More Palestinians killed by Israel
Palestine-Israel, Military, 3/12/2003

Two Palestinians were killed by the Israeli army soldiers in Gaza. A Palestinian source said that the bodies of the two Palestinians were found to the east of Deir al-Balah town in the downtown of Gaza.

A third Palestinian and one Israeli soldier were killed when Palestinian armed men opened fire at an Israeli patrol on Monday evening in Hebron to the south of the West Bank.

An Israeli military source said that the Israeli soldiers found the body of the Palestinian -- suspected for involvement in the launching fire in Hebron -- under the remains of a house demolished by the Israeli forces.

Meantime, identical Palestinian and Israeli sources said that the Israeli forces, backed by tanks and armored vehicles incurred in two Palestinian areas in Gaza on Tuesday evening.

Palestinian security sources said that units of the Israeli armored forces incurred into Khan Younis to the south of Gaza.

In another incursion on Bet Hanoun town to the North of Gaza, Israeli military sources said that the occupation forces detained three Palestinians because they are activists that belong to the Islamic resistance movement Hamas and people's resistance committees.

The incursion comes just hours from the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces from a security area it had occupied in North Gaza during the past days under the pretext of preventing the armed Palestinians from launching attacks by missiles.

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