Palestinian youths watch as militants open fire towards Israeli forces during an Israeli army operation in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003. Dozens of armored Israel Defense Forces vehicles reentered the camp early Tuesday in the latest operation to uncover arms-smuggling tunnels Palestinians use, according to the army. [AP]

Palestinian boys run to avoid gunfire from Israeli soldiers during clashes in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003. One Palestinian was killed and four others wounded during clashes with Israeli troops in the Al Brazil neighborhood, Palestinian medical sources said. Israel sent tanks and helicopter gunships into the Rafah refugee camp early Thursday on a continuing operation Israeli military officials said was aimed at destroying tunnels Palestinians use to smuggle weapons from Egypt. [AP]

Palestinian Hamas members dressed as suicide bombers march during a funeral in Rafah refugee camp, in southern Gaza Strip, October 18, 2003. Israeli forces killed a senior member of the Hamas group, another Islamic militant and a woman bystander in fighting at a Palestinian refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, medics said. [Reuters]

Masked Palestinian militants watch positions of Israeli forces during an Israeli army operation in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003. Dozens of armored Israel Defense Forces vehicles re-entered the camp early Tuesday in the latest operation to uncover arms-smuggling tunnels Palestinians use, according to the army. [AP]

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