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Wed 06 Jun 2010Israelis kill five Palestinian militants

GAZA ATTACKS:FIVE PALESTINIAN militants have been killed in two incidents on the Gaza border as tension remains high following Israel’s naval interception of the Gaza aid flotilla on Monday.

Three gunmen belonging to the Popular Resistance Committees were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday.