Israel operation kills six Gaza militants

0 Comments | AFP, December, 2007

GAZA CITY (AFP) — Six Palestinian fighters were killed in Israel's largest operation for months against the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the eve of the first Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations since a US summit.

Dual-pronged raids, backed by warplanes in the north and south of the Hamas-run territory, which encountered stiff resistance from Palestinian militants, wounded 15 Palestinians, medical officials said.

Five militants were killed in southern Gaza where around 30 Israeli tanks pushed three kilometres (two miles) into the sector, which local residents said was the deepest Israeli incursion since Hamas seized power six months ago.

An Israeli tank shell killed three members of Islamic Jihad -- Mohammed Abu Hamra, Ibrahim Barud and Jihad al-Aswad, all in...

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