The bodies of two dead sisters Haia, 11, and Lama, 5, from the Hamdan family who were killed at Baithanon in the Al seka area after Israeli planes struck thier house while they were playing on JAN 1, 2009 lay in the morgue side-by-side. The international Red Cross today warned that increasing numbers of civilians in the Gaza Strip are being killed during Israel's military offensive, locking the territory in a 'full blown' humanitarian crisis. Israeli artillery today bombarded the Gaza...
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The bodies of two dead sisters Haia, 11, and Lama, 5, from the Hamdan family who were killed at Baithanon in the Al seka area after Israeli planes struck thier house while they were playing on JAN 1, 2009 lay in the morgue side-by-side. The international Red Cross today warned that increasing numbers of civilians in the Gaza Strip are being killed during Israel's military offensive, locking the territory in a 'full blown' humanitarian crisis. Israeli artillery today bombarded the Gaza Strip in a dramatic escalation of the campaign against Hamas after a week of air attacks which have left more than 450 Palestinians dead. New Israeli air strikes killed at least 10 Palestinians in a mosque as well as two Hamas military commanders as pressure mounted on the Hamas Leadership to cease rocket-fire into Southern Israel.
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