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Israel Launches Widespread Gaza Operation

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Israeli tanks enter Gaza Strip (source)

Tanks, bulldozers backed by aircraft kill 4 on eve of formal peace talks
The Associated Press
updated 5:59 a.m. ET, Tues., Dec. 11, 2007

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip - Israeli tanks and bulldozers backed by attack aircraft moved into the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing four militants in the widest operation in the territory since Islamic Hamas forces wrested control in June.

The violence took place on the eve of the first formal peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians since early 2001. The Israeli military described it as a routine operation "against the terror infrastructure" in Gaza.

But the scene on the ground — bodies lying amid the rubble of a destroyed building, Israeli tanks pushing deep into Palestinian territory, schoolchildren scurrying for cover — looked anything but routine. Palestinian officials accused Israel of trying to sabotage the peace talks......

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