Israel continues Pals house-razing, levels synagogue

By: Ahmad Hammadi

HELD JERUSALEM: For the second straight day, Israeli forces demolished houses in Gaza's Rafah refugee camp early Wednesday that has left hundreds homeless.

According to medics a Palestinian woman standing near her home was fatally shot in the head during the operation while an 11-year-old boy was critically wounded in the head when Israeli troops fired machine guns as cover for bulldozers leveling houses. A woman was reportedly martyred during the raid.

Also Wednesday, Israeli soldiers tried to take down a building at a West Bank settler outpost for the second time in less than 24 hours. Security forces demolished the unauthorized synagogue on Tuesday, but settlers rebuilt the structure overnight.

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