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January 6, 2009

Red Cross: Gaza Is a “Full-Blown" Humanitarian Crisis
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Earlier today, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Gaza
was now in a “full-blown” humanitarian crisis. Over the past eleven
days, at least 573 Palestinians have been killed with more than 2,500
wounded. Four Israeli soldiers were also killed on Monday, bringing the
Israeli death toll to eight. The Israeli military says the four soldiers
died in two separate friendly fire incidents. Militants with Hamas
continue to fire rockets into Israel. One struck an empty kindergarten
in Ashdod.



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