Gaza cease-fire lets Palestinians cautiously recover bodies

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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Jim Lang
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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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