Special report: Israel launches Gaza assault

    GAZA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli army escalated on Thursday and Friday its military air and ground actions against the Gaza Strip, leaving nine Palestinians dead, including two children.

    Palestinian security sources and eyewitnesses said that Israeli helicopters destroyed by two missiles a house, owned by the family of a female militant of the governing Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Gaza City.

    The sources said the house belongs to Salleh Reyashi, the father of Reem Reyashi, the mother of two children that was killed in a suicide bombing attack two years ago into Erez Crossing on the borders between Gaza Strip and Israel.

    Reyashi owns a factory that produces cars batteries. The factory and the house had been hit and destroyed one and a half year ago. Reyashi rebuilt the house, recently, but it was attacked again on Thursday night. Enditem

Qassam rocket hits southern Israeli town, causing blackout

    JERUSALEM, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- A Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the southern Israeli town of Sderot on Thursday night, without injuries reported. Full Story

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Israeli warplanes rocket hits northern Gaza House                                              2006-10-12 06:59:11     GAZA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli F16 warplane by air-to-ground rockets destroyed on Wednesday night a Palestinian house owned by an Hamas Movement militant in northern Gaza Strip, witnesses and security sources said.

Hamas' armed wing threatens to use unusual force against Israeli invasion                                             2006-10-12 21:49:44      GAZA, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, armed wing of the ruling Hamas movement, threatened on Thursday to use "unconventional force" against Israeli troops if the Gaza Strip was invaded.

Qassam rockets fired at Israel, no injures   2006-10-12 21:35:06     JERUSALEM, Oct.12 (Xinhua) -- After five days of calm, Palestinian militants relaunched Qassam rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Thursday morning, local Yedioth Ahronoth reported.