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Israel Continues Bombing Of Gaza
Palestinians take shelter at a United Nations aid center in a school after Israeli air strikes destroyed their homes in Rafah in southern Gaza on January 7, 2009. Fighting resumed after Israel allowed a three-hour truce to let humanitarian aid into Gaza. About 300 of the approximately 700 Palestinians killed have been civilians, according to UN figures. (UPI Photo/Ismael Mohamad) | Slideshow
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