Israeli Air Strikes Kill Five Gaza Militants

Five Palestinian militants have been killed in threeTuesday, Israeli border police arrested the head of
separate Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip.Force 17, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas'
Israeli officials say they targeted militants trying topersonal protection service, saying he had been
enter Israel, near a crossing point in Gaza, and otherwanted for six years for carrying out terrorist
Hamas militants who were traveling in a car ladenattacks.
with explosives. Noa Meir - a spokeswoman for theIsraeli military forces re-entered the Gaza Strip in late
Israeli Defense Forces - says no particular PalestinianJune, after Palestinian militants abducted an Israeli
group was targeted.soldier in a raid on a Gaza border outpost.
"It is not a matter of targeting Hamas, per se, but ofWednesday, Israeli newspapers report defense
targeting these terrorists and Hamas are theseofficials are concerned that Palestinian militants are
terrorists. The first attack was against a Hamastrying to obtain advanced Russian-made anti-tank
terrorist cell on its way to carry out attacks againstmissiles. The missiles were used by Hezbollah militants
Israel," she said. "There were secondary explosivesin Lebanon during the recent conflict there with
from their car, indicating they were on their way todeadly effectiveness. Israeli military authorities say
commit this attack. The second was againstthe bulk of their casualties in Lebanon were caused
terrorists who were involved in planning terroristby the missiles, which can penetrate heavy armor
attacks in the past and in the future."and reinforced concrete structures.