DEATH RATE INCREASES IN GAZA DAY BY DAY: The death report came that At least 520 Palestinians have been killed and 2,500 injured since December 27 in the Israeli offensive against militants in the Gaza Strip, a medical official in the salient sid on Sunday.
The total makes Israel’s Operation Cast Lead the bloodiest offensive against the Palestinians since the Palestinian Authority came into being in 1994.
Previously, the highest toll was in Israel’s Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, when, following a wave of deadly suicide bombings in Israeli cities, troops entered the West Bank. According to UN figures, 497 Palestinians were killed in the five weeks of fighting in that operation
At least 520 Palestinians have been killed and 2,500 injured since December 27 in the Israeli offensive against militants in the Gaza Strip, a medical official in the salient sid on Sunday.
The total makes Israel’s Operation Cast Lead the bloodiest offensive against the Palestinians since the Palestinian Authority came into being in 1994.
Previously, the highest toll was in Israel’s Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, when, following a wave of deadly suicide bombings in Israeli cities, troops entered the West Bank. According to UN figures, 497 Palestinians were killed in the five weeks of fighting in that operation.
The Security Council has been unable to forge a resolution on the violence since an Israeli bombing campaign began Dec 27, in response to stepped up rocket fire toward southern Israel by Gaza militants.
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