¡¡¡¡GAZA, Jan. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- Israeli Border Police and army troops backed by tanks and helicopters raided the refugee camp of Al Maghazi in central Gaza Strip at predawn on Tuesday, killing four Palestinian militants.

¡¡¡¡Witnesses said that the Israeli soldiers entered the refugee camp under the protection of tanks and helicopters, and began to open fire at the residential area and at anything moving in the darkness.

¡¡¡¡Israeli Radio reported that the Israeli army forces entered the camp in search for Palestinian militants, wanted to the Israeli security forces.

¡¡¡¡Palestinian militants in the camp fired on the Israeli soldiers with anti-tank missiles and small arms, and threw fragmentation grenades at them, said the radio, adding that undercover troops then stormed the gunmen's position, killing four.

¡¡¡¡A Palestinian public security spokesman said that the Israeli army force arrived in the camp shortly before midnight in over two dozens of tanks and armored personnel carriers.

¡¡¡¡Witnesses confirmed that dozens of gunmen then heeded calls issued by mosque loudspeakers to defend the camp on Gaza's border with Israel.

¡¡¡¡Meanwhile, Palestinians said that the Israeli soldiers arrested 19 Palestinians in the several areas of the West Bank suspected of links to armed attacks, including 10 members of Hamas seized west of Nablus.

¡¡¡¡The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has warned upon the Israeli military escalation against the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza following the twin suicide bombing in Tel Aviv on Sunday, in which the bombers killed 22 people. Enditem

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