- Title: GAZA: Israeli air strike kills two Hamas militants in Gaza
- Date: 15th May 2008
- Summary: (W5) GAZA CITY, GAZA (MAY 14, 2008) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) AMBULANCES ARRIVING AT HOSPITAL MEDICS REMOVING BODY FROM BACK OF AMBULANCE MEDICS CARRYING OTHER BODY INTO HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF AMBULANCES PARKED OUTSIDE OF HOSPITAL MEN CARRYING BODY TO HOSPITAL MORGUE BODY ON STRETCHER ON FLOOR OF MORGUE MEN LOADING BODY INTO MORGUE STORAGE MEN GATHERED AT DOOR TO MORGUE EXTERIO
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- Story Text: An Israeli airstrike east of Gaza City killed at least two Hamas gunmen and wounded four others, Hamas officials said late on Wednesday evening (May 15). An Israeli army spokesman confirmed that an aircraft had fired a missile at gunmen in the area.
The Israeli strike came hours after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip injured over 30 people at a shopping mall in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, Israeli emergency service officials and the army said.
The attacks happened as U.S. President George W. Bush met Israeli leaders in Jerusalem to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of their state -- an event Palestinians commemorate as the "Nakba", or catastrophe, for their people.
The Israeli army regularly attacks Palestinian militants in Gaza, from which Israel withdrew occupying troops and settlers in 2005. Such raids have killed some 300 people in Gaza this year, more than 100 of them civilians.
Israeli authorities say their military operations in Gaza are aimed at curbing rocket attacks on southern Israel launched out of the territory. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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