ISRAELI MILITARY ATTACKS REFUGEE CAMPS; 13 DEAD

From: The Columbian (Vancouver, WA) | Date: March 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

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BALATA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank -- The Israeli military attacked two West Bank refugee camps with helicopter gunships, tanks and paratroopers Thursday in a high-stakes attempt to break strongholds of Palestinian militants. An Israeli soldier and 12 Palestinians were killed pushing the Palestinian toll past 1,000 in 17 months of fighting. It was the first time Israeli troops have stormed refugee camps in the current Middle East conflict. The fierce, sustained gunbattles began before dawn and carried on past sundown in the camps, on the edge of Nablus and the ...

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