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December 30, 2008

Four Israelis Killed in Palestinian Rocket Attacks
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The Israeli attacks have not prevented Palestinian militants from firing
rockets into southern Israel. On Monday, Palestinians fired at least
seventy rockets, killing two Israeli civilians and a soldier. The dead
included an Israeli woman in the town of Ashdod who was killed from
shrapnel wounds while taking cover from incoming rockets at a bus stop.
The Israeli death toll since Saturday now stands at four.

Israeli President Shimon Peres: “The situation is simple. Some of the
Gazan people are saying ‘why doesn’t Israel respect the ceasefire?’ One
may think that Israel started the fire. It didn’t start the fire. It’s
not a symmetric fire. If the people in Gaza want to live in peace, if
the people in Gaza want to enjoy free passages, there is a simple thing
they have and can do: stop shooting.”



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