Israeli tank fire kills two in Gaza

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Israeli tank fire kills two in Gaza
Friday 01 October 2004

Two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire just hours after around 100 Israeli tanks moved deep into the Palestinian territories.

The two latest victims of violence were the targets of an early morning air raid on Jabalaya refugee camp, sources on both sides said on Friday.

Palestinians security sources identified one of the dead as 35- year-old Atif Sabbah of Hamas.

Palestinian witnesses said an unmanned plane had fired on the men. Earlier, witnesses had spoken of a tank shell being fired.

Four other people were wounded in the incident, medics said, adding that another shell had been fired on Jabalaya earlier, injuring at least one person.

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"We are intending to make the Palestinians pay a heavy price so they will understand that continuing to fire Qassam rockets does not pay," the official said.

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The decision to intensify the raid came after one of the bloodiest days in the four-year-old Palestinian intifada which saw at least 32 Palestinians killed and over 100 injured

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