Israeli aircraft killed a top Hamas rocket maker in a missile strike on his minivan and ground troops blew up a weapons storehouse Saturday, the fourth day of an offensive against Palestinian rocket squads. Four more Palestinian were killed in separate incidents, according to Palestinian reports, including a civilian whose house collapsed on him. The others were Hamas gunmen _ one killed by an army sniper, one by a tank shell, and the third shot dead in a gun battle with troops near a building used by Israeli forces, the Associated Press reported. Saturday's deaths brought to 39 the number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli military's campaign against the town of Beit Hanoun, on the border with Israel. More than 200 people have been wounded in the sweep so far, including 29 who are in critical condition, Palestinian health officials said.
