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Middle East
Israeli Army Enters Gaza City, Heads for Hamas Stronghold
2003-02-16
Israeli tanks entered Gaza City early Monday and headed for a neighborhood where leaders of the violent Islamic militant group Hamas live, witnesses said.
Coincidence I'm sure.
It was the first time Israeli forces moved on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza City. The incursion came after Saturday's blast in northern Gaza, in which four Israeli soldiers died when their tank set off a huge bomb. Hamas claimed responsibility and volunteered to suffer the consequences achieve martyrdom for their fodder. About 35 tanks, accompanied by attack helicopters, were involved in the incursion, witnesses said. Two Palestinians were wounded slightly by Israeli gunfire, hospital officials said.
That sometimes happens when you wave guns at real soldiers.
Israeli military sources, speaking on condition on anonymity, said an operation was underway in Gaza City but it was not a large-scale invasion. After the tank bombing, Israeli leaders pledged to hit the Hamas infrastructure in Gaza.
Hello! Is Abu Bom bmaker home??
Among the Hamas leaders who live in the Sheik Radwan neighborhood are Abdel Azziz Rantisi ooohh and Ismail Haniyeh, who often speak for the Islamic group. Spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin lives in another part of the city of 300,000 Palestinians.
That'll wait for Iraq to start
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