Israel presses Gaza attacks, kills 5 Palestinians
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Israeli forces backed by tanks and aircraft killed five Palestinians including three gunmen in Gaza on Thursday in raids aimed at curbing an upsurge in militant rocket strikes on the Jewish state.
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An unusual Israeli attack next to a house in Gaza City killed five people, witnesses and hospital officials said, just hours before Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced a crucial party test linked to his plan to pull Israeli forces and settlers out of Gaza.
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The Israeli army killed five Palestinians  in missile strikes Friday as it poured reinforcements into  northern Gaza, expanding a ground offensive intended to root  out militants firing rockets at Israeli towns.
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GAZA CITY: Israeli troops killed five Palestinians yesterday as tanks pushed into the southern Gaza Strip in search of militants behind mortar and rocket fire on Jewish settlements.
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Israel struck back with missiles at Gaza Strip militants Monday after five Israeli troops were killed in a resurgence of violence that has dented hopes of peace after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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Responding to rocket fire, Israel has escalated strikes on Gaza, killing at least 50 Palestinians.
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An Israeli missile strike killed one Palestinian and wounded five early Saturday, hours after militants killed an Israeli-American woman in the first deadly shelling of a Jewish settlement in Gaza in four years of fighting.
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Five Hamas militants are killed in a series of Israeli strikes in southern Gaza, Palestinian officials say.
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The Israeli army killed six Palestinians  in Gaza on Friday as it poured soldiers into the coastal strip,  expanding a ground offensive intended to root out militants  firing rockets into Israeli towns.
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In an escalation of violence today, Israel attacked rocket launchers in Gaza and clashed with Palestinian militants.
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Israel killed six Palestinians in a series of air strikes in Gaza on Saturday, including three senior Islamic Jihad militants and a rocket manufacturer for a wing of Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group.
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Israeli troops killed five Palestinians in Gaza Saturday, including a leading commander in Hamas, Palestinian sources said. Hamas spokesmen said Abdullah Nabhan was killed during
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Israel on Wednesday launched its first major attacks in the Gaza Strip since Hamas took over the territory, killing at least four Palestinian fighters.
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Israeli troops killed five Palestinians on  Thursday as tanks pushed into the southern Gaza Strip in what  the army called a raid to root out militants behind mortar and  rocket fire on Jewish settlements.
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NABLUS, West Bank  - Israel killed five  Palestinian militants in a West Bank raid on Wednesday, keeping  up pressure on armed factions as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  plan for a partial pullout from occupied lands moved forward.
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An apparent Israeli missile attack on a Hamas activist in Gaza City leaves five dead.
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Five Palestinians and three Israelis, including a soldier, were killed in an explosion of violence in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after Israeli combat helicopters launched a wave of air strikes on the territory.