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Article: Jerusalem, Oct 28 (PTI) At least seven Palestinians, including two Islamic Jihad militants, were killed and ten others injured in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip, hours after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged to carry out a "broad and non-stop " offensive against militants.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
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- October 28, 2005
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Islamic Jihad leader, Shadi Mohanna, the main target of the strike and his deputy, Mohammed Ghazaineh, were killed in the strike as Israel resumed its controversial policy of targeted assassination.
"In an operation this evening in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israel Air Force attacked a vehicle carrying a senior Islamic Jihad terrorist who was responsible for several murderous terrorist attacks," the Israel Defence Forces said in a statement yesterday.
Mohanna, the Islamic Jihad field commander in northern Gaza, was involved in firing Qassam rockets at Israel and had been wanted for an extended period of time, the Army said.
The missiles ...