Israel Divides Gaza Strip

World | February 20, 2003, Thursday // 00:00

The Israeli army has divided the Gaza Strip into three separate security zones and tightened travel curbs on Palestinians living there. The move came a day after Palestinian militants fired rockets into Israel to retaliate against an Israeli raid in Gaza, in which 11 Palestinians were killed. And in a fresh violence on Thursday, the Israeli army said a Palestinian militant was killed in a shootout with soldiers in the West Bank town of Tulkarm. The US State Department said it was "very concerned" over the civilian casualties and urged Israel to avoid killing innocent people. But it stressed that Washington understood "the need for Israel to take legitimate anti-terrorist actions".

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