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The Morning Union · Springfield, Massachusetts · 25 August 1971 · date inferred from the text

CP-1971-002

Bulldozers in Jabalia

John de St. Jorre, Special to The Union, First of Two Parts

Bulldozers in Jabalia — The Morning Union, 25 August 1971
The Morning Union · Springfield, Massachusetts · 25 August 1971 · date inferred from the text

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A little over a week ago, at 8 o'clock in the morning, a giant bulldozer nosed its way into Jabalia camp in the Gaza Strip and methodically began to reduce to rubble houses that Palestinian refugees had lived in for almost 20 years. The operation was watched by senior Israeli army officers and protected by an unusual display of force. The occupants of the houses had been warned beforehand but many refused to leave their homes. In order to avoid burying them alive, the Israeli soldiers went into the houses and drove them out with blows from sticks and batons. Within a few days a swath 30 yards wide and 100 yards...

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arrived uncaptioned; it is the second half of a clipping held here as image160, The Morning Union, 25 August 1971

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"Bulldozers in Jabalia," The Morning Union, 25 August 1971. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1971-002. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1971-002

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