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Israeli Air Strikes Kill Five Gaza Militants

Five Palestinian militants have beenthe head of Force 17, Palestinian
killed in three separate Israeli airPresident Mahmoud Abbas' personal
strikes in the Gaza Strip.protection service, saying he had been
Israeli officials say they targetedwanted for six years for carrying out
militants trying to enter Israel, near aterrorist attacks.
crossing point in Gaza, and other HamasIsraeli military forces re-entered the
militants who were traveling in a carGaza Strip in late June, after
laden with explosives. Noa Meir - aPalestinian militants abducted an
spokeswoman for the Israeli DefenseIsraeli soldier in a raid on a Gaza
Forces - says no particular Palestinianborder outpost.
group was targeted.Wednesday, Israeli newspapers report
"It is not a matter of targeting Hamas,defense officials are concerned that
per se, but of targeting thesePalestinian militants are trying to
terrorists and Hamas are theseobtain advanced Russian-made anti-tank
terrorists. The first attack was againstmissiles. The missiles were used by
a Hamas terrorist cell on its way toHezbollah militants in Lebanon during
carry out attacks against Israel," shethe recent conflict there with deadly
said. "There were secondary explosiveseffectiveness. Israeli military
from their car, indicating they were onauthorities say the bulk of their
their way to commit this attack. Thecasualties in Lebanon were caused by the
second was against terrorists who weremissiles, which can penetrate heavy
involved in planning terrorist attacksarmor and reinforced concrete
in the past and in the future."structures.
Tuesday, Israeli border police arrested



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