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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. ![]() There was panic in the streets of Gaza City as a missile fell near a school ![]() Palestinians walk through a cemetery heavily damaged in an Israeli attack on a nearby security installation ![]() A Palestinian policeman tries to extinguish a fire in the complex that houses Yasser Arafat's office ![]() The attack on Ramallah left a gaping hole in a police station only metres away from where Mr Arafat was working ![]() A Gaza resident inspects the ruins of his house after Israel's first wave of air strikes on Monday ![]() The runway at Gaza International Airport is unusable after Israeli troops used bulldozers to tear it up ![]() Two of Mr Arafat's helicopters were destroyed when Israel launched retaliatory attacks on Monday | See also: Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top Middle East stories now: Links to more Middle East stories are at the foot of the page. | |||
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