Israeli army withdraws after deadly Gaza raid

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2008

GAZA CITY (AFP) — Israeli forces withdrew from the Gaza Strip on Saturday, the army said, after a raid that left six people dead, including a 10-year-old boy.

Palestinians reported seeing several Israeli tanks rolling out of the territory before dawn, and the army confirmed that the operation had ended at 4:00 am local time (0100 GMT).

Israeli tanks and armoured bulldozers, backed by assault helicopters, had advanced one kilometre (about half a mile) into central Gaza early on Friday near the Bureij refugee camp in the south, drawing heavy fire from militants.

Israel has vowed to "settle the score" with the Islamist Hamas movement for a border attack that killed two Israeli civilians on Wednesday, ending a month of relative calm in and around Gaza.

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