Radical Palestinians Attack Settlements in Gaza
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Abbas, known popularly as Abu Mazen, moved swiftly to assert his authority Thursday, firing 10 Palestinian security officials in Gaza.
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Israeli forces Thursday blew up two  Palestinian housing blocs in a Gaza refugee camp that the army  said were used by Palestinian militants to launch attacks  against soldiers and settlers.
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Israeli troops killed seven Palestinians,  including five militants, in Gaza on Saturday as the army  pressed on with a massive offensive aimed at stopping militants  firing rockets into Israel.
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GAZA CITY -- A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to the main Israeli settlement area in the Gaza Strip last night, casting a pall on the latest efforts to negotiate a cease-fire and heightening the possibility of a major Israeli military operation against Islamic extremists here.
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Israeli helicopters have launched fresh missile strikes on the Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians and wounding four others. Witnesses said an Israeli helicopter fired a missile into the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza killing the two.
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A Palestinian mortar bomb slammed into a  house in a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip on Friday,  killing a woman and fueling settler anger over Prime Minister  Ariel Sharon's plan to pull Israelis out of the area.
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Two Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, apparently when explosives they were carrying were set off.
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Israeli forces have launched a new series of air strikes on a refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians and wounding several more, including militants.
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A day after firing his top security commanders, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas headed to the Gaza Strip on Friday to demand that militant leaders stop attacking Israelis, a strong sign of his determination to enforce a fragile truce with Israel.
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An Israeli woman was killed yesterday after Palestinian militants fired a mortar shell at a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, provoking further anger among settlers over Prime
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Palestinian militants fired a barrage of mortar shells at the Netzer Hazani settlement in southern Gaza Strip Thursday, wounding one man and damaging a house, the army said.
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Hostilities escalated for the second time in a month as militant groups in Gaza stepped up their rocket fire against nearby Israeli population centers.
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GAZA CITY -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, confronting a brazen challenge to his authority, fired three top security commanders yesterday and issued a warning to Hamas after members of the militant Islamic group shelled Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip in violation of a truce announced two days before.
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Defiant Palestinian militants fired  rockets into an Israeli border town on Monday despite Israel's  vow to stop such attacks from the Gaza Strip with a massive  military offensive that has killed 66 Palestinians.
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Defiant Palestinian militants pounded Jewish settlements in the southern Gaza Strip with mortar fire today, following the killing of a top Hamas militant in an air strike.
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Palestinian militants attacked a border crossing between central Gaza and Israel on Saturday, sparking a fierce gun battle, local residents and militants said.
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Palestinian militants set off a large truck bomb as gunmen stormed an Israeli base at a vital Gaza crossing Thursday, killing at least four Israelis and three Palestinians in an attack that defied peace efforts by new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.