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Article: Israel closes off West Bank, Gaza Strip for weeklong holiday after infiltration attempt
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- April 18, 2008
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Israel closed off the West Bank and Gaza on Friday for the weeklong Jewish Passover holiday a day after Gaza militants attacked a vital crossing, raising the possibility of a large-scale Israeli offensive within weeks.
Also Friday, Israel announced it was constructing 100 homes in a West Bank settlement it hopes to hold onto in a peace agreement with the Palestinians. In violence, Israeli troops killed a senior Palestinian militant in the West Bank city of Nablus. The Israeli raid suggested an attempt to strengthen a Palestinian security presence in the city was unraveling.
Israel's military said the closure of the Palestinian areas will be in effect until the end of the ...