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Intensity of Israeli raids prevents emergency services from accessing area; dead bodies said to pile up in streets. At least 50 Palestinians were killed as Israeli forces pounded northern Gaza Sunday, sending thousands fleeing on day 13 of the deadliest assault on the enclave in five years. The intensity of...
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CNN International Correspondent Diana Magnay was reporting live from the Israel-Gaza border Thursday night when Israelis gathered behind her started cheering as they watched missiles fall into the Gaza Strip. “It is an astonishing, macabre and awful thing to watch this display of fire in the air,” she told CNN’s Wolf...
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Al Deira Hotel is regularly used by Western journalists when they travel to the Gaza Strip. Correspondents say that they are attracted by its good food, consistent wi-fi connections, and, most importantly, the fact that it is open (many other hotels in Gaza have closed in recent years). One more selling point,...
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Amnesty International is calling for a UN-mandated international investigation into violations committed on all sides amidst ongoing Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip and continuing volleys of indiscriminate rocket fire from Palestinian armed groups into Israel. Since Israel launched Operation “Protective Edge” in the early morning of 8...