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Rocket attacks jolt Israel as Gaza war claims new victims

Published January 8, 2009, 4:37 am, Channel NewsAsia

GAZA CITY : Rockets fired into northern Israel from Lebanon on Thursday jolted efforts to end the war in Gaza where Israeli jets carried out mass strikes on smuggling tunnels in the Palestinian territory.

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UN Says No Hamas Fighters Were in Bombed Gaza School - Yahoo! News: "United Nations investigators say they have uncovered no evidence to support a claim by the Israeli military that Hamas fighters were holed up in a Gaza school, prompting a deadly attack by Israeli forces that killed 40 civilians, many of them children." ;

Die Welt blickt gelähmt nach Gaza (Kommentar) | Andreas Zumach, taz 08.01.09: Vielleicht wird die täglich dreistündige "humanitä re" Feuerpause im Gazastreifen ja von Israel und der Hamas eingehalten - und mündet vielleicht sogar schon bald in einen dauerhaften Waffenstillsta nd. Das würde das Leben der von den Kampfhandlunge n betroffenen Bevölkerung zwar erheblich erleichtern, es wäre aber überhaupt kein Grund zur Beruhigung. Denn der nächste Ausbruch der Gewalt ist gewiss, wenn es nicht endlich zu einer politischen Lösung des israelisch-pal ästinensischen Konflikts kommt.

Diplomatic efforts near deadlock in search for Israel-Hamas deal | World news | The Guardian: UN fighting over what words to use about Gaza. Pathetic.


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