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audiol 12den, 'youih attacks The Jazeer yesterd bin L verify I ing wa 'By prepari rIll you your e your against palestlnlans pray today durfng o mass funeT41 In the southern Gaza Strlp beslde the bodie5 of know those kllled after an isrneli rald today In Khan Youn1$.

Thlrteen palestlnlan5 were killed and about Qaida 110 were injur, Includlng 10 who dled vthen a mislile exploded in J crowd. have c attacks In W.Bu Israeli raid in Gaza about I "Don't has sai kills 13 Palestinians i5 abo that'5 KHAN YOUNIS.

Gaza Sirip (API eopter5,' said Abdeen, who was hii Helal I Israeli troops rniding this by shrapnel in his arm."IWo minute5 Gaz• Clty Q 51m wiih tanks and helicopters lulled 13 later, I heard the Sound of something leleph Ihe la Palestinians earli, today, including l O coming from the air, and I saw the Strlp whu died when a missile %lammed flames.

I'hen a big explosion lifted day'5 e ISRAEL He r into a large crowd.

Palestinian offi- me and blew me 10 vards away. an Cldls fdid all the dead were Cl11an$, was re Another resident, Abedi Ashour, Younis Israeli while Ihe15raeli armv said most were 24, said he was ernerng from his incursion amed men kn'lled in battle. taden. apartrnent when he hèard the explo- About 110 Pdlesiinians were voice b sion."People were bleeding, many ol 'ounded in the lour-hDur raid, the lo 0 .20.. thern lying on the ground.

Women Wesl Hes including 25 who We in critical were screaming, and blood covered B8nk condilion. doct(>rs said. Most sul- the gmund," he said. £dwe Tel.AV lered shrapnel wound5 in the head. Brig. Gen. Israel Ziff. the Israel Jèrusalemo Chest and abdomen.

The dead anny commander in the area, said I$FIAEL rangÉ'(f in age from 14 10 52. troop5 mel hea resistance from Israeli Iruvps fired machine gun5 Palestinian gunmen.

He said that a5 bl and aS5duIt rifles at a Khan Youn troops withdrew. manv armed men Oetail hospital where m(141 of the wounded gathered in the streets. ffhey fired rire Ih ere taken, killing one man and lot and threw grenades. There was a Gaza Strip French battle there., Zill said. 'The hell- injuring three people.

The military said Ihe shots were fired in response copter aimed at this am)ed group bul 5111 io mortar fire, dnd lInesseS said and hil them. Zill said the battle was of whe ofale thev heard nvo explo£inns before the However, there wa5 no indicaiion ol filmed Irom a piloiless plane.

The shooting began. particular iargel. as in previous Isrdel's deputy defense minister, Palesiinians denounced Ihe Israeli strike% against wanted militants that Weizman Shiri, said he was sorry il lerday also claimed civilian easualiieg. civilians were huri.'Bul what can we cause 51rike, the deadliest since July, as a massacre and called lor iniernaiiondl owner The Israeli miliiary said the missile do?" Shin told Israel Amy Radio.

Frenc "Il's war." pr(Iiecti()n. The Islamic miliiant w&$ aimed ai a group of armed men who were aitacking soldiers with Javier Solana, the European early t group Hama.5 threatened revenge. "Th tsraeli ollicials said Valesiinian mili- gur and grenades. The ms1[e was Union's foreign policy chiel. who is fired toward the end of the raid.

Webe tanls were responsible lor the ca5U- siting the region, said he wa5 from allie5 beeau5e Ihev look cover Wissarn Abdeen, 29. said that as shocked by Ihe number ol casualties. tions among civilians. troup5 I4qthdrew, residents emerged "I think that li is even more drdrnatic because ol the efforts that the Pales- officia from their homes to inspect the dam- 'lThe military said Khan Younis is 8 Hamas sirr)nghold and ihat during age and check on the fate of friend5 linian people were making in order. anony and relative5.

Stro the raid troops arrested a w'anfed 10 get out of the way ol violence in "We heard the sound of hell- renI weeks," he said. man canyng an explosive device. Push

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"M•, Octo," Columbia Daily Tribune, 7 October 2002. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2002-041. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2002-041