More Palestinians Killed, Israeli Tanks Return to Gaza Strip by Palestine Chronicle 11:34am Thu Feb 14 '02 After leaving the area for a few hours, Israeli tanks have returned to the Palestinian town of Deir Al-Balah. The raid late Wednesday comes after a day of Israeli incursions in several areas of the Gaza Strip, that left six Palestinians dead. More than 20 Palestinians were also detained. print article More Palestinians Killed, Israeli Tanks Return to Gaza Strip Wednesday, February 13 2002 @ 09:49 PM GMT By PalestineChronicle.com Reporter DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip: After leaving the area for a few hours, Israeli tanks have returned to the Palestinian town of Deir Al-Balah. The raid late Wednesday comes after a day of Israeli incursions in several areas of the Gaza Strip, that left six Palestinians dead. More than 20 Palestinians were also detained. Israel warned it will continue these operations for as long as it takes to "root out Hamas militants" who made and fired longer range rockets from Gaza into Israel on Sunday. The Qassam-2 rockets, which have a range of five to eight kilometers, exploded harmlessly in farmland. Hamas says it has the right to acquire whatever weapons it can to combat Israel's superior firepower. Earlier, three Palestinian policemen were killed at their post in Deir al-Balah when Israeli tanks shelled the post. Two civilians were killed in Beit Hanoun, including one 19-year old who was shot in the head and chest. Israeli troops carried out house-to-house searches in the villages of Deir al-Balah, Beit Lahia, and Beit Hanoun. According to witnesses, tanks have entered villages and refugee camps, causing destruction to roads, fields, and homes. Palestinian sources report that Israeli forces searched and then destroyed a Fatah office building and another civilian institution building in Beit Hanoun, using explosive charges to completely destroy the structure. Israeli forces remain in Beit Hanoun, and military sources report that more operations will be conducted over the next few days. In the West Bank, Israeli troops have tightened the closure around the northern cities of Nablus and Tulkarm. Israeli security sources believe that the Kassem-2 rocket could be launched from these areas toward Israeli cities in the north. While carrying out operations on the ground throughout Palestinian areas, security officials are trying to alter the procedures for administrative detainees in order to make it easier for Israeli forces to detain Palestinian suspects. Administrative detention allows Palestinian suspects to be held in prison without being formally arrested or charged. The individual can be held for up to three months, but that sentence can be renewed indefinitely. During the first Intifada, thousands of Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons under administrative detention. palestinechronicle.com add your comments

dont show just one side please by asaf 7:33pm Thu Feb 14 '02 print comment first of all please dont show just one side of the story i am not a zayoniat basterred but you show just the palestinian sufer and the israelys attak and i dont think that it is rite i dont say that israel is a saint it dos meny thing that are bad but so are the palestinian never mind this the thing is to stop all the stupit pepole that are fiting all the stupied politisions that whant this war for 50 year or more the pepoel are fiting and thay are still fitghing so it dos not get as enywhere we need to teach ower children to love and not hate our jenerision is fucket becouse the first thing we think is hate way? i dont know i tray to change myself it is helping but still this first thghot that is coming is hate so let thaech owerselfes and ower children to love and then mayby will stop this fuckt up war that is going for thosend of yaers add your comments

asaf, you're only half-way there by open the other eye 6:13am Fri Feb 15 '02 print comment asaf, you are on the right track, but just wishing for love & peace will get you nowhere but disillusioned eventually. you need to understand the human misery beyond the IDF actions & inhumane government policies on palestinians. yes, human misery is a 2-way street, but if you cannot come to grips with the idea that it has been perpetuated in a grossly imbalanced fashion for 50+ years & the special circumstances it has made & the way it has battered & changed the palestinians, then the situation can never be handled correctly & solved. stay safe & continue on... (btw: your english is so curious. it's like you are sounding out the spelling of the words, but the way they are read by me, i can HEAR your thick, israeli accent! funny lol.) add your comments

asaf, you're only half-way there by open the other eye 6:14am Fri Feb 15 '02 print comment asaf, you are on the right track, but just wishing for love & peace will get you nowhere but disillusioned eventually. you need to understand the human misery beyond the IDF actions & inhumane government policies on palestinians. yes, human misery is a 2-way street, but if you cannot come to grips with the idea that it has been perpetuated in a grossly imbalanced fashion for 50+ years & the special circumstances it has made & the way it has battered & changed the palestinians, then the situation can never be handled correctly & solved. stay safe & continue on... (btw: your english is so curious. it's like you are sounding out the spelling of the words, but the way they are read by me, i can HEAR your thick, israeli accent! funny lol.) add your comments