A Hamas militant and an Israeli soldier were killed today in clashes in the southern Gaza Strip.

An Israeli warplane today attacked the home of a senior Palestinian militant killed by Israeli troops last week.

Israeli troops backed by airstrikes today killed five Palestinians, including two civilians, in an operation against rocket launchers in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses and Palestinian medics said.

An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinian militants in the southern Gaza Strip early today, Palestinian witnesses and officials said.

An Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza killed a Hamas militant today who approached the fence separating Israel and Gaza, Hamas said.

At least three people were believed killed when Israeli aircraft fired at militants in the southern Gaza Strip today, the army said.

Israeli troops and aircraft attacked Islamic militants in the southern Gaza Strip today, killing two Hamas fighters and two civilians, militant factions and Palestinian medical officials said.

Israeli troops and aircraft attacked Islamic militants in the southern Gaza Strip today, killing two Hamas fighters and two civilians and wounding 15 people.

One Palestinian was killed and seven wounded in an Israeli air strike on a vehicle near the southern Gaza Strip’s border with Egypt this evening, eyewitnesses and hospital staff said.

A MASKED Hamas fighter sat down at Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s desk yesterday and declared an end to the Western-backed authority in the Gaza Strip — in an imaginary telephone call to the United States.

Israeli tanks and infantry pulled out of the southern Gaza Strip early today, halting the largest ground operation in the area in months.

An Israeli helicopter fired at least three missiles into the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah today, killing at least four people, Palestinian officials said.

Palestinian militants opened fire at a festival at a UN-operated primary school in the southern Gaza Strip today, killing a bodyguard of a local Fatah leader and wounding seven other people, medical officials said.

Israel’s army has denied a Palestinian report that its forces had entered the southern Gaza Strip searching for smuggling tunnels.

Palestinian gunmen opened fire outside a courthouse in the town of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip today, killing a Palestinian judge affiliated with Hamas, witnesses said.

Hamas gunmen opened fire on demonstrators from the rival Fatah movement in the southern Gaza Strip today, wounding four people in the first factional violence following the deaths of three children in a drive-by shooting, officials said.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has indicated he might dismiss the Hamas-led Cabinet as a step toward relief from crippling Western aid sanctions, as the European Union contributed some money to pay civilian workers.

Israel pressed forward with a stepped-up offensive in the Gaza Strip today, killing at least four people in two attacks in the coastal area.

A 14-year-old girl was killed today in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip.

Israeli forces have arrested the speaker of the Palestinian parliament, a Hamas leader, at his house, alongside a day of Israeli military operations in the southern Gaza Strip – parts of a month-long offensive against the militant Islamic group.

Israel pressed ahead with its incursion into the southern Gaza Strip today as airstrikes killed five Palestinians, including a mother and her two children, and tanks rolled to the edge of Rafah, officials said.

Mohammed Deif, the Palestinian militant who has been top of Israel’s wanted list for a decade, was wounded in an air strike on a house in Gaza City early today, the military said.

Israeli aircraft struck northern and southern Gaza today as thousands of troops, backed by warplanes and tanks, forged into the coastal strip in an operation meant to pummel Palestinian militants into releasing an Israeli soldier.

Palestinians dug in behind walls and and embankments in the southern Gaza Strip today after Israel sent in troops and tanks.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas today accused Israel of carrying out “crimes against humanity” with its incursion into Gaza Strip.

An Israeli Cabinet minister today said that Hamas’ Syria-based leader, Khaled Mashaal, is a target for assassination for ordering the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli troops entered the Gaza Strip before dawn today to arrest two members of the Hamas militant group, before pulling out of the area, in one of the first incursions into the Palestinian-controlled area since withdrawing last summer, the army said.

Hamas militants stormed a Palestine TV broadcast facility in the southern Gaza Strip, kicking workers out of the building and destroying equipment in a shooting rampage, employees said. There were no reports of injuries.

Israeli aircraft fired at two Palestinians laying a bomb near the Gaza-Israel border fence today, the army said.

Palestinian gunmen linked to the ruling Fatah faction stormed an election building in the southern Gaza Strip today, forcing most of the workers to flee.

Palestinian security forces set up roadblocks throughout the southern Gaza Strip today as they stepped up a search for three British citizens abducted by Palestinian gunmen, the latest in a wave of kidnappings of foreigners in the chaotic area.

An explosion in the southern Gaza Strip today wounded three people and killed a militant as he was returning from firing home-made rockets at Israel, Palestinian officials said.

A car exploded in the southern Gaza town of Rafah after this evening , wounding at least eight people, Palestinian medical officials said.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that her meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders convinced her that both sides share a commitment to ensuring Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza takes place smoothly and peacefully.

An Israeli aircraft today fired at a group of Hamas militants preparing to attack Israeli targets in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses said, further straining a fragile ceasefire and escalating tensions in the region.

Israeli troops fired at a group of Palestinian youths who were playing soccer near an army base in the southern Gaza Strip, killing three teenagers, Palestinian residents and hospital officials said today.

Israel cancelled a meeting with Palestinian negotiators today following a mortar attack on a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian militants fired a barrage of mortar shells at a Jewish settlement in the southern Gaza Strip early today, the military said, in the first serious breach of the ceasefire declared at a Red Sea summit.

The top Palestinian security commander promised swift action to stop violence against Israel today after a suicide bombing in Gaza disrupted fledgling efforts by Mahmoud Abbas to coax militants into halting their attacks.

ISRAEL yesterday approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture toward Egypt and the new Palestinian leadership.

Israel today approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture toward Egypt and the new Palestinian leadership.

Three Palestinians were killed today in the second day of the Israeli army’s raid in the Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses and hospital officials said.

An Israeli aircraft fired a missile today at a car carrying Palestinian militants in the southern Gaza Strip, wounding three men, Palestinian security sources said.

Israeli troops withdrew today from the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Khan Younis, leaving behind a wide swath of destruction, officials said.