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Gaza strike kills Hamas militants Gunmen barricaded in Gaza mosque
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Four members of the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, have been killed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Hamas and medical sources say. Dozens of Palestinian gunmen have exchanged fire with Israeli forces from inside a mosque in the town of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip.
The four were travelling in a vehicle that was hit by a missile. A local commander of Hamas' military wing was reportedly among the casualties. Several dozen gunmen sought refuge in the mosque, as Israeli troops sealed off the town and urged the wanted men to give themselves up.
Israeli troops are also continuing their operation in the northern Gaza city of Beit Hanoun. Israel's military entered Beit Hanoun on Wednesday seeking to capture men involved in firing rockets into Israel.
Tanks surrounded a mosque where more than 60 men fled from Israeli troops. In Gaza City overnight an Israeli air strike killed four Hamas militants.
Witnesses said bulldozers demolished a wall as the Israelis tried to force those inside to surrender. The four were travelling in a vehicle that was hit by a missile, Hamas and medical sources said.
The operation - now in its third day - is one of biggest Israeli incursion in Gaza in recent months. The army says it is aimed at stopping rocket fire into Israel. A local commander of Hamas' military wing was reportedly among the casualties.
On Thursday, seven Palestinians been killed in northern Gaza on the second day of a major Israeli operation Toll rising
In Beit Hanoun, witnesses said bulldozers demolished a wall as the Israelis tried to force those inside to surrender.
But an Israeli military source told the BBC's Matthew Price in Jerusalem that the operation was not going as well as hoped.
It is one of biggest Israeli incursion in Gaza in recent months.
So far 20 people have been killed in the Israeli action, most of them gunmen, but a four-year-old boy died from his wounds overnight.
On Thursday seven Palestinians were killed in northern Gaza.
Both Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniya have described the Beit Hanoun operation as a massacre.
The Israeli army confirmed that one of its soldiers was killed on Wednesday.The Israeli army confirmed that one of its soldiers was killed on Wednesday.
Both the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, have described the Israeli military action as a massacre. Israeli forces have made regular incursions into Gaza and the West Bank since late June, following the capture of an Israeli soldier, Cpl Gilad Shalit, in a cross-border raid by Palestinian militants.
Israeli forces have made regular incursions into Gaza since late June, following the capture of an Israeli soldier on 25 June in a cross-border raid by Palestinian militants. More than 300 Palestinians have been killed in the raids, according to Israeli human rights group B'Tselem.
Since the capture of Cpl Gilad Shalit, more than 300 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli army operations in Gaza and the West Bank, according to Israeli human rights group B'Tselem.