(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel and Arnon Regular - Palestinian sources reported at least 25 dead in fighting Thursday in Jabalya. They said at least 300 Hamas and members of other Palestinian paramilitary organizations were in position, some traveling from elsewhere in the Gaza Strip. IDF Southern Command head, Major General Dan Harel, said Thursday, "There is no country in the world that would be willing to absorb repeated bombing - and therefore we are undertaking intensive action....We have taken action a number of times in the Beit Hanun area, each operation going further than the previous one." On Thursday an anti-tank rocket was fired at an IDF armored personnel carrier, injuring three soldiers. In response, an IDF tank fired at the men identified as launching the missile. A perimeter wall of a school was hit, and its collapse killed seven people, among them three children.
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