- Israel Defense Forces troops razed some 20 Palestinian
houses adjacent to the Phildelphi route in the southern Gaza Strip in a
pre-dawn raid along the Israeli-Egyptian border Sunday, Palestinian sources
said.
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- Residents of the demolished homes joined hundreds of
other refugees living in makeshift tents, schools and mosques in Rafah
in south Gaza.
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- The IDF spokesman confirmed that it demolished some houses
but refused to give details, saying only, "The IDF destroyed several
houses in Rafah."
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- Since the beginning of this month's IDF Operation Rainbow
aimed at uncovering arms-smuggling tunnels in south Gaza, a total of some
80 houses have been demolished in the Tel Sultan and Brazil neighborhoods
of the Rafah refugee camp.
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- Dozens of IDF tanks, armored personnel carriers and bulldozers,
aided by helicopters, entered an area of the refugee camp known as Block
G after 2 A.M. Sunday, Palestinian sources said. The sources said some
of the demolished homes were one-story buildings and some were several
stories high.
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- The homes were apparently demolished after residents
ran away from gunfire in the area, allowing the army to say it was destroying
vacant houses used for terrorist purposes.
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