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| Israel-Palestine |
| Israelis thump Paleos, kill 9 more |
| 2002-02-22 |
| Fresh Israeli blitz against Palestinian security targets in the West Bank and Gaza Strip yesterday killed nine Palestinians. The surge in violence has left international peace efforts in tatters and prompted talk of all-out war. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, whose country holds the European Unionâs rotating presidency, called the situation âpractically (one) of warâ and said it would be hard for the EU to put forward any peace initiative in the current climate. A missile narrowly missed President Yasser Arafatâs office in the West Bank for the second successive night and, in a symbolic blow, the army destroyed the Voice of Palestinian radio-television headquarters in the Gaza Strip. Ground troops entered Gaza City for the first time in 17 months of ongoing violence. Palestinian doctors in Gaza said six people were killed and about 40 others were wounded in the Israeli raids which began shortly after midnight. In a second wave, helicopters fired missiles at buildings used by military intelligence and the elite Force-17 guard in Rafah in southern Gaza, and struck a Force-17 heaquarters in Ramallah and police offices in Nablus in the West Bank. |
| Posted by:Fred |