Three Palestinians were killed, 25 homes by Israel
Palestine-Israel, Military, 3/3/2003

Three Palestinians were killed and more than other 46 wounded, two children among them are in critical health condition. Also, twenty Palestinian homes were demolished in an incursion by the Israeli forces yesterday into Khan Younis, and Rafah in Gaza, while two Israeli soldiers were wounded during confrontation between the Palestinians and the invading Israeli forces.

In retaliation to the Israeli aggressive acts, the Palestinian resistance detonated a large explosive in an Israeli armored vehicle in the Austrian quarters in Khan Younis.

Ezz Eddine al-Qassam, the military wing of the Hamas movement, claimed responsibility for the explosion and said in a statement on Sunday that the armored vehicle was directly hit and an Israeli helicopter was seen transporting the wounded among the Israeli soldiers.

In another statement, al-Qassam group said that, together with the groups of Martyr Ahmad Abu al-Reesh of the Fatah movement, it also detonated another explosive in an Israeli bulldozer near al-Tufffah check point in the sector and the explosion resulted in a direct hit.

Palestinian sources said that more than 30 tanks backed by armored vehicle, bulldozers and helicopters incurred into Khan Younis area and broke into its camp and that violent confrontations took place with the Israeli tanks.

The Palestinian sources added that the Israeli forces demolished 20 Palestinian homes, among which five were totally devastated, with one of them being 7- floor building under the pretext that an explosive was found on the road trodden by the Israeli tanks on their way to the settlements of Ghoushe Katif, near Khan Younis.

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