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Article: UN chief heading to the region as Gaza death toll over 925.(United Nations)(Brief article)
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- January 13, 2009
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Summary: Israeli forces tightened their hold on the outskirts of Gaza City on Tuesday as United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon pressed for a truce between Israel and Hamas.
Israeli forces tightened their hold on the outskirts of Gaza City on Tuesday as United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon pressed for a truce between Israel and Hamas. In clashes on the edges of the city, Israeli forces killed 12 gunmen, some of them Hamas members, medical workers said, according to Reuters.
"We are tightening the encirclement of the city," Brigadier General Eyal Eisenberg told reporters touring Israeli positions.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban was heading to the region for a ...