Israel Pushes Gaza Offensive, Faces Vote on Pullout
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An explosion killed a Palestinian in Gaza on Sunday, the 11th day of an Israeli offensive against militants Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hopes will defuse internal resistance
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BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip Israeli tanks, armored vehicles and troops have pushed into northern Gaza in a raid aimed at militants who have fired rockets at Israeli towns.
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Israeli leader Ariel Sharon vowed on  Sunday to widen an offensive into Gaza which has killed at  least 50 Palestinians until militants stop firing rockets that  have fueled criticism of his plan to abandon the occupied  strip.
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli forces pressed ahead yesterday with one of the biggest offensives in the Gaza Strip in four years of fighting, killing 10 Palestinian militants in dawn-to-dusk gun battles and airstrikes, according to officials from both sides.
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Israel's parliament took  extraordinary security steps on Wednesday for a vote next week  on a Gaza pullout plan expected to spark Jewish settler  protests and heighten death threats against Prime Minister  Ariel Sharon.
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At the United Nations, the Security Council is preparing to vote on an Arab-drafted resolution demanding that Israel halt its Gaza offensive.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says the cabinet will vote to authorize the start of the pullout from the Gaza Strip. Reports say Sharon had planned to seek cabinet approval
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has submitted his Gaza withdrawal plan for a crucial parliamentary vote, while tanks and troops have killed 14 Palestinians in a raid in the coastal strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved a major Israeli offensive that would re-occupy northern parts of the Gaza Strip to stop Palestinian fighters firing homemade rockets into Israel , Israeli Army Radio said.
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Israel has escalated its military offensive in Gaza with an air strike on a militant stronghold that killed a senior Hamas leader.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed on Monday to put his Gaza withdrawal plan to a parliamentary vote on Oct. 25 but rejected his army&#39;s request to scale back its Gaza offensive.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged Sunday to escalate a broad Israeli offensive into northern Gaza, saying troops will remain in the area until Palestinian rocket attacks are halted.
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NIZMIT HILL, Israel  - Israeli tanks and troops   massed near Gaza on Tuesday for a threatened offensive against   Palestinian militants as the government said it would target   Hamas leaders if an abducted soldier was not freed.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  faced a surprise challenge on Monday to his plan to expedite a  pullout from Gaza when Benjamin Netanyahu, his main rival in  the Likud party, called for a referendum on the issue.
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Palestinians in Gaza fired two more makeshift rockets at Israel on Wednesday and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered his army to press on with a week-old offensive that has killed 75 Palestinians.
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Israel expanded its military offensive in northern Gaza with an air strike early on Monday on a militant stronghold that seriously wounded a senior Hamas leader and another activist, witnesses and medics said.
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Israeli politicians held a stormy debate on Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza withdrawal plan today ahead of a critical vote that could give the Israeli prime minister the crucial support he needs to push it forward.