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Israel kills 10 Palestinian militants in Gaza

Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians, most of them gunmen, on Wednesday in their biggest raid in the Gaza Strip since Hamas Islamists took over the territory two weeks ago, medical workers and residents said.

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  • Published: 09:31 June 27, 2007
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  • A wounded Palestinian is taken to a hospital following an Israeli air strike in Gaza on Wednesday.
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Gaza: Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians, most of them gunmen, on Wednesday in their biggest raid in the Gaza Strip since Hamas Islamists took over the territory two weeks ago, medical workers and residents said.

The operation in Gaza City and the southern town of Khan Younis appeared to signal that Israel intended to keep strong military pressure on Hamas along with its efforts to isolate the militant group financially and politically.

Local residents in the two battle zones said militants fired rocket-propelled grenades and detonated explosive devices in confrontations with Israeli infantry and armour.

Israeli forces killed three gunmen near Khan Younis and four militants and three civilians, including a 12-year-old boy, in Gaza City, medical workers and residents said, putting the number of wounded at more than 45.

At least three of the dead gunmen belonged to Hamas, which seized Gaza this month after routing forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the secular Fatah faction.

An Israeli army spokeswoman in Tel Aviv said an operation was under way, but she gave no specifics.

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