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Israel Troops Raid Village and Arrest 100 Palestinians : Intifada: Those seized are suspected activists in the Arab uprising. A Gaza woman is reported killed as a collaborator.

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From Associated Press

Israeli soldiers backed by helicopters raided a West Bank village and tracked down Palestinian fugitives in nearby caves, arresting more than 100 suspected uprising activists, the army and state radio said Saturday.

In the Gaza Strip, a 22-year-old Palestinian woman was killed Saturday morning by fellow Palestinians who accused her of helping Israeli authorities, Arab reports said.

The woman, Ishanhaz Timraz, was murdered on the main street in the Gaza town of Rafah when she went to a U.N. relief office to get food supplies, Palestinian journalists and hospital officials said.

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The military command confirmed the death and said it was under investigation.

More than 130 Arabs have been similarly slain in the 26-month uprising against Israeli rule in Gaza and the West Bank.

Also in Gaza, Israeli troops shot and wounded at least six Palestinians in a number of stone-throwing clashes, Arab hospital officials said. The army said it knew of three Palestinians who suffered light injuries.

The military command said soldiers raided the village of Yamun in the northern part of the occupied West Bank over the weekend. It did not say precisely when the raid took place.

The soldiers, backed by air force helicopters, arrested about 90 Palestinians suspected of guerrilla activities and participation in violent protests, the army said. It said weapons such as axes, knives and sticks were found in the village.

Israel radio said some Palestinians were captured in caves near the village, where they had fled.

It quoted an unidentified army commander of the area as saying no shots were fired during the operation.

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In another development, Israeli authorities expelled from the country a Yugoslav woman suspected of spying for the PLO, the radio reported. Patricia Kansevitz, 26, was sent to Zagreb, Yugoslavia, on Friday.

Kansevitz was arrested by Israeli security officials Jan. 7 along with another Yugoslav woman, Victoria David, 34. David, thought to be a convert to Judaism who emigrated to Israel in 1987, was charged on Jan. 28 with contact with a foreign agent, membership in an illegal organization and passing information to the enemy.

The charge sheet alleged that she took photographs of military installations and strategic sites.

According to the charge sheet, David went by the code name of “Halila” and was recruited in Yugoslavia into Fatah, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s mainstream branch headed by Yasser Arafat.

Kansevitz reportedly acted as a courier who transferred the information to the PLO.

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