Israel kills 14 in Gaza before key withdrawal vote

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Israeli troops killed 14 Palestinians in a Gaza refugee camp yesterday as Parliament prepared, under tight security, to debate Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from the occupied territory.

Witnesses and medics said overnight air strikes killed seven Palestinians in Khan Younis camp, a bastion of militants.

A tank shell killed two and soldiers shot dead five, including a boy of 11 and two young men in a stone-throwing crowd.

Three of the Palestinians killed by missiles launched from drone aircraft were police officers.

Eight of the dead remained unidentified. At least 74 Palestinians and two soldiers were wounded in Israel's tank and infantry thrust into the camp.

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