Word: lahiya
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...Five kilometers away, in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya, Safia and Mohammed Ghaben are also accustomed to leading lives under siege, to the thuds and booms of artillery shells fired into Gaza by the Israeli army in retaliation for rockets launched by Palestinian militants toward villages such as Netiv Ha'asara. Though Israel says the barrages are aimed at punishing militants, not civilians, the shelling is a constant source of fear. And for some, like the Ghabens, the sound of artillery discharges is a reminder of an incurable pain...
...fugitive Islamist did, however, take phone calls. And that proved his undoing. Last week Ayyash, 29, was killed in a house in Beit Lahiya, in the Gaza Strip, by an explosion from the earpiece of a telephone he was holding. His demise ended one of the most intensive manhunts ever conducted by Israeli security--a search for the alleged mastermind of the suicide bombings that have threatened the fragile peace between Israelis and Palestinians...