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Article: ARAB ISRAELI RELATIONS - Dec 29 - Gaza Toll Passes 350 In 3rd Day Of Israeli Strikes.
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- APS Diplomat Recorder
- Article date:
- December 31, 2009
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Israel is engaged in an "all-out war with Hamas", Defense Minister Ehud Barak tells Parliament as his air force struck at the organization's civic institutions - the Islamic University, Interior Ministry and presidential guesthouse. The death toll surpassed 350, some 60 of them civilians, according to UN officials. As the conflict passed its third day, with no active diplomacy and anti-Israel protesters taking to the streets around the Arab world, there appeared to be no quick end to the largest assault on Gaza in decades. Israel has defined its aims relatively narrowly, saying it seeks to cripple Hamas's ability to fire rockets into Israel. It has not made clear if it ...