Palestinians fired an anti-tank missile at a compound shared by Israeli and Palestinian officials in the Gaza Strip. The missile hit a building used by Palestinian officials, but caused no injuries. Israeli officials long had warned that the Palestinians had heavier weapons than they were using in their four- month-old uprising.
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