**Israeli forces killed at least 23 Palestinians yesterday on one of the bloodiest days of the intifada, as the army made a rare push into the heart of a heavily defended Gaza refugee camp. **
A single tank shell claimed seven lives, many of them said by witnesses to be unarmed teenagers. But doctors said it was difficult to tell because the bodies were blown apart.
More than 100 people were wounded, including children, as Palestinian insurgents put up prolonged resistance to the attack on Jabaliya, a Hamas and Islamic Jihad stronghold.
Three Israelis were killed yesterday: two soldiers, and a settler who was out jogging when she was shot by a Palestinian sniper.
The shell that killed seven people was fired by a tank next to the school. The army said the tank was responding to a rocket attack. The wounded included 10-year-old Ahmed Salem, who was hit in the leg by shrapnel.
“There was a man next to me who had no head,” he said.
Amid chaotic scenes at the Kamal Adwan hospital, its director, Mahmoud Asali, said more than 100 people were wounded in yesterday’s fighting, with many in a critical condition.
“There are some without legs, some without arms, some without eyes. More will die,” said Dr Asali.
“If they think they can conquer Jabaliya they are fools,” said a masked Hamas fighter who gave his name only as Hassan. "This will be their grave. They know that. Look at them hiding in the buildings.
“Are we terrorists for resisting when they come and de stroy our homes and kill us? They say it is to stop the Qassams. How many rockets have they fired at our homes?”
for five weeks in July and August, ostensibly to stop rocket attacks. Soldiers killed 20 people, destroyed 400 hectares (1,000 acres) of orange groves and other agricultural land, and demolished 68 homes; but the rockets kept flying.
Leaflets were yesterday dropped over northern Gaza by Israeli helicopters, warning Palestinians that “terrorism pushes you further into a life of misery and poverty”.
Gaza’s former security chief, Mohammed Dahlan, who is backed by Britain to play a leading role in the territory after the Israeli withdrawal, said the raid on Jabaliya would “result in a bloodbath on both sides, because the Palestinian people cannot remain silent in the face of this aggression”.
23 killed in Israeli raid on refugee camp
Israeli terrorists like those other Amerikkan terrorists in Iraq continue there bloodthirsty crusade against the muslim peoples. While the people of power i.e the armies of the muslim countires just sit there with thier shining there new weapons and not lifting even a finger to help!