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A girl holds a candle next to a photo of 3-year-old Ranan Yousef Arafat, who was killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, as Palestinians gathered in Bethlehem’s Manger Square to mourn the victims of Israeli military strikes and to call for an end to the escalation of violence, November 17, 2012 |
At least 23 people, among them 14 women and children, were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza on Sunday, November 18th, bringing the total number of Palestinian casualties since the assassination of Ahmad Jabari to 69. Three Israelis were killed last week when a rocket hit a house in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi.
Air strikes on Gaza continued throughout the day, as did rocket launches toward Israeli towns, including several rockets which were intercepted above Tel Aviv by the Iron Dome. At the time of writing, there hasn’t been a breakthrough in the effort to reach a ceasefire.
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Palestinian children pick up scrap amidst the ruins of a house belonging to Suleiman Abdul Hamid Salah near al-Khulafa Mosque in Jabalya town, November 17, 2012. The house – with the residents inside – was hit by 3 missiles, totally destroying it ; 31 civilians were wounded, including 12 children and 7 women, 12 of them residents of the house |
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A Palestinian man and boy react to the sound of a Israeli warplane, flying at very low altitude above the ruins of the government building, which was completely destroyed that morning. Gaza city, November 17, 2012
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Palestinians visit the demolished Palestinian Ministry of Interior targeted by an Israeli military airstrike in the neighborhood of Tal el Hawa, Gaza city, November 16, 2012
At least 23 people, among them 14 women and children, were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza on Sunday, November 18th, bringing the total number of Palestinian casualties since the assassination of Ahmad Jabari to 69. Three Israelis were killed last week when a rocket hit a house in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi.
Air strikes on Gaza continued throughout the day, as did rocket launches toward Israeli towns, including several rockets which were intercepted above Tel Aviv by the Iron Dome. At the time of writing, there hasn’t been a breakthrough in the effort to reach a ceasefire.
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