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| At least 14 Palestinians, including at least 10 armed militants, have died in an Israeli raid in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, reports say. | At least 14 Palestinians, including at least 10 armed militants, have died in an Israeli raid in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, reports say. |
| Medical sources and witnesses said the deaths came after Israeli tanks pushed into eastern suburbs of Gaza City. | Medical sources and witnesses said the deaths came after Israeli tanks pushed into eastern suburbs of Gaza City. |
| A farm worker in southern Israel was also killed by sniper fire from Gaza. | |
| It is one of the deadliest days of violence in Gaza in months. Israel launches frequent raids which it says are aimed at preventing rocket fire. | It is one of the deadliest days of violence in Gaza in months. Israel launches frequent raids which it says are aimed at preventing rocket fire. |
| The dead militants included a son of Mahmoud Zahhar, senior leader of the militant Islamist Hamas group in Gaza, the group said. | The dead militants included a son of Mahmoud Zahhar, senior leader of the militant Islamist Hamas group in Gaza, the group said. |
| The violence comes a day after Israeli and Palestinian Authority negotiators began talks on core issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - borders, Jewish settlements, Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees. | The violence comes a day after Israeli and Palestinian Authority negotiators began talks on core issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - borders, Jewish settlements, Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees. |
| Hamas, which is excluded from - and rejects - the talks, ousted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement from Gaza by force six months ago. | Hamas, which is excluded from - and rejects - the talks, ousted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement from Gaza by force six months ago. |
| Hamas response | Hamas response |
| The raid began when an Israeli undercover army unit targeted a house in the Zeitoun area used to launch rockets at Israel, but the Israelis were spotted by Palestinian gunmen who opened fire. | The raid began when an Israeli undercover army unit targeted a house in the Zeitoun area used to launch rockets at Israel, but the Israelis were spotted by Palestinian gunmen who opened fire. |
| An Israeli army spokeswoman said the troops shot at a car carrying armed Palestinians during the operation and opened fire at another group of armed men. | An Israeli army spokeswoman said the troops shot at a car carrying armed Palestinians during the operation and opened fire at another group of armed men. |
| More than 100 Palestinians, most of them militants, are reported to have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza since Israel and the Palestinian Authority formally relaunched peace talks in late November. | More than 100 Palestinians, most of them militants, are reported to have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza since Israel and the Palestinian Authority formally relaunched peace talks in late November. |
| The US-sponsored process was bolstered last week by the first presidential visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank by George W Bush, who predicted a peace treaty within a year. | The US-sponsored process was bolstered last week by the first presidential visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank by George W Bush, who predicted a peace treaty within a year. |
| "This is one of the results of the Bush visit. He encouraged the Israelis to kill our people," said Mr Zahhar as he viewed in a Gaza hospital the body of his son Hussam. | "This is one of the results of the Bush visit. He encouraged the Israelis to kill our people," said Mr Zahhar as he viewed in a Gaza hospital the body of his son Hussam. |
| OBSTACLES TO PEACE JerusalemWaterRefugeesBorders and settlementsHistory of negotiations He was accompanied by his one remaining son. Their elder brother was killed in a botched Israeli assassination attempt against Mr Zahhar in 2004. | OBSTACLES TO PEACE JerusalemWaterRefugeesBorders and settlementsHistory of negotiations He was accompanied by his one remaining son. Their elder brother was killed in a botched Israeli assassination attempt against Mr Zahhar in 2004. |
| He vowed Hamas would respond "in the appropriate way". | He vowed Hamas would respond "in the appropriate way". |
| "We will defend ourselves by all means," he said. | "We will defend ourselves by all means," he said. |
| The 20-year-old Ecuadorian national was working in a field near the Gaza border when he was killed by a sniper, the Israeli army said. | |
| "The shooting... demonstrates the necessity of the defensive measures the military is carrying out with pinpoint operations," said Israeli military spokeswoman Avital Leibovich. | "The shooting... demonstrates the necessity of the defensive measures the military is carrying out with pinpoint operations," said Israeli military spokeswoman Avital Leibovich. |
| Mr Abbas condemned Israel's actions as "a massacre, a slaughter" and warned that they would not bring peace. | Mr Abbas condemned Israel's actions as "a massacre, a slaughter" and warned that they would not bring peace. |