Israeli tanks roll into eastern Gaza city

Gaza - Israeli ground forces accompanied by tanks and Apache helicopters entered eastern Gaza city at noon Saturday, witnesses said. According to witnesses, three bulldozers, backed by four tanks, started to raze installations in the industrial zone near Karni commercial crossing in the east of Gaza city. Residents in the area said the helicopters opened machine gunfire to provide cover for the forces on the ground while children threw stones at the tanks. Palestinian fighters, carrying mines and RPG launchers, have started to arrive in the place to face the sudden incursion. Earlier, the Israeli army rolled into the eastern parts of central Gaza Strip and clashed with Palestinian militants before withdrawing in the morning, residents of al-Maghazi and al-Burij refugee camps said. Meanwhile, the armed wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) claimed responsibility for launching a home-made rocket into southern Israel city of Sderot. 'The rocket attack was in response to the Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip and West Bank,' the brigades said in a statement emailed to the media. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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