Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi (L), chief of Israel's armed forces, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R) attend a meeting during a visit to the army's northern command near the northern city of Safed August 14, 2007, in this picture released by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO). Israeli forces killed five Palestinians on Tuesday when they clashed with militants during a raid on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Palestinian militant and hospital sources said. REUTERS/Moshe Milner/GPO/Handout (ISRAEL) ISRAEL OUT. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.