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Israeli force clashes with militants in Gaza |
2007-09-16 |
![]() Militants in northern Gaza fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the Israelis and exchanged fire with soldiers, he said. Local residents said a small group of armoured vehicles bulldozed farmland in northern Gaza. A small force also entered southern Gaza, according to residents, but the army said there was no activity in the area. Tensions between the Jewish state and Hamas, which seized control of Gaza in June, have increased sharply after a makeshift rocket fired into Israel by militants wounded at least 35 Israeli army conscripts this week. The army frequently carries out operations in border areas to try to curb rocket attacks by militants in Gaza. Israel has so far opted against a major offensive in the territory but this weekÂ’s rocket attack rekindled calls for tougher reprisals. Separately, the Israeli army arrested 12 protesters at a rally near the West Bank city of Nablus after they hurled rocks at soldiers and tried to force their way through a checkpoint, an army spokesman said. Two of the protesters were Palestinian and the rest were Israelis and foreigners. One protester was lightly injured and taken to hospital, the spokesman said, adding that about 40 people attended the rally. An Israeli newspaper website said the protesters were demonstrating against a planned roadblock in the area. |
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