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Tuesday, 4 December, 2001, 16:14 GMT

In pictures: Israel's retaliatory attacks

Israeli helicopter gunships have carried out two days of attacks on Palestinian targets in retaliation for last weekend's suicide bomb attacks Haifa and Jerusalem, which left at least 25 Israelis dead.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah was hit, as were targets in and around Gaza City.

Civilians flee Israeli bombing in Gaza

Cemetery in Gaza

A Palestinian policeman tries to extinguish a fire in the complex that houses Yasser Arafat's office

The attack on Arafat's Ramallah headquarters left a gaping hole in a police station only metres away from where the Palestinian leader was working

A Gaza resident inspects the ruins of his house after Israel's first wave of air strikes on Monday

Israeli troops used bulldozers to tear up the runway at Gaza International Airport

Palestinian policemen inspect the remains of two of Mr Arafat's helicopters, which were destroyed in Israel retaliatory attacks on Monday

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