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Israeli offensive in Gaza kills, wounds hundreds
Should the withdrawal from Gaza ever materialise, Sharon intends to leave behind a captive population of more than 1 million not only with no ability to defend themselves from the IDF forces surrounding them but with scarcely any means of subsistence. And in all likelihood, the bloodshed will not be confined to Gaza. At any point, the larger Palestinian population in the occupied West Bank can also be attacked—using a similarly spurious pretext as that employed to justify the attack on Gaza.
Hundreds of IDF troops have been operating in northern Gaza since September 29. But the offensive, cynically code-named “Days of Penitence,” officially began on October 1, when 200 Israeli tanks and armoured bulldozers massed on the border with the Gaza Strip. It had been approved the previous evening by Sharon’s security cabinet. At the meeting, defence minister and key Sharon rival, Binyamin Netanyahu, insisted that the IDF should smash Gaza’s power and water infrastructure.
Two Israeli rockets were fired at the Jabaliya refugee camp, home to around 100,000 people, killing 5 Palestinians and wounding 17 others. The fighting left 28 Palestinians dead and 139 wounded—the highest single day of Palestinian fatalities in 30 months of the present intifada. In one incident, Israeli soldiers shot and killed Raed Abu Wadi, 36, a deaf and mute man, as he stood on his balcony. The IDF claimed he was armed and had run at soldiers.
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Two Israeli rockets were fired at the Jabaliya refugee camp, home to around 100,000 people, killing 5 Palestinians and wounding 17 others. The fighting left 28 Palestinians dead and 139 wounded—the highest single day of Palestinian fatalities in 30 months of the present intifada. In one incident, Israeli soldiers shot and killed Raed Abu Wadi, 36, a deaf and mute man, as he stood on his balcony. The IDF claimed he was armed and had run at soldiers.
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