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Israelis push back into Gaza town Israelis push back into Gaza town
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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 have moved into an area of the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun where Israeli artillery killed almost 20 people earlier this month.
Elsewhere in Gaza, two Hamas militants died in clashes as the Israeli army seized the home of a Hamas MP. During the day, Israeli forces killed four Palestinians in Gaza, including two Hamas militants in clashes.
The army said it was part of an ongoing campaign against militant rocket crews. Members of Israel's security cabinet agreed to continue raids and so-called targeted killings to try to halt rocket attacks by Gaza-based militants.
The operations came as the government agreed to continue raids and so-called targeted killings of militants, and plan for a wider offensive. But they did not approve any immediate full-scale offensive.
But no immediate full-scale offensive was approved.
Street seizedStreet seized
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.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.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. Tanks and troops have also moved into an area east of the Jabaliya 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. Two Hamas militants were killed in northern Gaza, hospital sources said.
After nightfall, a Palestinian woman died when an Israeli missile hit her house in Beit Hanoun, while a teenage boy was killed in Beit Lahiya, Palestinian medical sources said.
In the West Bank town of Jenin, Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian gunman, witnesses and the army said.
Rocket fire
In the Israeli border town of Sderot, a man died of his wounds after being hit by rocket fire on Tuesday.In the Israeli border town of Sderot, a man died of his wounds after being hit by rocket fire on Tuesday.
Rocket barrage 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.