Israel: Gaza Is a 'Closed Military Zone'
Posted on: Thursday, 30 June 2005, 04:54 CDT
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military on Thursday isolated the Gaza Strip, declaring it a "closed military zone" to prevent Jewish extremists from going in.
The army said in a statement that because of extremist violence in the past few days, "the head of the southern command ... signed a closure order preventing non-residents from entering the Gaza Strip."
Jewish extremists on Wednesday clashed with both Israeli security forces and Palestinian civilians, severely wounding a Palestinian. The army spokesman's office said soldiers in the Gaza settlements were in the highest state of alert following Wednesday's violence.
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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