Notables of Khan Yunis township in the Gaza Strip asked Defense Minister Moshe Dayan yesterday to stop the evacuation and resettlement of refugees. Dayan indicated he would comply with their request if they agreed to prevent terrorist activities. The notables said they could not, as “We don’t know any terrorist and we know nothing about terrorist activities.” Dayan replied: “Was the director of the Khan Yunis hospital, Dr. Raja Tarraz, who was severely injured by a terrorist grenade, hit by a stick?” With that, Dayan left Khan Yunis to visit the Raffah camp, the largest refugee site, where the authorities have started razing houses and building a new security road. There are 40,000 refugees in the Raffah camp, and security circles say they include a considerable concentration of terrorists. Meanwhile, a long-sought terrorist was killed this morning in the northern section of the Gaza Strip. Two guns, a Russian rifle and five grenades were found on his body. An Israeli soldier was injured yesterday by shots fired by a terrorist during a search for terrorists in the Jebaliyah camp.
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