In the Occupied Territories, at lest 10 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip earlier today. The Israel Defense Forces say at least five of the dead were Palestinian militants. The attack comes just two days after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Egypt. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who has not recognized his dismissal as Palestinian prime minister by Abbas last week, said Israel is trying to further divide Palestinians.

Ismail Haniyeh: “We want to alert the Palestinian and Arab leaderships to the luring policy of Olmert which aims to divide our people and cause internal problems.”