Israeli Executed, Hamas Leaders Arrested

Israeli soldiers prepare their tanks for battle on a field in Mefalsim area on the Israeli-Gaza border June 28, 2006. Israeli artillery pounded the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday as troops and tanks prepared to widen an offensive designed to force Palestinian militants to release an abducted soldier.

Israeli soldiers rush to reload a 155mm mobile artillery unit firing towards Gaza from Nahal Oz at the border of Israel and Gaza strip June 28, 2006.

Israeli soldiers detain Palestinian men during a military operation in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 28, 2006.

Eliyahu Asheri, an 18-year-old Jewish settler from the West Bank settlement of Itamar, is seen in this undated photo released by his family on June 28.

COMMENTLINE
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NEWSBYTES
Hamas Leaders Arrested; Israeli Executed
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli forces arrested the Palestinian deputy prime minister and dozens of other Hamas officials early Thursday and pressed their incursion into Gaza, responding to the abduction of one of its soldiers.

AP Video: Israel Expands Gaza Raid

AP: Q&A on Israeli Military Operation in Gaza

Israel expands Gaza offensive
Jets buzz Syrian president's home; body found near Ramallah
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel increased pressure on the Palestinian Authority and Syria Wednesday, sending warplanes over the country home of Syria's president and expanding its campaign to rescue a kidnapped soldier in Gaza.

Israel finds body of missing settler: source
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- Israeli troops have found a body they suspect is that of a Jewish settler whom Palestinian militants claimed to have abducted earlier this week, security sources said on Thursday. Video

Militants 'kill' Israeli settler
(BBC) -- A Palestinian militant group has reportedly killed a young Jewish settler who it says was seized on the West Bank.

Israel hunts down Hamas leadership
(Aljazeera.Net) -- Israeli forces have rounded up dozens of Palestinian Cabinet ministers and lawmakers from Hamas, increasing pressure on militants to release a captured Israeli soldier.

Israel arrests Palestinian minister
(Aljazeera.Net) -- Israeli soldiers have arrested a member of the Hamas-led Palestinian government in the West Bank city of Ram Allah, Palestinian security officials say.

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