Israeli Army Raids Gaza Camp After Car Bombing/以色列军队袭击加沙定居点---Reuters/路透社

Wed Aug 11, 2004 07:15 PM ET
A military source said army helicopters had fired at an abandoned building suspected of being used by Palestinian militants to shoot at Israeli soldiers.

Palestinian militants have carried out scores of suicide and ambush attacks on Israelis during an uprising launched almost four years ago in the West Bank and Gaza, territories Israel occupied in the 1967 Middle East war.

Militant attacks inside Israel have abated this year. Israel says this follows Israeli killings of many cell commanders in raids, better intelligence and Israel's partially built West Bank barrier.

But violence has surged in parts of the territories, especially Gaza, where militants seek to portray Israel's plan to evacuate Jewish settlers in 2005 as a victory. Israel is determined to prevent that by smashing Palestinian armed factions first.

(Additional reporting by Cynthia Johnston and Diala Saadeh in Ramallah, Corinne Heller in Jerusalem)