OPERATION Summer Rain began with the terrifying, telltale sound of rolling thunder shattering the pre-dawn Gaza calm.The sonic boom of the fighter jet shattered windows and spooked already nervous souls just after 2.30am. All of Gaza knew what it meant. After 10 months, the Israelis were back in town. At the southeastern border, tanks and troop carriers rumbled to life and the few remaining Palestinian security forces in the area beat a hasty retreat. The mighty Israeli army moved swiftly across the border it last crossed on the way out in August last year, ending a bloody, decades-long occupation and hoping never to return. ...
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