"Israeli" Military troops kill two Palestinians in Gaza Strip raid

Source: Haaretz, 29-05-2007
"Israeli" Military forces shot and killed two Hamas militants on Tuesday in a gunbattle that broke out during a cross-border raid into Gaza.
An "Israeli" Military spokesman claimed the army was checking the report.
Hamas confirmed the incident and said its gunmen were involved in a shootout with "Israeli" troops less than a mile inside the central part of the Gaza Strip.
The "Israel" Air Force fired missiles at a building used by Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip late Monday after an almost 24-hour lapse in airstrikes, Palestinian witnesses and an "Israeli" Military Forces spokesman said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Earlier Monday, seventeen Qassam rockets struck the western Negev, but until midnight, the "Israeli" Military did not respond with aerial strikes on the Gaza Strip for the first time in more than a week.
Three of the rockets hit Sderot, with one landing as Defense (War) Minister Amir Peretz turned out in his hometown to vote in the Labor Party primary.
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of Oshri Oz in Petah Tikva on Monday. Oz, 36, of Hod Hasharon, was killed in a Qassam attack on Sderot on Sunday.
The rockets that hit Sderot fell in open areas, lightly injuring one settler and causing five others to suffer from shock. Another rocket sparked a fire when it hit a wheat field near Kibbutz Miflasim. Seven other rockets landed in open fields near communities in the western Negev.
The Popular Resistance Committees and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine took responsibility for the attacks.
Meanwhile, Sderot`s settlement schools which opened after two weeks of disruptions due to the rocket attacks. Altogether, some 1,200 school goers out of more than 3,000 came to classes.
Only 26 arrived at the Madaim Alon junior high school on Monday, and only 21 remained after the rocket barrage. Their settlers came to pick them up.
When a rocket alert is heard, the settlement school`s goers are supposed to have 15 seconds in which to reach a protected space. "But we don`t really have 15 seconds. Sometimes we have no seconds. Sometimes five. It`s 15 at the most," said Yehuda Ben Maman, Sderot`s security officer.
In contrast, a Film Festival, which was scheduled to open in Sderot, has been moved to Netivot due to the threat of rockets.