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Article: Gaza City Battle Kills 11 Palestinians
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- February 19, 2003
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Dateline: GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip
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Israeli tanks and soldiers battled Palestinian militants in the streets
of Gaza City before dawn Wednesday in violence that left 11 Palestinians
dead, including a suicide bomber who tried to blow up a tank, Palestinians
said.
The Israeli forces said they were targeting Palestinian metal workshops
that manufacture mortars and rockets. However, Israeli troops also
destroyed several homes and damaged a school.
Twenty-five Palestinians were wounded, and electricity was cut to
much of Gaza City, the largest Palestinian city with some 300,000
residents.
The fighting began as 40 tanks charged into the city's Shajaiyeh ...