In return, the navy said it sank eight rebel boats, killing 30 fighters on board.

The group "claims to have killed 20 foreign fighters and 33 Iraqi sympathizers."

Government forces claimed to have killed 32 al-Shabaab fighters.

American officials have said the airstrikes killed more than 40 foreign fighters.

Troops returned fire and killed at least three pro-Palestinian fighters, the Israeli military said.

But then he tells the story of three men in his unit who killed three Albanian fighters at close range.

The Israeli military says it has killed more than 100 Hezbollah fighters.

Kenya said it had killed 50 fighters of the group - a claim that was denied yesterday.

The soldiers killed eight fighters and wounded one, General Kimmitt said.

The Marines estimated that they killed 250 fighters in the 18-day operation.