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Israeli Fire Missiles Into West Bank Refugee Camp

Israeli helicopter gunships fired nearly 20 missiles early Monday into a West Bank refugee camp on the western edge of the city of Jenin, witnesses said.


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Israeli helicopter gunships fired nearly 20 missiles early Monday into a West Bank refugee camp on the western edge of the city of Jenin, witnesses said.

The attack came after troops used loudspeakers to warn militants about the attack and urge them to surrender, witnesses said.

Workers at a hospital near the camp said that 18 or 19 missiles had been fired at the camp, where some of the most fierce fighting has occurred during Israel's 11-day offensive in the West Bank.

The hospital workers said that Israeli troops took a wounded elderly man to the hospital during the missile attack.

The military would not comment on the fighting, but military sources said that about 150 men in the camp surrendered their weapons to soldiers shortly after midnight Monday.

However, Jamal Abdel Salaam, a Hamas militant group leader inside the camp, said that the militants have not surrendered and were ready to fight to the death.


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