Israeli occupation army shells Palestinian homes, Palestinian resistance retaliates with homemade shells

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Tuesday July 10, 2007 16:00 by Ghassan Bannoura - IMEMC News ghassanb at imemc dot org

Israeli occupaiton army tanks stationed at the southern Gaza-Israeli borders shelled Palestinian homes located in Rafah city on Tuesday midday.

Palestinian sources said the heavy shelling caused a great deal of damage to homes, and inured several civilians.

Also on Tuesday morning, the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, fired at least 12 homemade mortar shells at an Israeli military post near the Karem Abu Salem crossing, located in the southern part of the costal region. While some damage was reported, there were no injuries.

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