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Gaza truce ignored as both sides keep firing
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January 11, 2009, Sunday
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ISRAELI tanks and planes bombarded the Gaza Strip yesterday and Hamas militants fired rockets into Israel, both sides ignoring a truce window and defying international efforts to stop the conflict.
An Israeli tank shell killed eight Palestinians in Jabalya, a refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip, and an air strike killed a woman in nearby Beit Lahiya, Palestinian medics said.
All of those killed in Jabalya were believed to be men from the same family. The deaths raised the Palestinian toll to at least 821, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza.
Thirteen Israelis have been killed: 10 soldiers and three civilians hit in rocket fire.
The fighting continued even during a three-hour cease-fire window that Israel has established in recent days to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza to sustain the 1.5 million people living there.
As Israeli tanks advanced in northern Gaza and aircraft hit targets across the coastal strip, Hamas rockets hit Ashkelon, 20 kilometers north of Gaza, wounding three Israelis.
Concerned about the deepening humanitarian impact of the war, with more than half Gaza's population dependent on UN food assistance, the United Nations said it hoped to resume full aid distribution after receiving Israeli assurances that its staff would not be harmed. A UN driver was killed on Thursday.
Israel has pressed on with its offensive despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire and Egyptian-European efforts at mediation, saying it is intent on stopping Hamas rocket fire. Hamas too has ignored calls for a halt to hostilities, firing at least eight rockets at Israel.
"Israel is determined to deal with this matter until its positive conclusion, so that there is no terrorism in Gaza against Israel," Rafi Eitan, a member of Israel's security cabinet, said on Israel Radio.
At least two Israeli tank shells hit northern Gaza immediately after the humanitarian truce window opened, residents said.
An Israeli tank shell killed eight Palestinians in Jabalya, a refugee camp in the north of the Gaza Strip, and an air strike killed a woman in nearby Beit Lahiya, Palestinian medics said.
All of those killed in Jabalya were believed to be men from the same family. The deaths raised the Palestinian toll to at least 821, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza.
Thirteen Israelis have been killed: 10 soldiers and three civilians hit in rocket fire.
The fighting continued even during a three-hour cease-fire window that Israel has established in recent days to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza to sustain the 1.5 million people living there.
As Israeli tanks advanced in northern Gaza and aircraft hit targets across the coastal strip, Hamas rockets hit Ashkelon, 20 kilometers north of Gaza, wounding three Israelis.
Concerned about the deepening humanitarian impact of the war, with more than half Gaza's population dependent on UN food assistance, the United Nations said it hoped to resume full aid distribution after receiving Israeli assurances that its staff would not be harmed. A UN driver was killed on Thursday.
Israel has pressed on with its offensive despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire and Egyptian-European efforts at mediation, saying it is intent on stopping Hamas rocket fire. Hamas too has ignored calls for a halt to hostilities, firing at least eight rockets at Israel.
"Israel is determined to deal with this matter until its positive conclusion, so that there is no terrorism in Gaza against Israel," Rafi Eitan, a member of Israel's security cabinet, said on Israel Radio.
At least two Israeli tank shells hit northern Gaza immediately after the humanitarian truce window opened, residents said.
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