Israel sent tanks and bulldozers into the Khan Younis refugee camp early today as a response to continued mortar and rocket fire by Palestinian militants, the military and residents said.

Israeli troops shot and killed an eight-year-old Palestinian girl who was on her way to school in a Gaza Strip refugee camp today, witnesses said.

Israeli troops surrounded Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s compound early today, as a helicopter attack on Gaza gunmen killed two and wounded at least 17.

Up to 70 Palestinians have been injured in a gun battle between Israelis and Palestinians at a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.