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Rocket Attack Hits Israeli Soldiers

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• Israeli soldiers carry a wounded colleague from a helicopter after arriving at Barzilai hospital in the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon, early Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck a tent filled with sleeping soldiers in a southern Israeli army base, wounding more than 25 of them early Tuesday, Israeli medics and the army said. The army confirmed the soldiers in the tent that was hit were all recent recruits in basic training at an army base in southern Israel less than a mile north of the Gaza Strip.
• Israeli medics carry a wounded soldier to a helicopter in the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon, early Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck a tent filled with sleeping soldiers in a southern Israeli army base, wounding more than 25 of them early Tuesday, Israeli medics and the army said. The army confirmed said the soldiers in the tent that was hit were all recent recruits in basic training at an army base in southern Israel less than a mile north of the Gaza Strip.
• Israeli soldiers are seen at the site where a rocket, fired from the Gaza Strip, hit an army training base near the coastal city of Ashkelon, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. A Palestinian rocket exploded in an Israeli army base early Tuesday, wounding 50 soldiers and drawing Israeli calls for a major military operation against rocket squads in the Gaza Strip.
• Parents of Israeli soldiers argue with Israeli army and police officers as they demand to meet their sons after a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip hit their army base near the coastal city of Ashkelon, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. A Palestinian rocket exploded in an Israeli army base early Tuesday, wounding more than 40 soldiers as they slept in their tents and drawing calls for a major military operation against militants launching rockets from the Gaza Strip.
• An Israeli armored vehicle makes its way towards the Gaza Strip, at a staging base on the border with Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. A Palestinian rocket exploded in an Israeli army base early Tuesday, wounding dozens of soldiers as they slept in their tents and drawing Israeli calls for a major military operation in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was scheduled to meet later Tuesday with top military and security officials, where they were expected to discuss a response to the attack, Israeli officials said.