- Title: GAZA: Israeli air strike kills three militants in the Gaza Strip
- Date: 16th March 2008
- Summary: (BN14)GAZA CITY, GAZA (MARCH 15, 2008) (REUTERS- ACCESS ALL) WIDE OF SHIFA HOSPITAL IN GAZA CITY AT NIGHT CROWD IN EMERGENCY ROOM MEN KISSING BODY OF ISLAMIC JIHAD MILITANT KILLED IN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE CLOSE OF BODY OF ANOTHER MILITANT KILLED IN STRIKE MAN CRYING OVER BODY, HOLD HIS FACE MAN ROLLING BODY ON HOSPITAL BED MEN CARRYING ANOTHER BODY OUTSIDE OF HOSPITAL, CHANT
- Embargoed: 31st March 2008 13:00
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- Topics: International Relations
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- Story Text: Israeli air strike kills three Islamic Jihad militants, other Jihad members are injured in another strike.
Israel's air force killed three Palestinian militants with a missile strike in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday (March 15), hospital officials said.
They identified the dead men as members of an Islamic Jihad rocket crew.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said the air force attacked armed Palestinians.
An earlier air strike wounded three Islamic Jihad militants in the town of Beit Lahiya.
Israel and Islamic Jihad have been exchanging fire since Thursday, when the faction abandoned a week-old moratorium on cross-border rocket salvoes in response to the killing of four of its members by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
The violence has challenged Egyptian efforts to broker a Gaza ceasefire. Hamas, another Islamic militant group that controls Gaza, has continued to hold its fire. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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