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Article: ARAB ISRAELI RELATIONS - Dec 26 - Israel Opens Gaza Border For Humanitarian Aid.
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- APS Diplomat Recorder
- Article date:
- December 31, 2009
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Israel reopens its border with Gaza to allow deliveries of humanitarian aid, despite continued rocket and mortar fire from the coastal strip and growing expectations of a large-scale Israeli military campaign against Palestinian militants. One rocket fired by militants landed short of its target and struck a house in northern Gaza, killing two Palestinian girls, ages 5 and 12, said a Health Ministry official, Dr. Moiaya Hassanain. The two girls were cousins, he said, adding that three other children were wounded. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The military said that approximately 90 trucks were delivering medicine, fuel, cooking gas and other vital goods ...