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Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/Behind+the+Headlines/Ttragedy_school_Jebaliya_6-Jan-2009.htm Behind the Headlines: The tragedy at the school in Jebaliya 6 Jan 2009 An initial inquiry by forces on operating in the area of the incident indicates that a number of mortar shells were fired at IDF forces from within the Jebaliya school. In response to the incoming enemy fire, the forces returned mortar fire to the source. Preliminary Background Briefing Today, a reported 30 Palestinians were killed in a heartrending tragedy at a school in Jebaliya. Initial investigations indicate that Hamas terrorists fired mortar bombs from the area of the school...

Mar. 6, 2003 IDF forces approach Jabaliyah (UPDATE) By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH In response to the Kassam rocket attacks on Sderot and the surrounding area, IDF tanks moved towards the Jabaliyah refugee camp in the north Gaza Strip late Thursday night. IDF officials told the Jerusalem Post that the forces do not plan to enter the camp but will set up positions around it in order to prevent further rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli communities. A Kassam rocket landed in Sderot a short while ago, making it the third such missile to hit the town today. There were no injuries...

Mar. 6, 2003 IDF says Gaza casualties caused by Palestinian bomb blast, not tank fire (UPDATE) By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH Eleven Palestinians were killed and over 100 wounded during an IDF incursion into the Jebaliya refugee camp in the north Gaza Strip aimed at destroying the Hamas infrastructure, seeking out weapons and arresting fugitives. The operation is part of ongoing plans to destroy the Hamas infrastructure officials said. Two IDF soldiers were lightly wounded in the operation. The IDF flatly rejected Palestinian claims that eight of the dead were civilians who were killed when an IDF tank fired a shell at...