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The last time Israel used a helicopter to kill Palestinian militants was Oct. 20, when missiles killed 14 people, most of them bystanders, in the Nusseirat refugee camp. However, that attack was not a "targeted killing," since the Israelis were chasing a car carrying Palestinians who had tried to infiltrate Israel, according to the military.

During three years of violence, Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have caused dozens of civilian casualties. In April, an attack killed Hamas leader Said Arabeed and eight other people. In July 2002, 15 people were killed, including nine children, in an airstrike that targeted another Hamas leader, Salah Shehadeh.

Sickening reporting, yea, those mean ol' Israelis who have never experienced death and destruction at the hands of militant Palestinians, just randomly go and kill innocent people without provocation....sheesh!

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A plainclothes policeman covers the body of a victim at the site where a suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop in the town of Bnei Brak next to Tel Aviv Thursday Dec. 25, 2003. The blast killed three bystanders and injured at least 13 people. The PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) claimed responsibility for the attack.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Police and rescue volunteers work at the site where a suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop in the town of Bnei Brak next to Tel Aviv Thursday Dec. 25, 2003. The blast killed three bystanders and injured at least 13 people. The PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) claimed responsibility for the attack. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A woman who was injured in an explosion in Petah Tikva December 25, 2003 is wheeled into a Tel Aviv hospital. A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop outside Tel Aviv on Thursday, killing at least three people and wounding 16, Israeli police said. ISRAEL OUT NO ARCHIVE REUTERS/Amir Meiri

An Israeli rescue worker searches the scene beside covered bodies and body parts after an explosion in Petah Tikva, December 25, 2003. A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop outside Tel Aviv on Thursday, killing at least three people and wounding 16, Israeli police said. ISRAEL OUT NO ARCHIVE REUTERS/Naor Rashav

A wounded female soldier is taken from the site where a suicide bomber blew himself up at a bus stop in the town Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, Thursday Dec. 25, 2003. The blast killed three bystanders and injured at least 13 people. The PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) claimed responsibility for the attack. (AP Photo/Barak Pachter)