Byline: IBRAHIM HAZBOUN Associated Press
BALATA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank -- The Israeli military attacked two West Bank refugee camps with helicopter gunships, tanks and paratroopers Thursday in a high-stakes attempt to break strongholds of Palestinian militants. An Israeli soldier and 12 Palestinians were killed -- pushing the Palestinian toll past 1,000 in 17 months of fighting.
It was the first time Israeli troops have stormed refugee camps in the current Mideast conflict.
A 13th Palestinian was shot dead near the southern edge of Jerusalem in heavy exchanges of fire between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen in adjacent towns and villages. …
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