Israel launches counter-attack on militants
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Israeli forces launched a counter-attack on Gaza City Palestinian militants who blew up an Israeli army base Sunday. The weekend blast at the checkpoint on the Gaza-Egypt border killed five Israeli soldiers
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Palestinian militants fired mortars at Jewish settlements in Gaza overnight in retaliation for Israel&#39;s killing two Hamas militants.
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Israeli troops backed by tanks and bulldozers crossed into southern Gaza to strike at Palestinian militants on Thursday, a day after Israel's defense minister said a broad operation inside the territory was inevitable. Three militants were killed and 12 people were wounded in the fiercest clash.
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Israel poured reinforcements into the  northern Gaza Strip on Friday, expanding a ground offensive  intended to stop rocket attacks on Israeli towns and killing  two Hamas militants in a missile strike.
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Israel massed tanks and troops on the border Friday hours after calling up reserves, as the army announced plans for a ground operation to destroy Hezbollah's tunnels, hideouts and weapons stashes.
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Israeli warplanes attacked two militant bases in southern Lebanon in response to a rocket attack against northern Israel on Sunday, the Israeli army and Lebanese security officials said.
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Palestinian militants hit an Israeli city with a rocket from Gaza for the first time on Tuesday, causing no casualties but drawing a pledge of harsh retaliation from Israel while it was already in the midst of a military offensive.
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Developments Sunday in Israel's offensive against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon:
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Palestinian militants fired a rocket into Israel at dawn Thursday, the Israeli military said, a violation of a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.
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NIZMIT HILL, Israel  - Israeli tanks and troops   massed near Gaza on Tuesday for a threatened offensive against   Palestinian militants as the Israeli government said it would   target Hamas leaders if an abducted soldier was not freed.
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JENIN, West Bank : A force of more than 70 Israeli military vehicles rumbled into the northern West Bank town of Jenin at dawn, sparking firefights with Palestinian militants in what Israeli army sources described as a &quot;routine operation.
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Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip infiltrated into Israel at a key border crossing on Saturday, igniting a fierce gun battle in the biggest raid from the territory since an Israeli soldier was abducted a year ago.
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Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz approved Monday afternoon a series of operations which will be launched in the Rafah area against tunnels used by Palestinians to smuggle weapons and attack Israeli targets.
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Armed groups are urged to end attacks on Israel, as Ariel Sharon threatens to crack down on Palestinian militants.
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RAFAH, Gaza strip  - Palestinian militants   launched on Sunday their first deadly raid into Israel from   Gaza since an Israeli pullout last year, killing two Israelis   in an assault in which several of the attackers also died.
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Israel expanded its military offensive in  northern Gaza with an air strike early on Monday on a militant  stronghold that seriously wounded a senior Hamas leader and  another activist, witnesses and medics said.
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Israel approved a massive new ground offensive into southern Lebanon in an effort Wednesday to inflict further damage on Hezbollah and halt most rocket attacks before the U.N. Security Council demands a cease-fire.