Israel launches Nazi-style attack on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

Israel launches Nazi-style attack on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2004/septiembre/vier3/37israel.html

JERUSALEM, September 2.=97The Israeli occupation forces destroyed a mosqu=
e=20
and two housing blocks today, leaving hundreds of Palestinian homeless=20
and wounding various others, during an intense Nazi-style operation in=20
Khan Yunes, in the south of the Gaza Strip.

The troops, supported by tanks and military vehicles, entered the Khan=20
Yunes refugee camp and the Al-Namwasi neighborhood, where they=20
immediately fired missiles on civilian buildings and a mosque, Reuters=20
reports.

One of the housing blocks caught fire and the mosque was destroyed,=20
while the aggressors moved on to two recently constructed five-story=20
buildings, part of an Australian project, and evacuated the 30-plus=20
families living there.

The residents were taken to the patio of a school and in a matter of=20
seconds their houses were destroyed, while troops opened fire on the=20
local Nasser hospital, which suffered severe damage, including the=20
destruction of a lab.

"The children were crying and screaming... The army didn=92t give us any=20
opportunity to grab anything, they just told us to get out," testified=20
Ali Khalaf-Allah, a tenant in one of the buildings.

Explosives experts then placed charges in the two buildings and=20
demolished them.

The Murbarak hospital likewise suffered severe damage due to the=20
large-scale attack in which ambulances were not allowed to attend to the=20
wounded, as soldiers blocked their access.

Israeli troops also entered the Dir el Balah (Palm Convent) in the=20
central part of the Gaza Strip where they eradicated a huge expanse of=20
cultivated areas, destroyed many homes =96 as they had done a few hours=20
earlier in Rafah =96 and converted a large number of buildings into=20
military observation posts.
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