Word: intifadeh
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...intifadeh is evolving into all-out war. While suicide bombings continue, Palestinians are also mounting well-planned attacks, killing Israeli soldiers at checkpoints and bases in Israeli territory. Israel has upped its retaliation as well...
...return for a withdrawal from occupied territories. But violence continued, and hours after a Palestinian woman blew herself up at a checkpoint, Israel Defense Forces mounted an assault on West Bank refugee camps for the first time in the 17 months of fighting since the declaration of the Aqsa intifadeh...
...math is ugly. Israeli soldiers have endured 13 roadside bombs, 140 shootings and 920 grenades here in the past four months alone. In the Palestinian town, the toll of the intifadeh stands at 84 dead, 1,160 wounded and 240 homes demolished. Yet Rafah's devastation goes largely unnoticed. Because the town lies beyond a series of time-consuming and often dangerous Israeli checkpoints, few Jerusalem-based foreign correspondents or even Palestinian reporters working out of Gaza City get to Rafah. In Rafah, dead men and destroyed homes are mere footnotes to news roundups...
...dawn, Raviv brushes the outpost's floor to remove cigarette butts, spent machine-gun cartridges and the dirt that has blown in through the rifle slits. Not far away, Najjar will be raking out his tent after another night. In Rafah they sweep up the intifadeh's filth and wait for more grime to fall on them...
ISRAEL Attack and Counterattack The most violent week in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the start of the Aqsa intifadeh nearly 17 months ago left more than 50 people dead. Palestinians turned to military targets, killing six Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near Ramallah. In response, Israel Defense Forces sent tanks into Gaza City, blew up the Voice of Palestine radio and TV station and for the first time fired on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound, where he has been under virtual house arrest since December. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon addressed Israelis on TV, promising...