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/ 21 October 2008
A prominent Palestinian human rights group says it has found evidence that 68 children were killed in the Gaza Strip in the 12 months to June.
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/ 26 September 2005
Nine-year-old Salama died instantly, his head blown off and his body torn to shreds when a massive explosion ripped through a Hamas military parade, killing at least 15 people. The Islamist faction blamed Israel and fired off dozens of rockets, unleashing a catalogue of Israeli air strikes and three sleepless, frightening nights for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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/ 11 October 2004
Islam Dwidar’s classmates were still taking in her shocking death — the teacher weeping outside before facing the girls, her closest friend recounting how they walked to school together each day — when the news arrived about Tahreer Abu el Jidyan. The two 15-year-old pupils at Jabaliya’s school were both shot in the head by Israeli soldiers inside their homes just a few blocks and several hours apart.
The Gaza strip was bracing for a fresh Israeli military assault after a Hamas rocket attack on an Israeli town on Wednesday killed two children, one an infant. Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed to respond ”with severity” to the attack on the town of Sderot, in which another 20 people were wounded. Late on Wednesday evening missiles ploughed into the Jabaliya refugee camp, killing two Palestinians.
Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip on Friday morning, just hours after around 100 Israeli tanks moved deep into the area in a hunt for militants. The latest campaign, which began three days ago and aims to stop rocket attacks on southern Israel, intensified after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave a green light to a larger operation codenamed ”Days of Penitence”.