Tuesday, March 05, 2002

Attacks intensify in Mideast fighting


GAZA, March 4 (UPI) -- The death count in Palestinian-Israeli violence spiraled Monday as a gunman in Tel Aviv's center opened fire with an M16 soon after Israeli F-16 warplanes struck Palestinian Authority security offices next to Arafat's West Bank and Gaza headquarters.

The Palestinian gunman killed three Israelis and wounded 25 in a Tel Aviv restaurant district, police said.

The attacker was killed.

Palestinian medical sources said Israeli soldiers killed 22 Palestinians Monday during an intensive Israeli army air and ground operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The shooting followed a day of fighting that included an Israeli F-16 attack on PA security offices, bloody raids on Palestinian refugee camps, an assassination attempt and Israeli targeting of a Red Crescent ambulance.



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