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Article: Israel rockets West bank, Gaza Strip.
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- United Press International
- Article date:
- March 28, 2001
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WASHINGTON March 28 , Mar 28, 2001
State Department officials stopped short Wednesday of condemning Israeli helicopter attacks on Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat's elite body guard units in Ramallah and the Gaza Strip, but stressed there was no "military solution to the conflict."
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher Wednesday issued a statement reading in part, "We certainly understand Israel's need to protect itself. At the same time we do not believe there is a military solution to this conflict."
Israeli helicopter gun ships launched a heavy barrage of rockets on targets belonging to the Palestinian Force 17 in the West Bank and other ...