All articles collected through Yahoo news. News items presented in reverse chronological order (newest first).

Oct. 21 - 22 , 2004

Israeli Airstrike Kills Hamas Commander
Guardian Unlimited Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:59 PM PDT
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at a car traveling in the Gaza Strip late Thursday, killing a senior Hamas commander who had topped Israel's most-wanted list for years - the latest in a series of Israeli assassinations that have weakened the militant group.

Israeli airstrike kills top Hamas leader
CNN.com Thu, 21 Oct 2004 7:38 PM PDT
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- An Israeli airstrike Thursday night in Gaza killed a senior commander of Hamas known as a master bomb maker, Hamas and the Israeli military said. One of his bodyguards also died.

Palestinians hit back after Israeli missile kills Hamas leader: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
El Sentinel Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:26 AM PDT
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Defiant Palestinian militants pounded Jewish settlements in the southern Gaza Strip with mortar fire Friday, following the killing of a top Hamas militant in an Israeli airstrike.

Israeli air strike kills senior Hamas figure
Ireland Online Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:25 PM PDT
Hamas vowed revenge today after an Israeli air strike killed its second most senior commander, in the latest Israeli assassination targeting the militant group.

Israeli airstrike kills top Hamas military commander in Gaza
Boston Herald Fri, 22 Oct 2004 5:05 AM PDT
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The militant group Hamas vowed revenge after an Israeli airstrike killed one of its senior commanders the latest in a series of Israeli assassinations that have severely hobbled the militant group.

Israeli fire kills two Hamas operatives in Gaza Strip
Al Bawaba Fri, 22 Oct 2004 3:25 AM PDT
Two Hamas activists who, according to Israel, had been involved in firing mortar shells at Gaza Strip settlements were killed Friday morning by Israeli tank fire in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip.

Oct. 20, 2004

Car Blast in Gaza Kills 4 Palestinians
Muslim American Society Wed, 20 Oct 2004 9:11 AM PDT
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (Masnet & News Agencies) - Four Palestinians were killed when their car exploded in the central Gaza Strip Saturday in a blast that Palestinian security officials blamed on Israel.

Two Palestinians killed in Gaza
Middle East Online Wed, 20 Oct 2004 4:24 AM PDT
GAZA CITY - Two Palestinian men, including an armed [Islamic Jihad] militant, were killed by Israeli fire in the southern Gaza Strip Wednesday, while a would-be female bomber was arrested in the West Bank, sources on both sides said.
The hardline Islamic Jihad group said one of its militants had been shot dead by troops as he and other gunmen prepared to attack an army position near Rafah on the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt.

Israeli tank's automatic fire kills innocent Palestinian
Also in Rafah, Palestinian man Ahmed Breika, 29, was killed inside his home by a volley of automatic fire from an Israeli tank, medics said.

The death toll for the four-year old Palestinian intifada now stands at 4,504 people,
including 3,475 Palestinians and 955 Israelis, according to an AFP tally.

Oct. 14, 2004

Helicopters airstrike kills 2 Palestinians in Jabalya
[ Khaleej Times ] Thu, 14 Oct 2004 9:57 PM PDT
GAZA - At least two Palestinian were killed and two others seriously wounded as an Israeli helicopter rocketed a group of militants on early Friday in Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics reported.

Israel kills five after renewed Hamas threat
Reuters via Swissinfo || Thu, 14 Oct 2004 0:52 AM PDT
Israeli air strikes have killed five Palestinians in Gaza
after Hamas militants renewed threats to rain rockets on nearby Israel
despite a massive 16-day-old army offensive aimed at crushing them [Hamas].

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon seeks a decisive triumph over militants
to overcome rightist opposition to his plan
to "disengage" from conflict with Palestinians
by evacuating all Jewish settlers from Gaza and a few from the West Bank in 2005.

Israel kills five after renewed Hamas threat
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Thu, 14 Oct 2004 0:36 AM PDT
Israeli air strikes have killed five Palestinians in Gaza after Hamas militants renewed threats to rain rockets on nearby Israel despite a massive 16-day-old army offensive aimed at crushing them.

Israeli missile attack kills two Palestinians in Rafah as settlers intend to hold mass protest
Al Bawaba | | Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:31 PM PDT
An Israeli Air Force missile strike killed two Palestinians in southern Gaza Strip as the occupation army entered its 16th day of a massive offensive in the northern part of the strip, according to Palestinian witnesses and medics early Thursday.

Israeli Military Kills 4 Palestinian Militants in Gaza Operation
New York Times | | Wed, 13 Oct 2004 5:07 PM PDT
Israeli soldiers killed two armed members of Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades and two members of Hamas in separate airstrikes.

Israel kills Hamas militants
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News | | Wed, 13 Oct 2004 6:53 PM PDT
Israeli air strikes have killed two Hamas militants in Gaza just after the Islamic group renewed its threats to continue rocket attacks against Israelis despite a massive army offensive aimed at stopping them.

Israel Kills Palestinian Girl in Classroom
Turks.US Thu, 14 Oct 2004 5:44 AM PDT
A 10-year-old Palestinian schoolgirl died Wednesday, October 13, of her wounds after Israeli occupation troops shot her in the chest while sitting inside a United Nations school in a Gaza refugee camp.

New air strike targets Gaza town
BBC News Wed, 13 Oct 2004 1:35 PM PDT
A fresh Israeli air strike near in the northern Gaza Strip kills a Palestinian man described as a Hamas militant.

summary for Oct. 13, 2004

Israeli missile kills Hamas militant in Gaza-medics
Stuff / AlertNet Wed, 13 Oct 2004 9:21 AM PDT
GAZA: An Israeli helicopter gunship has fired a missile near a house during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip, killing a Hamas militant, medics say.
. . .Three other militants were wounded, two of them critically, they said.

Israel arrests bus bombing suspect, kills 3 others
Houston Chronicle Wed, 13 Oct 2004 1:00 PM PDT
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel dealt a double blow to the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas today, arresting a West Bank leader held responsible for a twin suicide bus bombing that killed 16 and killing a militant in a Gaza air strike.

Parliament votes against Sharons pullout proposal
Aljazeera.com 10/12/2004 1:00:00 PM GMT
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to pull out Jewish settlers and Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip suffered a symbolic setback on Monday when Parliament voted to refuse the speech in which he raised the disengagement proposal. Although the vote was nonbinding, it showed the tough opposition Sharon is facing.

Summary for Monday, October 11, 2004

Israeli Missile Kills Civilian in Gaza
Guardian Unlimited Sun, 10 Oct 2004 3:56 PM PDT
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli aircraft fired a missile at Palestinian gunmen in the Jebaliya refugee camp after nightfall Sunday, killing one and wounding seven, in the second airstrike of the day.

Israeli missile strike kills militant in Gaza
RTÉ News Mon, 11 Oct 2004 0:57 AM PDT
A Palestinian militant has been killed and several other Palestinians wounded in an Israeli missile strike in the north of the Gaza Strip. Palestinians say the man killed in the attack in the Jabalya refugee camp was a member of the paramilitary group, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian civilian in Gaza
Turks.US Mon, 11 Oct 2004 6:09 AM PDT
An Israeli helicopter fired a missile at a home in the northern Gaza refugee camp of Jabaleya on Sunday, killing one Palestinian civilian and injuring eight others, hospital officials said.

Israeli Airstrike in Gaza Kills Palestinian
Baku Today Sun, 10 Oct 2004 3:31 PM PDT
An Israeli aircraft has fired a missile at a house in a northern Gaza Strip refugee camp, killing at least one person and wounding three others. Witnesses say the missile destroyed a house in the heart of the Jabalya refugee camp.

Israeli missile strike in northern Gaza reportedly kills Palestinian civilian, wounds eight
San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 10 Oct 2004 2:02 PM PDT
An Israeli aircraft fired a missile at Palestinian gunmen in the Jebaliya refugee camp after nightfall Sunday, wounding eight, in the second airstrike of the day.

Gaza raid kills man
Gulf Daily News Sun, 10 Oct 2004 4:57 PM PDT
GAZA CITY: Israeli forces launched a new series of air strikes on a refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip last night, killing one Palestinian and wounding several more, including militants.