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Photo Album : PICTURES: Army razes Gaza refugee homes
19 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT
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The Israeli army flattened hundreds of homes in the Gaza refugee camp of Rafah in its mission to widen a security area along the border.
Palestinians inspect the rubble of their
houses after they were demolished by
Israeli bulldozers during a raid at the
Rafah refugee camp southern Gaza strip
May 15, 2004. Israeli forces quit Rafah
on Saturday after a sweep of the camp to
recover their comrades' remains for
burial, who were killed in ambushes
claimed by Hamas. (BEST QUALITY
AVAILABLE) REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu
Mustafa
REF: GAZ09
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A Palestinian boy looks from inside his
family house during an Israeli raid at
the Rafah refugee camp southern Gaza
Strip May 18,2004. Israeli forces killed
13 Palestinians in Gaza's Rafah refugee
camp early on Tuesday as tanks and
infantry thrust into the militant
stronghold despite an international
outcry. REUTERS/Suhaib
Salem
REF: RAF10
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A Palestinian watches the damaged mosque
during Israeli raid at the Rafah refugee
camp southern Gaza Strip May 18,2004.
Israel's army killed at least 19
Palestinians on Tuesday in the heaviest
raid inside the Gaza Strip for years as
tanks and infantry thrust into a
militant stronghold despite an
international outcry. REUTERS/Suhaib
Salem
REF: RAF14
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A Palestinian woman cries while standing
on the rubble of her house during an
Israeli raid at the Rafah refugee camp
in the southern Gaza Strip May 19,2004.
Israel's army killed 19 Palestinians in
the heaviest raid in the Gaza Strip for
years on Tuesday as tanks and infantry
thrust into Rafah refugee camp, a
militant hotbed, despite an
international outcry. REUTERS/Suhaib
Salem
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A Palestinian woman throws her
belongings into the street as she
prepares to leave her house in the
Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip,
May 17, 2004. Panicked Palestinians fled
their homes in Gaza as Israeli forces
massed for threatened assault, despite
Palestinian prime minister's appeal to
White House to intervene. REUTERS/
Mohammed
Salem
REF: GAZ03
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A Palestinian reads the Koran next to 14
dead bodies after they were killed
during an Israeli raid at the Rafah
refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip
May 19, 2004. Israel's army killed 19
Palestinians in the heaviest raid in the
Gaza Strip for years as tanks and
infantry thrust into Rafah refugee camp,
a militant hotbed, despite an
international outcry. REUTERS/Suhaib
Salem
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A Palestinian woman weeps in the rubble
of her house after it was hit by a
missile fired from an Israeli helicopter
at the Rafah refugee camp southern Gaza
Strip May 18, 2004. Israeli forces
killed at least 16 Palestinians in the
heaviest raid on the Gaza Strip for
years as tanks and infantry thrust into
a militant stronghold despite an
international outcry. REUTERS/Suhaib
Salem
REF: RAF15
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A Palestinian boy drinks Coca-Cola next
to houses destroyed during an Israeli
raid at the Rafah refugee camp in the
southern Gaza Strip May 19, 2004.
Israeli troops carried out house-to-
house searches for militants and weapons
smuggling tunnels in the Rafah refugee
camp on Wednesday as Israel's heaviest
raid into the Gaza Strip in years
entered a second day. REUTERS/Suhaib
Salem
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An old Palestinian man rests in the
street next a destroyed houses at the
Rafah refugee southern Gaza Strip, May
17,2004. Panicked Palestinians fled
their homes in Gaza as Israeli forces
massed for threatened assault, despite
Palestinian prime minister's appeal to
White House to intervene. REUTERS/
Mohammed
Salem
REF: GAZ07
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A Palestinian woman holds a baby as she
weeps on the rubble of her house after
it was hit by missile from an Israeli
helicopter at the Rafah refugee camp
southern Gaza Strip May 18,2004. Israeli
forces killed 13 Palestinians in Gaza's
Rafah refugee camp early on Tuesday as
tanks and infantry thrust into the
militant stronghold despite an
international outcry. REUTERS/Suhaib
Salem
REF: RAF11
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A Palestinian youth walks through the
rabble houses during an Israeli raid at
the Rafah refugee camp southern Gaza
Strip May 18, 2004. Israel's army killed
at least 19 Palestinians on Tuesday in
the heaviest raid inside the Gaza Strip
for years as tanks and infantry thrust
into a militant stronghold despite an
international outcry. REUTERS/Suhaib
Salem
REF: RAF18
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A Palestinian youth stands amid damaged
houses during an Israeli raid at the
Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza
Strip May 18, 2004. Israel's army killed
at least 19 Palestinians on Tuesday in
the heaviest raid inside the Gaza Strip
for years as tanks and infantry thrust
into a militant stronghold despite an
international outcry. REUTERS/Suhaib
Salem
REF: RAF15.
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An Israeli tank drives in front of the
northern part of Rafah May 19, 2004.
Israeli troops carried out house-to-
house searches for militants and weapons
smuggling tunnels in the Rafah refugee
camp on Wednesday as Israel's heaviest
raid into the Gaza Strip in years
entered a second day. REUTERS/
Nir
Elias
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A Palestinian woman cries outside her
house during an Israeli raid at the
Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza
Strip May 19, 2004. Israeli troops
carried out house-to-house searches for
militants and weapons smuggling tunnels
in the Rafah refugee camp on Wednesday
as Israel's heaviest raid into the Gaza
Strip in years entered a second day.
REUTERS/Suhaib
Salem
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A Palestinian woman carries her
belongings while she leaving her house
at the Rafah refugee southern Gaza Strip,
May 17, 2004. Panicked Palestinians
fled their homes in Gaza as Israeli
forces massed for threatened assault,
despite Palestinian prime minister's
appeal to White House to intervene.
REUTERS/Mohammed
Salem
REF: GAZ05
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Palestinian family put into a truck
their belongings while they leaving
their house at the Rafah refugee
southern Gaza Strip, May 17, 2004.
Panicked Palestinians fled their homes
in Gaza as Israeli forces massed for
threatened assault, despite Palestinian
prime minister's appeal to White House
to intervene. REUTERS/Mohammed
Salem
REF: GAZ04
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