Israeli forces leave Gaza strip after raid on Khan Younis
(14 Aug 2007) SHOTLIST 1. Long shot of Khan Younis area 2. Area bordering Gaza and Israel from Israel side 3. Israeli forces driving out of raid area in Khan Younis 4. Various of Israeli forces leaving 5. Various of Israeli forces leaving, billowing smoke to protect them 6. Palestinians prisoners being led away after arrest 7. Israeli army trucks carrying Palestinian detainees 8. Various of Palestinian detainees STORYLINE Israeli forces left the southern Gaza Strip area of Khan Younis on Tuesday, ending an operation that began on Monday night. Israeli troops and aircraft attacked Islamic militants early on Tuesday, killing two Hamas fighters and two civilians and wounding 15 people, Hamas and Palestinian medical officials said. Hamas said one of its men died in a pre-dawn airstrike, east of the town of Khan Younis, and a second was killed along with his 70-year-old mother when ground troops fired at their house. An Israeli army statement said that in an operation against "terror threats" from the southern Gaza Strip, forces fired at armed militants in four separate incidents and hit the targets on each occasion. A spokesman said aircraft carried out three attacks and ground forces shot a gunman posing a threat to soldiers. Israeli Army Radio said troops were rounding up all local males above the age of 16 and interrogating them for information on militants and as they departed they took dozens of the Palestinian detainees to Israeli jails. During the army raid in Khan Younis, four Palestinians were killed. The army often carries out raids into Gaza to target militants and to thwart rocket fire toward Israeli towns. Later in the day, Israeli aircraft struck a group of Islamic Jihad militants as they exited a car in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, seriously wounding two, the faction said. The Israeli army confirmed the airstrike but had no details on its target. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
