ARABS-ISRAEL - Aug. 22 - Seven Palestinians Killed.

Seven Palestinians are killed in violence in the West Bank and Gaza, with five being killed alongside a West Bank road by Israeli gunfire. Israeli officials said a special army unit discovered Palestinians planting a bomb and opened fire, killing two. Later other armed men came to the scene, and the soldiers killed three others. PA officials said only one of the five was a gunman. In another violence, two Israeli helicopters fire four missiles at two cars in Gaza City, killing Bilal Ghoul, 21, who was a member of PA Preventive Security. The Israeli TV said the army targeted two top bomb makers and Hamas commanders, Mohammed Deif and Adnan Ghoul, Bilal Ghoul's father, but they escaped. In southern Gaza, Mahmoud Jasser, 23, is killed in unclear circumstances. A doctor said he died in an explosion, but other Palestinians said he was shot by an Israeli sniper. In Ramallah, an Israeli tank advances into PA-controlled territory and destroys a police station, after a firefight at the entrance to Psagot, a nearby Jewish settlement. Israeli forces knock down another PA police post near Jenin after an exchange of fire. The army also fire two ground-to-ground missiles at a PA police post in Gaza, destroying the structure and wounding seven officers. The army said the attack was in retaliation for a mortar shell fired towards an army post.