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One killed in fresh Gaza clashes Israelis push back into Gaza town
(about 5 hours later)
Israeli troops have killed one Palestinian militant in the northern Gaza Strip, as the government met to consider stepping up military raids. Israeli troops have moved into an area of the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun where Israeli artillery killed almost 20 people earlier this month.
Israeli troops backed by tanks reportedly entered the town of Beit Hanoun. Three Palestinian girls have been reportedly wounded by tank fire. Elsewhere in Gaza, two Hamas militants died in clashes as the Israeli army seized the home of a Hamas MP.
The army said it was part of an ongoing campaign against militant rocket crews.The army said it was part of an ongoing campaign against militant rocket crews.
In the Israeli border town of Sderot, a man died of his wounds after being hit by rocket fire on Tuesday. The operations came as the government agreed to continue raids and so-called targeted killings of militants, and plan for a wider offensive.
Palestinian officials quoted by AP said Israeli snipers positioned themselves on rooftops in Beit Hanoun as the troops fanned out. But no immediate full-scale offensive was approved.
Israeli army officials denied troops had entered the town, saying they were operating around Beit Hanoun. Street seized
"One Israeli soldier was seriously wounded by Palestinian anti-tank rocket fire in the area of Beit Hanoun and was evacuated to hospital in Israel," a spokeswoman said.
Beit Hanoun was the site of a weeklong incursion earlier in November in which about 50 people were killed, including about 16 civilians, and which left a wide swath of destruction.Beit Hanoun was the site of a weeklong incursion earlier in November in which about 50 people were killed, including about 16 civilians, and which left a wide swath of destruction.
Israeli tanks were positioned on the edge of the town as troops took over some buildings inside it.
They seized control of a street where nearly 20 members of one family, mostly women and children, were killed about two weeks ago in what Israelis said was a misdirected artillery barrage.
Tanks and troops have also moved into an area east of the Jubaliya refugee camp and taken over the house of a leading Hamas female parliamentarian.
An Israeli soldier and several Palestinians including at least one schoolgirl were wounded in the clashes.
In the Israeli border town of Sderot, a man died of his wounds after being hit by rocket fire on Tuesday.
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Palestinian officials said Israeli tank fire had killed the militant, a member of a Hamas police force in northern Gaza.
The army said it had fired at a group of armed men laying explosive charges in the path of soldiers operating in the area. Palestinians said he was just standing in a group outside a building.
Israel's security cabinet met to discuss stepping up military assaults to stem the barrage of Palestinian rockets which has continued from northern and eastern Gaza .
On Tuesday, a rocket fired from Gaza hit a factory worker in the Israeli town of Sderot. He is the second Israeli killed by a rocket from Gaza in less than a week.On Tuesday, a rocket fired from Gaza hit a factory worker in the Israeli town of Sderot. He is the second Israeli killed by a rocket from Gaza in less than a week.
Palestinian Militants say the rockets are a response to Israeli army assaults, including shelling that followed the last Beit Hanoun incursion that killed 19 civilians. Palestinian militants say the rockets are a response to Israeli army assaults, including shelling that followed the last Beit Hanoun incursion that killed 19 civilians.
Israel evacuated its settlements and military bases in Gaza last year, but the military renewed ground operations after militants captured an Israeli soldier in a border raid in June.Israel evacuated its settlements and military bases in Gaza last year, but the military renewed ground operations after militants captured an Israeli soldier in a border raid in June.
Since then, Israeli troops have killed about 400 Palestinians in Gaza, roughly half of them civilians. Three Israeli soldiers have been killed.Since then, Israeli troops have killed about 400 Palestinians in Gaza, roughly half of them civilians. Three Israeli soldiers have been killed.