The body of a Hamas militant, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike, is carried for burial in Gaza City, Nov. 3, 2006. (Xinhua/Rueters Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

Successive Israeli airstrikes killed nine Palestinians Friday evening

    GAZA, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Several fresh and successive Israeli airstrikes killed nine Palestinians on Friday evening in northern and southern Gaza Strip, medical and security sources said.

    The death toll of the still ongoing Israeli operations hit to 37 Palestinians killed in recent three days, added the sources.

    According to the sources, in southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, a Hamas militant was killed and six others, including children bystanders, were wounded in an Israeli air strike at her car. Full story>>

    Israeli "Cloud of Autumn" operation expands, 23 killed

    GAZA, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian medics said on Friday that 23 people, including militants, women and children, were killed as the Israeli army ground military operation called "Cloud of Autumn" went on in northern Gaza Strip. Full story

    Annan deeply concerned at escalating violence in Gaza

    UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday urged Israel to refrain from "further escalating an already grave situation" and called on Palestinian militants to stop firing rockets at Israeli civilian targets. Full story

    Both Palestinian Hamas, Fatah condemn Israeli arrest of Hamas minister

    RAMALLAH, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Both Palestinian governing Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and its rival Fatah movement on Friday condemned the Israeli army for arresting a Hamas-led government minister in the West Bank city of Ramallah earlier in the day.

    Palestinian security sources said that Israeli troops surrounded the house of Public Works Minister Abdel Rahman Zeidan and took him away earlier on Friday, while holding the rest of the family inside a room. Full story