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| | Deep in Gaza, a Lopsided Battle |
 | | GAZA CITY -- Mohammed Jibril, 13 years old and terrified, heard the cannons of 60-ton Merkava tanks booming from the bottom of the narrow lane that runs past his house in the heart of Gaza City. |
 | | Two wounded men later died at the hospital: Ahmed Ahmed, a Palestinian military intelligence officer who was caught in the battle while walking to his duty station, and Muner Morsi, a fighter for the radical Islamic Jihad group from the nearby Jabalya refugee camp. |
 | | Mohammed Nakhalah, 21, a civilian, died of injuries at the hospital, though it was not recorded at which site ambulances found him. |
| www.ccmep.org /2003_articles/Palestine/021003_deep_in_gaza_a_lopsided_battle.htm (2500 words) |
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