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    March 10, 2012

Israeli Air Strikes Kill 10 in Gaza

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   Mourners gather around the body of an Islamic Jihad militant during his
   funeral in Gaza, March 10, 2012.
   Photo: REUTERS
   Mourners gather around the body of an Islamic Jihad militant during his
   funeral in Gaza, March 10, 2012.

   Israeli air strikes Friday and early Saturday on the Gaza strip have
   killed at least 10 Palestinians, most or all of them militants. The air
   strikes came after Palestinians fired rockets into southern Israel.
   The Popular Resistance Committees, a militant Palestinian group, says
   the Israeli air strikes killed its leader, Zohair al-Qaisi, and fellow
   member Mahmud Hanani. The Israeli military said the two militants were
   planning an attack on Israel from Egypt.
   Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, has maintained a tacit truce with
   Israel, but other armed Palestinian groups, like the PRC, regularly
   fire rockets and mortars across the border, which can spark air strikes
   in response. The PRC has pledged to avenge its members' deaths.

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