news.bbc.co.uk - 1/19/2009
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The full scale of devastation in Gaza following Israel's three-week offensive is becoming clear, after both Israel and Hamas declared ceasefires. UN official John Ging said half a million people had been without water since the conflict began, and huge numbers of people were without power. Four ...
jpost.com - 1/19/2009
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Hamas militiamen have rounded up hundreds of Fatah
activists on suspicion of "collaboration" with Israel during Operation...
Cast Lead, Fatah members in the Gaza Strip told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. They said the Hamas crackdown on Fatah intensified ...
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'Hamas torturing Fatah members in Gaza' | Middle East | ...
nytimes.com - 1/18/2009
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nytimes.com —
JERUSALEM Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups
in Gaza announced an immediate, week-long cease-fire in the...
conflict with Israel on Sunday, about 12 hours after an Israeli unilateral cease-fire went into effect. The Palestinian groups said in ...
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Gaza Skirmishes Continue Despite Cease-Fire
turcopolier.typepad.com - 1/18/2009
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"Hamas officials were set to hold talks in
Cairo with Egyptian mediators to hear the Israeli response...
to proposals put forward by the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip.Hamas has offered a one-year, renewable truce on condition that all...
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An inevitable outcome in Gaza
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Tense Calm Follows Gaza Ceasefire
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... A fragile ceasefire in Gaza is continuing to hold, as Israel pulls out some troops after Hamas suspends attacks. ...
Newspaper Roundup for Jan. 19, 2009
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... Nothing Improper About Talks With Blagojevich Washington Post: White House Directive Guides Policy on Arctic Bush Calls for Protecting U.S. Interests Boston Globe: Effort to surmount polarizing debates backfires on pastor Rick Warren Washington Post: Shrinking Mainstream Media: Time, Newsweek Get Leaner San Francisco Chronicle: Judge halts oil, gas leases near national parks USA Today: Sour stock market stalls initial public offerings BBC: Scale of Gaza destruction emerges BBC: Windows worm numbers 'skyrocket' BBC: ...
Scale of Gaza destruction emerges
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... emerges The full scale of devastation in Gaza following Israel's three-week offensive is becoming clear, after both Israel and Hamas declared ceasefires. UN official John Ging said half a million people had been without water since the conflict began, and huge numbers of people were without power. Four thousand homes are ruined and tens of thousands of people are homeless. Israeli spokesman Mark Regev said he expected border crossings to open for aid later on Monday. Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7836869.stm
Sizing Up the Damage in Gaza
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... a big recovery operation ahead of us, reconstruction - none of it will be possible of course, on any scale, until we get crossing points open,” he told the BBC.
Unrwa was keen to reopen its schools, Mr Ging said, where 50,000 people were sheltering. Tens of thousands have been made homeless by the bombardment.
Big questions remain, our correspondent says, such as who will police Gaza’s southern border with Egypt and how much power Hamas still has.
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