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Israel Widens Offensive Against Palestinian Militants
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Israeli army says air strikes targeted buildings used for terrorist
activities Israel is continuing its offensive against Palestinian
militants with several air raids in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday.







Palestinians inspect rubble of office belonging to Fatah movement
after  Israeli missile strike in Gaza city, WednesdayThe Israeli army
says the air strikes targeted buildings used for terrorist activities.
The attacks knocked out power in Gaza City.

Hours earlier, Israeli troops fired artillery shells at suspected
rocket launching sites in northern Gaza, after a rocket slammed into a
street in the Israeli town of Sderot late Tuesday.

In the West Bank, Palestinian witnesses say Israeli troops arrested
several Hamas and Islamic Jihad activists, raising the number suspects
detained this week to nearly 400.

The violence flared after an explosion at a Hamas rally in Gaza last
week killed 21 people. The militants blamed Israel and fired rockets
into southern Israel. But, a Palestinian Authority forensic report
Tuesday said shrapnel from the militant group's own homemade Qassam
rockets were found in the bodies of those killed at the rally.

Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.


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