JERUSALEM , Oct 25 (Saba) - Israeli troops raided a Gaza Strip refugee camp to halt Palestinian mortar fire, killing 14 Palestinians and wounding 72 Monday, as Israel's parliament set up for a historic debate on a withdrawal from the coastal strip.

Witnesses and medics said overnight Israeli air strikes killed seven Palestinians in the Khan Younis camp. A tank shell killed two and soldiers shot dead five people, including a boy of 11 and two young men in a stone-throwing crowd.

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