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Article: Israeli forces invade Gaza City; 11 Palestinians killed, including suicide bomber
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- AP Worldstream
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- February 19, 2003
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Dateline: GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks and soldiers battled Palestinian militants and security
forces in the streets of Gaza City before dawn Wednesday. Eleven Palestinians
were killed, including a suicide bomber who tried to blow up a tank,
in the bloodiest incursion in three weeks, Palestinians said.
The Israelis destroyed several homes and metal workshops, and damaged
a school. Electricity was cut to much of the city before the soldiers
pulled out around 5 a.m. (0200 GMT), about six hours after some 40
tanks entered the city's Shajaiyeh neighborhood, according to the
Palestinians.
The Israeli raid was the second in Gaza City since the militant Islamic
group ...