Israeli strikes in Gaza kill seven Palestinians

0 Comments | AFP, January, 2008

GAZA CITY (AFP) — Israeli forces in the northern Gaza Strip killed seven Palestinians overnight, including three militants from the Hamas movement that has ruled the Gaza Strip since June, medics said on Wednesday.

In the largest operation, a helicopter strike near Gaza City killed six militants and wounded another 11 people, Palestinian medics said.

Three of them were from the armed wing of Hamas, two from the Popular Resistance Committees and the sixth was a member of the armed wing of the radical Islamic Jihad movement.

An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed there was an operation in Gaza during which Israeli troops opened fire after coming under attack from small arms and anti-tank rockets before calling in an aircraft.

On Wednesday night...

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