Ariel Sharon Calls for Expansion of Army's Gaza Raid
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said  Saturday that Israel should expand its massive raid of northern  Gaza, the army's biggest and deadliest offensive in more than  four years of conflict with the Palestinians.
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An explosion killed a Palestinian in Gaza  on Sunday, the 11th day of an Israeli offensive against  militants Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hopes will defuse  internal resistance to his plan for withdrawing from some  occupied land.
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Israel will keep troops in the Gaza Strip indefinitely to prevent Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli towns, Ariel Sharon, the prime minister, said yesterday.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon opened a stormy debate in parliament Monday with a passionate appeal to lawmakers to support his Gaza withdrawal plan &#151; which has divided the country and weakened his government &#151; as the only way to secure Israel's future.
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JERUSALEM  - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave the army free rein to respond to repeated attacks by Palestinian militants in Gaza and warned he would not tolerate dissent in the ranks during the pullout from the territory.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, saying the new Palestinian leadership is "not lifting a finger" to stop militants' attacks against Israelis, ordered the Israeli military on Sunday to take "any action" necessary to halt terrorism.
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JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip Oct. 2, 2004 - More troops poured into the Gaza Strip on Saturday as Israel expanded its offensive to counter Palestinian rocket fire, one of the largest incursions in four years of fighting.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon urged his Likud party to vote for a governing alliance with the Labour Party, warning that failure to do so would force snap elections and derail his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wants all 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip evacuated at the same time instead of in three stages, officials said Monday, reflecting a major shift in tactics in his pullout plan.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  Monday submitted his Gaza withdrawal plan for a crucial  parliamentary vote, while tanks and troops killed 14  Palestinians in a raid in the coastal strip.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared Monday that Israel would not carry out disengagement under fire and promised that the army would respond with severity to continued attacks on Israeli communities in the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,  accusing the new Palestinian leadership of doing nothing to  curb attacks on Israelis, threatened stronger military action  against militants.
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JERUSALEM Aug. 30, 2004 - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wants all 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip evacuated at the same time instead of in three stages, officials said Monday, reflecting a major shift in tactics in his pullout plan.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wants all 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip evacuated at the same time instead of in three stages, officials said yesterday, reflecting a major shift in tactics in his pullout plan.
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An explosion killed a Palestinian in Gaza Sunday, the 11th day of an Israeli offensive against militants Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hopes will defuse internal resistance to his plan for withdrawing from some occupied land.
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BEIT LAHIYA, OCTOBER 13: The Israeli Army widened its massive operation in Northern Gaza today, as an 11-year-old schoolgirl became the latest victim of a fortnight of violence in the Palestinian territory.
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has snubbed the advice of his army chiefs and ordered the continuation of a massive military offensive in the northern Gaza Strip, media reports say.