Israeli forces, Hamas militants clash
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Israeli forces killed three Hamas militants during clashes in central Gaza Thursday morning, Palestinian medical sources said.
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Hamas Islamist fighters and forces loyal to Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas battled on Wednesday for control of the Gaza Strip in an escalating Palestinian supremacy struggle he described as "madness".
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Israel lost its first soldier in combat in nine months on Thursday in a confrontation with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, where the Islamist group seized control over rival Palestinian factions a month ago.
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The killing of Hamas leader Izz ed-Din al-Sheikh Khalil in Damascus on Sunday marks another step in the struggle between Israel and the radical Islamic Hamas organisation which has been responsible for a recent spate of suicide attacks.
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Four Palestinian militants were killed in fighting with Israeli troops Thursday in the Gaza Strip, Israel and Hamas officials said.
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Israeli forces killed 11 militants Thursday in one of the deadliest days of combat since Hamas wrested control of Gaza last month, putting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict back at center stage after months of Palestinian infighting.
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Israeli tanks and troops clashed with militants in eastern Gaza early Saturday, Palestinian security officials said, as Israel broadened an incursion to force the release of a captured soldier.
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Israel has escalated its military offensive in Gaza with an air strike on a militant stronghold that killed a senior Hamas leader.
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Palestinian militants attacked a border crossing between central Gaza and Israel on Saturday, sparking a fierce gun battle, local residents and militants said.
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Israeli troops kill two Hamas militants in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say.
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Israeli soldiers kill two Hamas militants in a gun battle in the Gaza Strip, Hamas officials say.
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Israeli troops killed six Palestinians on Wednesday, including four in the first deadly clash in the Gaza Strip since Hamas Islamists took control of the territory by force last week.
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Israeli troops shot at Hamas militants about to fire an anti-tank missile Saturday, setting off an explosion that killed one man and wounded three, the army and hospital officials said.
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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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Israeli forces killed at least six members of the Palestinian movement Hamas during a raid into Gaza.
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One Palestinian was killed, another was injured and five were captured as Israel Defense Forces clashed with armed militants early Sunday in the West Bank city of Jenin.
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Egyptian forces and Hamas police exchanged fire across the Gaza-Egypt border Monday, and defiant Hamas leaders warned they would not permit Gaza's resealed frontier to remain closed for long.