Gaza cease-fire lets Palestinians cautiously recover bodies

Los Angeles Times by Ashraf Khalil, Yasser Ahmad | Jan. 19, 2009 (News Report)
Hamas follows Israel in declaring a truce. Israeli troops begin pulling back near border. Gaza toll rises to at least 1,300, a third of the dead reportedly children.

Palestinian medical authorities said, raising the death toll among residents of the coastal strip to at least 1,300, with thousands more wounded and left homeless. At least a third of those killed were children, according to Gaza Health Ministry figures that the United Nations deems credible. Full Story »

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Topics: Human Rights, War, Middle East, Israel, Gaza
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jan 19, 2009 - 6:09 AM PST
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Derek Hawkins (review), Marsha Iverson (review), Greg Mason (review), Jim Lang (review)
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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Jan. 19, 2009

Shows the devastation in Gaza in gruesome detail. Not incredibly deep but well sourced and stylish.

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Marsha Iverson
4.3
 by Marsha Iverson - Jan. 19, 2009

Excellent first-hand report from Gaza during the initial day of a one-week cease fire by Israel and Hamas. This interview-based report brings home the devastation--structural, physical, and emotional--to Palestinians as a result of the Israeli military assault.

Vengeance-based 'leadership' must end. It never works, it only escalates. Who will step forward and say ENOUGH!?

On the issue of civilian casualties, a senior Israeli Defense Ministry official Sunday repeated Israel’s assertion that its army was under strict orders not to harm ... More »

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Jim Lang
4.0
 by Jim Lang - Jan. 19, 2009

This article paints a vivid picture of the destruction in Gaza as both Israel and Hamas observe a cease fire. It reports both evidence of a large number of Palestinian civilian deaths and the official Israeli response.

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Kaizar Campwala
3.6
 by Kaizar Campwala - Jan. 19, 2009
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Greg Mason
3.6
 by Greg Mason - Jan. 19, 2009
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