Israel invades Beit Lahia, al-Nseirat camp, 12 Palestinians were killed
Palestine-Israel, Military, 3/18/2003

The Israeli forces yesterday committed a new massacre in Gaza in which 10 Palestinians were killed and 30 wounded. Two Palestinians from al-Aqsa groups of the Fatah movement were killed in an explosion installed by the Israeli army near Toulkarem.

Mu'ayea Abu Hasanin, the reception director at al-Shefaa hospital in Gaza said that three Palestinians were killed in Beit Lahia to the north of Gaza during the incursion operation in al-Atatera area in an operation which left behind 12 wounded persons by the Israeli army bullets. The hospital sources confirmed the death of Ala' Muhammad al-Kahlout ( 23 year old), Shadi Akhrees and Ramez Asdoudi in their 20th.

Eye witnesses said that the Israeli army withdrew afternoon from al- Atatera area after 9 hours of incursion where they imposed curfew and the citizens were taken out of their houses and forced to gather at a square constructed for inspection and investigation under a burning sun. The witnesses said that the army "arrested at least 5 youths taken to an unknown area." The army left behind great destruction in the town that covered the telephone network, water system, the drainage system and electricity.

At al-Nseirat camp, in the downtown of Gaza, some 30 Israeli tanks incurred yesterday escorted by military vehicles. seven Palestinians were reported as killed and other 17 wounded four of them are in critical conditions.

Al-Qassam group, the military wing of the Hamas movement announced in a statement "the blowing up of an Israeli tank on Monday in al-Atatera area in Beit Lahia near the American university by launching an 'al-Battar' missile against a tank which were seen burning after being directly hit." The group stressed that it "bombarded what is called the city of Sdeirout, built on the lands of Beit Jurja by 6 missiles of 'al-Qassam' type." This was in the "natural reaction to the incursion of the Israeli forces of al-Nseirat camp and al-Atatera area in Beit Lahia." Israeli military sources said that two al-Qassam missiles were fired at Seidrout from the north of Gaza. The source added that one of the two missiles inflicted light damages in a buss empty of passengers.

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