Israel's military ordered 15 Palestinian detainees expelled from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip, an action human rights groups denounced as a violation of international law. The military said expulsion orders for 15 Palestinians held in Israeli custody were the only way to be sure the detainees would not return to 'terrorist' activity. None participated directly in attacks on Israelis or had "blood on their hands," an army statement said, but all were accomplices to violence. The 15 were being held in military lockups without trial, in what is called administrative detention. They cannot be tried, the army said, without exposing sensitive intelligence sources. The detainees have already been moved to an army jail near the Gaza Strip and have two days to appeal. Expulsion is an especially sensitive issue for Palestinians, many of whom were made refugees as they fled or were forced out of what is now Israel during Mideast wars. For most Palestinians, exile or any removal from their land and families is worse than prison. **Dispute Between Arafat and Qureia*** Meanwhile, a dispute deepened between Arafat and his prime minister, Ahmed Qureia, who have haggled over the formation of a new cabinet and especially over who should take up the powerful post of interior minister. On Monday, Arafat appointed a top member of his Fatah party, Hakam Balawi, to be acting interior minister. In a show of defiance, Qureia, who had supported another choice for the post, told reporters Tuesday that Balawi did not have the job. Further, Qureia said the powers and responsibilities of the Interior Ministry would be taken over by the Palestinian national security council for now. Last week, Qureia lost his battle to get parliamentary approval for the cabinet, formed by Arafat decree. Qureia has threatened to quit once the term of his temporary government expires in about three weeks. Similar wrangling led to the resignation last month of the previous prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas. **Israeli Tanks Return to Torment Rafah*** At least three Palestinians are reported hurt, one of them seriously, in the latest invasion of Rafah refugee camp in the south of the Gaza Strip. Israeli tanks and soldiers launched the new assault early Tuesday - hours after a damning human rights report condemned previous raids on the same refugee camp. The invasion force consists of about 40 tanks, armoured personnel carriers and helicopter gunships. Occupation forces had only just left Rafah on Monday after a three-day attack that killed eight Palestinians and left more than 1000 homeless last week. But sunrise on Tuesday saw the return of an even larger attack force with the means to destroy many more homes and lives. "Israeli helicopters opened fire on the area and soldiers took up rooftop positions on high buildings," said Aljazeera's correspondent. Dr Ali Musa, the head of Rafah hospital, told AFP that among the injured was a 12-year-old boy who was in serious condition after being struck by shrapnel from a tank shell. Residents said that water and electricity supplies were cut off and that three houses had been demolished. There were reports of Palestinian fighters putting up resistance with small arms. About five Israeli army vehicles also raided an area near the Israel settlement of Kfar Darom in Dair al-Balah, wiping out lands belonging to the Palestinian Abu Samra and al-Lahham families, added our correspondent. **PHOTO CAPTION*** Palestinians carry a wounded youth shot during an Israeli raid at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip October 14, 2003. (REUTERS/Ahmed Hassan)