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By Ibrahim Barzak
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip —
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led three Hamas militants
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head of a planned withdrawal
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Airstrike kills three
An Israeli helicopter fired missiles
at a car carrying suspected
Hamas militants on a road
through the Gaza Strip on
Wednesday, killing three people.
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aiedthat the three were about
carry out an attack. “The
tee martyrs were on a holy
when the Zionist U.S.-
sadehelicopters fired two mis-
iestoward their vehicle.” the
statement said.
leader Sheik Ahmed
Ifcinsaid the Islamic militant
would keep up attacks
against Israel. “The Palestinian
will continue their
resistance despite this aggres-
n,"Yassin said.
Wednesday’s strike, near the
lewishsettlement of Netzarim.
just five days after Israeli
fired missiles at a
cat in the same area, killing
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There has been some expec-
onlltat Israel would step up
itsslrikes against militants in
Gaza ahead of a
u
with-
Israeli
Minister
hid Sharon has
aid he would
ismantle most
i-time staff fnaeli settle-
in the strip
impose a
oimdary on the
ilestinians if
lace talks
tmain frozen in
oming months.
Avi Pazner,
Israeli gov-
r n m e n t
ikesman, said
Israel would
itinue its campaign against
groups even after a
The prospect of an Israeli
rithdrawal has also fueled
hternal Palestinian strife in
Eaza, with armed gangs and
jorrupt members of the securi-
j forces jockeying for power.
On Tuesday, gunmen killed
al-Zaben, an adviser to
alestinian leader Yasser
Police have made no
rests, but a security official
lid privately he believed the
lackers had ties to Arafat’s
movement. So far,
ilamic militant groups,
it’s main political rivals,
ive stayed out of the internal
ghting.
Sharon has pledged to coor-
inate the Gaza pullout and
unilateral steps with the
d States. A top Sharon
SOURCES: Associated Press; ESRI AP
aide, Dov Weisglass, met earli
er this week with U.S.
Secretary of State Colin Powell
and National Security Adviser
Condoleezza Rice.
A senior Israeli official,
speaking on condition of
anonymity, said Wednesday
that U.S. officials did not reject
unilateral steps, but expressed
concerns about security and
humanitarian issues. U.S. offi
cials have said Israeli actions
should fit into the “road map”
peace plan, which moves
through three stages to a
Palestinian state next year.
Talks on the plan have been
frozen for months, and neither
side has carried out even its
first provisions — halt vio
lence, dismantle militant
groups and end
construction in
Jewish settle
ments.
Also
Wednesday,
Israeli troops in
the West Bank
killed a
Palestinian who
belonged to the
Al Aqsa
Martyrs ’
Brigades, an
armed gang with
ties to Fatah.
The army said
the man, who had an assault
rifle, approached troops during
an arrest operation in the
Tulkarem refugee camp, and
they opened fire.
A Palestinian demonstrator
wounded by soldiers in a clash
last week over Israel’s West
Bank separation barrier died in
a hospital. He was the third
man to die from a clash
between soldiers and stone
throwers near the village of
Bidou, where Israel is planning
to build a section of the barrier.
Israel says it needs the con
tentious barrier of razor wire,
cement walls and trenches to
keep Palestinian suicide
bombers out of Israeli towns
and cities. However, the barrier
dips into the West Bank in
some areas, and Palestinians
say it is a land grab meant to
prevent them from establishing
a state.
The Palestinian
people will
continue their
resistance despite
this aggression.
— Sheik Ahmed Yassin
Hamas leader
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