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Gaza residents say Israel troops inside enclave

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Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:16pm EST

GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinians living in the south of the Gaza Strip said Israeli troops had entered the territory after dark on Thursday in what appeared to be a small raiding force from the area of the Sufa border crossing with Israel.

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Israeli aircraft and, apparently, artillery continued to launch attacks in the north of the Hamas-controlled enclave in what ministers say is a response to Islamist rocket fire that killed an Israeli civilian on Wednesday. The government has so far ignored calls from some for a major ground offensive.



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