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| Israel-Palestine |
| 18 Palestinians killed in fresh Israeli attacks |
| 2002-02-21 |
| Israel killed 18 Palestinians in a blistering series of raids, airstrikes and clashes yesterday in Gaza and the West Bank as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved yesterday an increase in the scale and variety of military strikes, an Israeli political source said. The strikes for the first time hit Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s Gaza City headquarters, strafed by a warship, killing four of Arafat’s bodyguards and injuring four others. Fourteen others were killed in separate incidents. The series of attacks and counter-attacks have been one of the bloodiest convulsions of violence since the Palestinian uprising broke out in September 2000. The latest deaths came in the afternoon yesterday when Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians alleging that they were planting a bomb along the fence separating Israel from the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli officials said the raids and airstrikes were a retaliation for Tuesday night’s attack which killed six Israelis. |
| Posted by:Fred |