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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Witnesses report limited Israeli incursion into Gaza

Ma'an
Witnesses reported Israeli artillery shelling east of Ash-Shuja'iyeh, northern Gaza, on Wednesday and an Israeli incursion into the area.

Witnesses said they heard a number of explosions, with army vehicles and bulldozers reportedly entering the area, which is close to the now defunct Nahal Oz fuel pipeline along the Israel-Gaza border.

The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, said its operatives fired a rocket-propelled grenade toward the Israeli military convoy entering Gaza...

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