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Israeli Airstrikes Kill 3 Palestinians
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=10D7123:3919ACA Israeli aircraft
and artillery also targeted areas near the northern Gaza town of Beit
Hanoun





Palestinian relatives of Nasser Marshod, cry during his funeral in
Gaza City, Sunday, Feb. 5 2006. Marshod and two other Palestinians
were killed early Sunday by an Israeli airstrike on a facility of the
militant Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades in Gaza CityIsraeli forces have
carried out air strikes on a vehicle and buildings linked to the
Palestinian militant group, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

Three Palestinian men were killed in a Gaza City attack while Israeli
aircraft and artillery also targeted areas near the northern Gaza town
of Beit Hanoun.  Israel launched the strikes Sunday after Palestinians
fired rockets from Gaza into southern Israel on Friday.

Elsewhere, Israeli police say a knife-wielding Palestinian man killed
a woman and wounded five other passengers on a bus near Tel Aviv. 
Authorities say the man entered Israel from the West Bank.

Tensions between Israel and the Palestinians have risen in recent days
after Israel killed a top commander of the Islamic Jihad militant
group.


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