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"Israel has killed 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip after 11 of its soldiers died in two ambushes in the worst blow to the Middle East's mightiest army in two years.
The new spiral of violence on Thursday sharpened debate between proponents and opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's "Disengagement Plan" to evacuate settlers from Gaza, now stalled by rightist hardliners in his own Likud party."
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"Witnesses said helicopter missiles killed 11 Palestinians, four of them militants and the rest civilians, in Rafah refugee camp, near the area where fighters blew up an explosives-packed troop carrier on Wednesday, killing five soldiers.
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"Witnesses and medics said Israeli troops also shot dead a 19-year-old Palestinian civilian and demolished 10 homes during a push into Rafah."
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