Israel Pushes On with Gaza Strip Offensive
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Description: NPR&#39;s Sheilah Kast talks with NPR&#39;s Julie McCarthy about Israel&#39;s ongoing offensive in the Gaza strip. Is really Prime Minister Ariel&#39;&#39;s around today called for an expansion of an army operation
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BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip Sept. 29, 2004 - A large force of Israeli tanks, armored vehicles and troops pushed into northern Gaza in an overnight raid aimed at militants who have fired rockets against nearby Israeli towns.
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Israel's security cabinet on Wednesday agreed to press ahead with military raids in Gaza but did not opt for a large-scale assault in response to a wave of Palestinian rocket attacks, political sources said.
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Israel poured reinforcements into the  northern Gaza Strip on Friday, expanding a ground offensive  intended to stop rocket attacks on Israeli towns and killing  two Hamas militants in a missile strike.
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Israeli troops killed five armed Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Saturday as it pressed on with a massive offensive aimed at stopping militants firing rockets into Israel.
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TEL AVIV -- Israeli forces took over a 5-mile-wide swath of the northern Gaza Strip yesterday and prepared for major operations against Palestinian groups that have been launching Qassam rockets at targets in southern Israel, signaling a sharp escalation in the conflict for which hard-liners on both sides have been pushing.
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Israeli troops in the West Bank push on with their search for militants, trading fire with Palestinian gunmen.
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Israel's security cabinet on Wednesday agreed to press on with military raids and "targeted killings" in the Gaza Strip but had not ordered a large-scale assault in response to a wave of Palestinian rocket attacks.
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At least eight Palestinians have been killed in heavy fighting with Israeli troops in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel says it has moved into the area to stop Palestinian mortar and rocket attacks.
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Israel on Wednesday launched its first major attacks in the Gaza Strip since Hamas took over the territory, killing at least four Palestinian fighters.
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Israelâs largest and bloodiest offensive in Gaza in four years of conflict moved into its third week with missile strikes that killed four Palestinians, and troops dug into the northern end of the crowded territory.
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Israel massed tanks and troops along Gaza&#039;s northern border early Monday, firing artillery and unleashing more airstrikes in a show of force after the prime minister ordered his army to &quot;do all it can&quot; to free an abducted soldier.
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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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Israeli leader Ariel Sharon vowed on  Sunday to widen an offensive into Gaza which has killed over 50  Palestinians until militants stop firing rockets that have  fueled criticism of his plan to quit the occupied strip.
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GAZA CITY -- Israeli troops and tanks made their deepest thrust into the Gaza Strip in six months yesterday in a stepped-up campaign to halt a week-old barrage of Palestinian rocket fire. Israeli jets struck five targets in the coastal territory, wounding at least seven people.
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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon pushes ahead with an accelerated plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip despite opposition.
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Palestinians in the Gaza Strip woke Monday to a fifth day of a huge Israeli offensive with army commanders talking of a weeks-long operation.