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A Palestinian protester covers his face from teargas fired by Israeli troops during a rally against Israel’s West Bank separation barrier.
Palestinian demonstrators run from tear gas during a protest again Israeli separation barriers in the West Bank village of Bilin. — NY Times
Misery Hangs Over Gaza Despite Pledges of Help — NY Times
A Palestinian explosive killed an Israeli soldier just outside Gaza on Tuesday and Israel retaliated with an incursion that killed a Palestinian in the first serious confrontations between Hamas and Israel since each declared a tentative cease-fire 10 days ago. — International Herald Tribue
Palestinian civilians and medics run for cover during an Israeli strike over a UN school in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. — BBC
As the war in Gaza entered its 21st day and the quest for a truce resumed here and in Washington, the senior leader in exile of Hamas rejected Israel’s terms for a cease-fire and Israel rejected a call by the leader of the United Nations for Israel to stop its assault. — International Herald Tribune
The death toll of Palestinians has risen inexorably. Twelve days after the Israeli offensive began, Palestinians put the number at more than 770, with at least 2,500 wounded. Israel claims to have killed more than 130 Hamas fighters. Some medical sources in Gaza say that as many as 40% of the dead are women and children, and that a large majority have been non-combatants. Several entire families have been wiped out. On January 4th Gaza’s main vegetable market was hit: five people were killed, 40 wounded. Two days later a school run by the United Nations in the Jabaliya camp was shelled, leaving at least 30 dead. Nearly all were children. Gazans have long felt they lived in an open prison; now they are trapped in a shooting gallery. (Via the Economist)
Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli tanks had moved into the southern city of Khan Younis. (Via BBC)
Sharp explosions rang out across Gaza, and tank fire and airstrikes lit the darkened sky well into Sunday as Israel continued to pound the area by land, air and sea. The Hamas military wing said it was firing mortars at approaching Israeli troops. Israeli Troops Launch Attack on Gaza — NY Times
Palestinians gathered for the funeral procession of Nizar Rayyan, a Hamas leader, and four of his wives and at least nine of his children in Jabaliya on Friday. — NY Times
A Palestinian shouts as he lifts the body of a victim of an Israeli missile strike upon the Jebaliya refugee camp in the Gaza strip on Monday. Five members of one family, including three children and two teenagers, were among those killed in two new air raids. — USA Today.
As an Egyptian Muslim now living in America, I ask myself why the Arab street and its supporters in the West never show similarly strong response against Islamic terrorists who target innocents worldwide and explode markets full of predominantly Muslim civilians in Iraq, Pakistan, Sudan, Turkey, etc. — The Gaza solution is in the hands of Palestinians. Tawfik Hamid, Jerusalem Post.
