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Mother of 13 killed by Israeli air-strike – Internationals staying in Jabaliya amid fears of Israeli ground invasion
International Human Rights Activists went to visit one of the families who lost their mother as Israel killed at least 225 in Gaza on the 27th December. They will be staying with the family tonight (27th December) as the family and neighbours have expressed fear over an anticipated ground invasion of the area. Photo from outside Al-Shifa hospital Canadian citizen, Eva Bartlett, reported that; “Today we visited the home of martyred civilian Sara Aid Hawajereh, a…
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Israeli Ministry of Defence make threatening phone call to residents of Gaza on the day that Israel kills at least 225 Palestinians
27th December 2008 – A family in Rafah say they have received a menacing phone call from the Israeli Ministry of Defence, warning that “any house that has guns or weapons will be targeted next without further warning or any announcement”. At the end of a day where Israeli air-strikes killed at least 225 Palestinians in Gaza, with hundreds more injured, residents of Rafah were then subject to further threats from the Israelis. According to international…
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Report from ISM Gaza Strip as Israeli rockets hit Gaza
By Sharon from Australia 3pm from Gaza city I was at home beside the small Gaza port, eating a bread and jam breakfast, when the rockets began to fall at about 11am. Six or seven deafening explosions occurred not far from my building, which rocked from the impact, smoke and dust filling the air. This occurred just as the children were on the streets walking back from school, and when I went out onto the stairs,…
