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A former U.S. congressman said several of his relatives were among the casualties when an Israeli airstrike hit a church in Gaza, which killed at least 18 people. Justin Amash, a Palestinian-American who formerly represented Michigan, revealed on social media that his relatives had been taking refuge in the Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church compound in Gaza, partially destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on Thursday. "With great sadness, I have now confirmed that several of my relatives were killed at Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church in Gaza, where they had been sheltering, when part of the complex was destroyed as the result...

An IAF air strike in Gaza killed a Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) leader on Wednesday night. IDF troops kill Palestinian operatives in a pre-dawn anti-terror operation The PRC leader was traveling in a car when it was hit by an IAF missile. Moments earlier, al Aksa Martyrs Brigades claimed that it had fired a rocket from Jenin toward the northern Samaria settlement of Shaked. However, the defense establishment said it was unaware of such an attack. The air strike came the night after IDF troops reportedly killed seven Palestinian gunmen, including at least three Hamas members, in a pre-dawn anti-terror...

Israeli About-Face: We Won´t Interfere if Hamas Terrorists Run 14:31 Nov 04, '05 / 2 Cheshvan 5766 By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu The Sharon government, in a 180-degree turn, said it will not interfere if Hamas terrorists run in PA elections. PM Sharon said last month," We will never agree" to their participation. Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz told Army Radio of the new Israeli policy following his meeting with United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington on Wednesday. Mofaz repeated the American position that Hamas participation in the Palestinian Authority (PA) legislative elections scheduled for January is an internal...