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Israelis in fresh Gaza incursion
Israeli troops have entered the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza in a new incursion to locate Palestinian weapons smuggling tunnels, the army says.
About 10 tanks and three bulldozers went into the camp, on the border with Egypt, where they came under automatic gunfire. There were no casualties.
About 10 tanks and three bulldozers went into the camp, on the border with Egypt, where they came under automatic gunfire. There were no casualties.
The incursion comes a day after troops left the northern Jabaliya camp.
The 16-day operation to track down rocket teams targeting Israel saw the heaviest fighting there in four years.
More than 130 Palestinians were killed - a third of them civilians, and at least 10 children under the age of 14.
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei said about 500 people were injured.
Two Israeli soldiers and a woman jogger were killed during the Jabaliya incursion.
The Palestinian Authority said 95 homes were demolished during the northern Gaza offensive.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza said dozens more homes, shops and public buildings were damaged.
Palestinian militant group Hamas issued a statement on Saturday hailing the Israeli withdrawal as "a serious defeat for the enemy" because "it did not manage to achieve its goal - stopping Qassam launches inside the Green Line".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3750460.stm
Israel Defense Forces troops briefly raided the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip in the early hours of Sunday morning, in what the army said was a mission to locate tunnels used to smuggle weapons over the border from nearby Egypt.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/489643.html
Israeli forces into Gaza Strip
From correspondents in Jerusalem
October 17, 2004
ISRAELI forces have mounted a new incursion into the south of the Gaza Strip, a military spokeswoman said.
She said the Israeli forces went into the Rafah refugee camp, near the border with Egypt, to look for tunnels being used to smuggle arms and to hunt down Palestinian militants.
The Israeli forces came under fire from automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, but there were no casualties, she added.
A military source also said that Palestinian forces had fired seven rockets into a Jewish settlement in the region, damaging a house and several vehicles but causing no casualties.
The spokeswoman said the forces that went into Rafah demolished two abandoned houses which were being used by Palestinian activists to fire on Israeli troops.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11100781%255E1702,00.html
The 16-day operation to track down rocket teams targeting Israel saw the heaviest fighting there in four years.
More than 130 Palestinians were killed - a third of them civilians, and at least 10 children under the age of 14.
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei said about 500 people were injured.
Two Israeli soldiers and a woman jogger were killed during the Jabaliya incursion.
The Palestinian Authority said 95 homes were demolished during the northern Gaza offensive.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza said dozens more homes, shops and public buildings were damaged.
Palestinian militant group Hamas issued a statement on Saturday hailing the Israeli withdrawal as "a serious defeat for the enemy" because "it did not manage to achieve its goal - stopping Qassam launches inside the Green Line".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3750460.stm
Israel Defense Forces troops briefly raided the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip in the early hours of Sunday morning, in what the army said was a mission to locate tunnels used to smuggle weapons over the border from nearby Egypt.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/489643.html
Israeli forces into Gaza Strip
From correspondents in Jerusalem
October 17, 2004
ISRAELI forces have mounted a new incursion into the south of the Gaza Strip, a military spokeswoman said.
She said the Israeli forces went into the Rafah refugee camp, near the border with Egypt, to look for tunnels being used to smuggle arms and to hunt down Palestinian militants.
The Israeli forces came under fire from automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, but there were no casualties, she added.
A military source also said that Palestinian forces had fired seven rockets into a Jewish settlement in the region, damaging a house and several vehicles but causing no casualties.
The spokeswoman said the forces that went into Rafah demolished two abandoned houses which were being used by Palestinian activists to fire on Israeli troops.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11100781%255E1702,00.html
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