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Israeli army escalates military actions in Palestinian territories
www.chinaview.cn 2003-09-01 15:55

  GAZA, Sept. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- The Israeli army escalated on Monday its military actions of raiding towns, detaining Palestinians, demolishing houses and closing main roads in the Palestinian territories.

  Palestinian witnesses said the Israeli army raided one of the neighborhoods of the West Bank city of Hebron and dynamited a housewhich belongs to a Hamas militant involved in armed attacks againstIsrael.

  The Israeli forces raided Hebron and imposed curfew on most of the town's neighborhoods before raiding the Hamas militant's house and blowing it up with explosives, the witnesses said.

  Palestinian security sources said the Israeli army had intensified its military actions on Monday in most of the West Banktowns, especially Qalqilya, Tulkarem and Hebron.

  According to Israel Radio, the Israeli army raided the West Bankcities after Israeli security sources received warnings that the Palestinian militants are planning a huge suicide bombing attack onIsrael.

  In the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian public security spokesman said the Israeli army had closed down Salah El Dein road, which split the Gaza Strip into two parts.

  The Israeli soldiers continued shooting at Palestinian populatedareas overnight and on Monday morning in several Gaza Strip towns, especially Rafah, Khan Younis and Deir El Ballah, the spokesman added. Enditem 


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