GAZA STRIP. Rafah Refugee Camp. October 2003. A young man killed in Rafah during the Israeli army's October incursion is buried in the local cemetery. At the beginning of the month, the army entered the camp and stayed for four days with the stated purpose of destroying tunnels used for smuggling arms from Egypt. Before the army left, eight Palestinians were killed , including two children. Dozens were wounded and more than 100 homes destroyed, leaving an estimated 1500 homeless. For the past three years, the Israeli army has destroyed between 500 and 600 homes in Rafah by bulldozing a wide swath along the wall. This was Israel's biggest raid into Rafah since the second intifada began in September 2000.