Word: intifadehs
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...When an Israeli hit team assassinated the Palestine Liberation Organization's operations chief three weeks ago, the act was in retaliation for his role in masterminding a large number of P.L.O. terror attacks over the years. Yet al- Wazir's death was also intended to decapitate the intifadeh, the five- month- old uprising that has rocked the Israeli-occupied territories of Gaza and the West Bank. As head of the P.L.O.'s "western-sector command," he was in charge of the organization's support for the rebellion. Killing him, the Israelis believed, would deal the uprising a serious blow...
...large parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The army also imposed curfews on 21 refugee camps, towns and cities, putting close to 300,000 Palestinians under virtual house arrest. In addition, eight more Palestinians were deported to Lebanon, bringing to 20 the number expelled since the intifadeh (uprising) began last December. Despite the precautions, which included banning most reporters from the territories, clashes between soldiers and Palestinians resulted in five Arab deaths, raising the four-month toll to at least...