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Israeli warplanes bombed a Hamas security outpost and tunnels by the Gaza border with Egypt on Tuesday, after a rocket fired from the coastal territory struck an Israeli town, Israeli and Hamas sources said. Palestinian medics said a woman in Gaza suffered moderate wounds from one of several air strikes against tunnels Israel says are used to smuggle weapons into the coastal territory. Another raid targeted a Hamas outpost near a border fence with Israel, a Hamas source said. It was the first time Israel has attacked the Islamic militant group since a January 18 ceasefire went into effect after...

Mar. 4, 2003 Two Palestinians killed, two Border Policemen wounded in West Bank (UPDATE) By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH Two Palestinians were killed in the West Bank on Tuesday as IDF forces continued operations in the old city in Nablus and Jenin to arrest fugitives and search for explosives and weapons caches. In Jenin, two undercover Border Policemen were wounded when an Islamic Jihad fugitive drew his gun and shot them as they attempted to arrest him in a local internet cafe. The two returned fire lightly wounding Islamic Jihad fugitive Iyad Jawadat who was arrested along with six other suspects. The...