08
      92.   walid 18:34  |  schmidt 07/02/08
      93.   #18 Walid to US citizen 18:40  |  TOMY 07/02/08
      94.   IDF achieves Success in defending it`s territory and population. 18:42  |  The Archives 07/02/08
      95.   Michael#11 "Israel deliberately targets children" 18:55  |  Gary 07/02/08
      96.   michael # 11&13 if israel deliberately targeted children,there 18:56  |  terrornator 07/02/08
      97.   minda # 15 "same actions as the nazis",so,your a lier also! 18:58  |  terrornator 07/02/08
      98.   NATO should nuke Israel 18:58  |  Adonis 07/02/08
      99.   Walid YA walid 18:59  |  GABE1 07/02/08
      100.   elias khoury #21 if you want another leader like arafat,do you 19:01  |  terrornator 07/02/08
      101.   #11 Taget Children 19:03  |  Marc 07/02/08
      102.   Rocket science 19:05  |  mark 07/02/08
      103.   Jeff #32 well researched BUT 19:05  |  Jacob 07/02/08
      104.   John # 56: Michael is no Oxonian 19:08  |  Maynard 07/02/08
      105.   there is no way a people living outside an area 19:11  |  bozhidar balkas 07/02/08
      106.   "Jew Terrorists" #12 19:12  |  Gary 07/02/08
      107.   The Pall bearers look like Orcs 19:14  |  Simon 07/02/08
      108.   Firing from school buildings 19:15  |  Shlomo 07/02/08
      109.   Be like America fighting the Kamakatzis! 19:17  |  Nagasock`em 07/02/08
      110.   "Israeli Terror"/Minda 19:29  |  Gary 07/02/08
      111.   #63, achieves what? day to day assasination 19:38  |  yournamehere 07/02/08
      112.   MINDA (#44) What do you mean it is not your Government 20:09  |  Gil 07/02/08
      113.   MINDA (#44) What do you mean it is not your Government 20:10  |  Gil 07/02/08
      114.   They are martyers 20:12  |  Nashat 07/02/08
      115.   Has the IDF Forgotten How to Fight? 20:29  |  Jimmie 07/02/08
      116.   #70 gary, who else is it? 20:45  |  ?|?|?|?| 07/02/08
      117.   Has anyone noticed this isn`t working? 21:03  |  Tzfonit 07/02/08
      118.   the response fits the crime, never reward the terrorists 21:12  |  JJ 07/02/08
      119.   dutch the un means nothing it lost its soul when the arabs took o 21:20  |  ralph 07/02/08
      120.   dutch pls go to gaza they need your great intellect advise 21:22  |  ralph 07/02/08
      121.   re #2 `teacher? students?` 21:29  |  Colin Wright 07/02/08
      122.   Adonis you`re not too bright or too moral are you? 21:32  |  Iz Ray Leigh 07/02/08
      123.   NATO should Nuke Nato 21:34  |  Jimmie 07/02/08
      124.   Michael in Oxford # 13 21:38  |  ChanahS 07/02/08
      125.   Beit Hanoun -87 21:38  |  Palestinian Brit 07/02/08
      126.   #89 - Another Self-Made Holocaust Victim 21:42  |  Jimmie 07/02/08
      127.   Tzfonit has summed it up most succinctly 21:45  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      128.   Tzfonit # 89 21:54  |  Gabe1 07/02/08
      129.   Our Daily Haaretz Qassam Propaganda Quotient 21:56  |  chet 07/02/08
      130.   To #10. Senseless. 21:59  |  Vital 07/02/08
      131.   POP "ATTACKING Israel fun".Having fun now?? 22:08  |  PETER SM 07/02/08
      132.   ?/?/ KING DAVID WAS MILITARY headquaters.Why don`t the Pals. 22:13  |  PETER SM 07/02/08
      133.   Tzfonit 22:25  |  Danite 07/02/08
      134.   Hello Danite 22:39  |  Tzfonit 07/02/08
      135.   It is Just that Arabic concept of "Tagiyya" 22:53  |  Sandman 07/02/08
      136.   Peter #95 22:58  |  ?|?|?|?| 07/02/08
      137.   Tzfonit Hello 22:59  |  Danite 07/02/08
      138.   Uh Michael, thats slanderous nonsense 23:01  |  Scharker Yid 07/02/08
      139.   #109, we all know arabs dont lie, jew do 23:08  |  ?|?|?|?| 07/02/08
      140.   Schtarker Yid, that simply no longer holds water 23:26  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      141.   Precisely El-Birawi 23:58  |  Mark Lincoln 07/02/08
      142.   Gil,the "honest"man 00:05  |  Minda 08/02/08
      143.   No parity... 00:22  |  Esther 08/02/08
      144.   gaza and its related words 00:22  |  paul 08/02/08
      145.   ?/?/?? So where does the term "Taqiyya" come from? 00:25  |  PETER SM 08/02/08
      146.   IDF Missile hits Palestinian agriculture school. 00:26  |  Maureen Ann 08/02/08
      147.   Senseless 00:27  |  Paul 08/02/08
      148.   doing gaza 00:31  |  Paul 08/02/08
      149.   # 66 Walid ...I`ve been to the site, 00:49  |  Lynn 08/02/08
      150.   # 66 Walid.....the Pal refugee camp in Lebanon 00:53  |  Lynn 08/02/08
      151.   MAUREEN Why don`t you just check Hamas history of using schools 01:05  |  PETER SM 08/02/08
      152.   16 Dutch 01:05  |  leo 08/02/08
      153.   144 peter sm, read abt it dont be fool 01:33  |  ?|?|?|?|?| 08/02/08
      154.   I support the IDF and Israel 01:40  |  Nechama 08/02/08
      155.   ?|?|?|?|Why have Pals almost ALWAYS targetted Israeli civillians? 02:07  |  PETER SM 08/02/08
      156.   # 142 it`s known as "eyewash", esther 02:11  |  eric 08/02/08
      157.   #144, google "taqiyya" and check wikipedia 02:22  |  ?|?|?|?|?| 08/02/08
      158.   ?/?//?.WIKIPEDIA Taqiyya syn. Dissimulation. Exactly right!!! 03:15  |  PETER SM 08/02/08
      159.   agreed with natan 03:42  |  Tziril Esther 08/02/08
      160.   #151 PeterSM. "Israeli Farmers Razed 500 Dunums of Greenhouses.. 04:11  |  Maureen Ann 08/02/08
      161.   Melinda and other leftists 04:16  |  alan 08/02/08
      162.   Gil #40 The ignorance is appalling, isn`t it? 04:16  |  MaryRose 08/02/08
      163.   #51 Reject and Condone? They`re antonyms? 04:20  |  MaryRose 08/02/08
      164.   Lynn #54 you are so right 04:24  |  MaryRose 08/02/08
      165.   #60 Well "Clint/Harry," on my "bad days," 04:31  |  MaryRose 08/02/08
      166.   #61 DR, do you know what the UN has learned? 04:36  |  MaryRose 08/02/08
      167.   #70 thanks for the updage Sarge 04:42  |  MaryRose 08/02/08
      168.   #73 Doc I blame Vanessa Redgrave 04:52  |  MaryRose 08/02/08
      169.   militants 05:07  |  tom 08/02/08
      170.   #74 "finished last in my class" Obviously! 05:07  |  MaryRose 08/02/08
      171.   Peter #151 RE starvation have you read about the flour flap? 05:43  |  MaryRose 08/02/08
      172.   #86 It`s the Palastinians who... 05:54  |  MaryRose 08/02/08
      173.   Walid--why are the Pals firing rockets into Israel? 05:58  |  US Citizen 08/02/08
      174.   MAUREEN AMERICAN Jewish Donors donated 3000 INTACT !!greenhouses. 06:16  |  PETER SM 08/02/08
      175.   MAUREEN Re Your other sites 06:40  |  PETER SM 08/02/08
      176.   BLOCKADE GAZA AND LET IT STARVE TO DEATH 06:51  |  Tom 08/02/08
      177.   MARY Rose Re Pals requring half ton of flour /per person/day 07:12  |  PETER SM 08/02/08
      178.   If Palestinians stop launching rockets? 08:30  |  Joe 08/02/08
      179.   Fix IDF before too late-IDF Gaza raids increas Qassem rocket fire 08:30  |  Yossi Cronenberg 08/02/08
      180.   #22, Minda, I`ve said the exact same thing.... 09:38  |  Silvienne 08/02/08
      181.   Dutch & Walid... 09:41  |  Silvienne 08/02/08
      182.   #26, Dovale.... 09:42  |  Silvienne 08/02/08
      183.   #13, Objective... 09:45  |  Silvienne 08/02/08
      184.   #43, Jewish terrorists blew up the King David hotel...Haganah 09:46  |  Silvienne 08/02/08
      185.   Dutch: Why don`t you follow advice of the nurse Doris Cadigan? 11:20  |  Vittorio 08/02/08
      186.   Silvienne (#173) And it makes you dumb every time you say it! 13:29  |  Gil 08/02/08
      187.   terror acts 14:02  |  Alex 08/02/08
      188.   #186, Gil... 06:44  |  Silvienne 10/02/08
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