The New Nation - Internet Edition

AP, Gaza City

Hamas security says one of its fighter has been killed during an Israeli army operation in the central Gaza Strip.

In the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian doctors say that 15 Palestinians have been injured in an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas position.

Israel's army says the airstrike Friday in Beit Lahiya targeted a Hamas base. The army did not immediately comment on the operation that took place about the same time in central Gaza.

On Thursday, an Israeli man was killed in a Hamas mortar attack on southern Israel. In a retaliatory Israeli airstrike, a Palestinian girl was killed. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday that a broad land operation in Gaza is the most likely solution for the rocket fire.