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Palestinian witnesses said at least eight were killed on Thursday when Israeli soldiers opened fire on at a crowd looking at buildings set ablaze during an overnight raid on a suspected militant's house. The army denied firing on civilians and said a man in the crowd detonated a bomb, causing the heavy toll. The Gaza raids came hours after a suicide bomber blew himself up on Wednesday aboard a bus in the northern city of Haifa, killing 15 Israelis. In response to the bombing, Israel's Security Cabinet closed the West Bank and Gaza Strip, banning most Palestinians from entering Israel. Blood stained dirt streets and alleyways from the Gaza raids. Buildings were still smoldering in Gaza and hospitals were packed with more than 100 people injured in the raid, many of whom were young children. Marwan Abu Shamales (49), said he came out of his house in the Jabalya refugee camp to see the aftermath of the raid. He thought troops had withdrawn. ``When the fire engines arrived and started working to control the fire, the sound of an explosion was heard,'' said Shamales, who doctors said was hit by tank shell shrapnel. ``I started screaming and I fell down on the two legs of a dead man. I will never forget this disgusting scene.'' The army said it stormed Jabalya, targeting a Hamas fugitive, whom they arrested after finding weapons and explosives at his house, said Brig.-Gen. Gadi Shamni, Gaza division army commander. Gun battles erupted.
PM appointment
Meanwhile, Israel said it will allow the Palestinian Central Council to meet in Ramallah on Saturday to begin discussing the appointment of a Prime Minister, despite tightening a blockade on the West Bank after the suicide bombing, a Palestinian official said. Salim Zaanoun, chairman of the central council, said no one on the council has been banned from the meeting at Yasser Arafat's ravaged headquarters. In the past, Israel has prevented members of the Palestinian Legislative Council from travelling to Ramallah to attend meetings.
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