CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: We have been reporting on the overnight attack in Gaza, which Israel says is not in response to Wednesday's deadly bus bombing in Haifa. CNN Jerusalem bureau chief Mike Hanna has been covering these events, and we now go to him for an update -- Mike.</s>MIKE HANNA, CNN JERUSALEM BUREAU CHIEF: Well, Carol, Israeli forces moved into the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza in the early hours of the morning. This is an area some two miles by two miles, home to about 90,000 people, it's estimated, and a known stronghold of the militant Hamas movement, which Israel says was the target of its operation. Eleven Palestinians were killed in this military action, well over 100 were wounded. Among those dead was a group of eight, who Palestinian eyewitnesses say were unarmed bystanders who were watching the Civil Defense Unit fight a fire when they were struck by a tank shell. The Israeli Defense Force says that it fired three tank shells during the operation, one of which though was directed at a man in the middle of the crowd who was carrying an RPG rocket launcher. Now, this Israeli action comes a day after a suicide bombing in the northern Israel city of Haifa. Fifteen Israelis were killed in that attack, the first such attack within Israel in two months. But, says Israel, the two attacks are not connected; that the operation in Gaza is part of an ongoing action. And indeed Israeli forces have been deployed in strength, in Gaza in particular, in recent weeks. Within the last month alone, well over 70 Palestinians being killed in those ongoing Israeli operations -- Carol.</s>COSTELLO: Mike Hanna reporting live from Jerusalem this morning. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
Eleven Palestinians Killed in Gaza Operation