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Gaza Battles Claim More Lives

NPR

By Julie McCarthy

Published May 14, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Two more Israeli soldiers die in Gaza after gun battles with Palestinian militants Friday. In the past three days, 13 Israeli soldiers have been killed in clashes with militia gunmen, and well over 100 Palestinians have been killed or wounded. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports.

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