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| Seven dead as Palestinians, Israeli army clash | |
| 2003-04-20 | |
Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces left seven dead in one of the bloodiest nights in weeks. Five Palestinians were killed in Gaza during an incursion into the Rafah refugee camp. It was one of the largest operations in 30 months of conflict. Dozens of Israeli tank, armoured vehicles and helicopters took part in the incursion, which reportedly killed the head of Hamas in Rafah, Mohammed Abu Shamla. Five other Palestinians, including a teenage boy, were killed and 45 others wounded. An Israeli soldier also died in the incursion while three others injured before Israeli forces withdrew. Israel Radio has reported that two tunnels used for smuggling weapons were destroyed.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #6 Thanks guy's,nice to have true,stalwart friends. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-04-21 09:43:31 |
| #5 Hey Tony! Yeah, I'm Aussie and we too, are just standing by our mates and doing the world a favour at the same tme! I think Easter brings out the trolls... they have time on their hands all of a sudden |
| Posted by: anon1 2003-04-21 08:34:35 |
| #4 Sade, Ignore Anonymous, I'm English and IMHO, the reason we're In Iraq with you guys has nothing to do with Israel. We're there because you stand by your mates, and we're doing the right thing by getting rid of a psychopathic tyrant. |
| Posted by: Tony 2003-04-21 04:51:19 |
| #3 Is there some alternate universe in which the above comment (Anonymous's) makes any sense whatsoever? |
| Posted by: Sade 2003-04-20 20:59:41 |
| #2 hey yanks, we brits are only backing you guys up in iraq to force the fascist isrealis to lighten up a bit. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-04-20 18:09:05 |
| #1 I think so too. I'll give Israel credit for restraint. "Teenage boy" in these death notices is code for "aggressive, rock-throwing, gun-toting, or bomb-wearing suicidal vandal who illogically desires to provoke his oppressor so as to promote further oppression". Assuming he was just rock-throwing, what did he expect to accomplish? |
| Posted by: Tom 2003-04-20 16:54:28 |