a father of five, is killed and 4 Israeli soldiers are wounded in an attack by 3 Palestinian militants who detonated a roadside bomb near the Morag settlement greenhouse in Gush Katif. IDF forces returned fire and killed two of the attackers. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. January 12: Two Palestinians were shot dead near Ramallah on the West Bank in an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers. Aljazeera.Net - Palestinians killed in new Israeli raids January 13: Two Palestinian suicide bombers explode themselves and a truck laden with explosives in the Karni crossing - a terminal in the eastern Gaza Strip allowing Palestinian merchants to export goods. At least 6 civilians, all Israelis, were killed and about 10-20 were wounded in the attack. The six were Hertzle Shlomo (50), Ivan Shmilov (53), Dror Gazari (31) from Sderot, Ofer Tiri (23) of Ashkelon, Muna'am Abu-Sabia (33) of Daburyia and Ibrahim Kahili (46) of Um al-Ghanem. Palestinian militants launched mortar shells and automatic weapons fire against ambulances who came to evacuate the wounded and treat the casualties. Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Hamas and The Popular Resistance Committees claimed joint responsibility. About 3 militants were killed during the attack. Palestinian President-elect Mahmoud Abbas is the chairman of Fatah. January 15: Eight Palestinian militants have been killed in three separate clashes in the Gaza strip: 4 were killed in al-Zaytoun neighborhood, a Hamas stronghold in Gaza City, 2 were killed in Rafah and other 2 were killed near Kissufim junction. January 15: At noon, an Israeli child living in a settlement was injured by a Qassam rocket, losing his hand. In the afternoon, a Qassam rocket hit Sderot and wounded 6 people. An Israeli 17-year-old girl, Ayala Abukasis, suffered critical wounds. Hamas claimed responsibility. January 18: A Palestinian suicide bomber killed one security officer and wounded six Israelis in Gush Katif junction located in the Gaza Strip. Hamas claimed responsibility. January 21: Ayala 'Chaya' Abukasis, 17, who sustained critical wounds from a Qassam rocket on January 15 when she tried to shield her 10-year-old brother from the rocket, died from her wounds in the Soroka hospital. January 31: 2 people suffered shock injuries as 7 mortar shells hit Neve Dekalim settlement in the Gaza Strip. Hamas claimed responsibility and say the shooting was revenge for the killing of a 10-year-old girl in Rafah earlier this morning. Palestinians initially claimed she was killed