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Al Jazeera English - News - Abbas: Israeli Raid 'A Massacre'

Al Jazeera English - News - Abbas: Israeli Raid 'A Massacre': "Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has described as 'a masscre' Israel's latest deadly incursion into the Gaza Strip which left 17 Palestinians dead.

At least 50 Palestinians were also injured in the military operation on Tuesday which had started the previous night while US president George Bush was in Saudi Arabia.

David Chater, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Jerusalem, said: 'Apache helicopter gunships, armoured bulldozers, tanks and ground troops were all involved in this incursion.

'There are also reports of another incursion"

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