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** FILE ** In this Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 file photo, Palestinians carry the bodies of three toddlers Ahmed, Mohamed, and Issa Samouni, who according to Palestinian medical sources were killed in an Israeli strike, during their funeral in Gaza City. At least 169 children and teens, ages 17 and under, have been killed, and many more wounded since Dec. 27, according to Palestinian medics and human rights researchers. In the ongoing chaos, with medics still unable to retrieve all bodies and some of the dead disfigured, exact figures are not yet available. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)
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Qassam rocket are seen fired toward Israel from the Gaza strip, January 2, 2009. After a relatively quiet night in southern Israel, the onslaught of Palestinian rockets resumed Friday, with two salvoes of Grad rockets hitting Ashkelon. A home in the southern city sustained a direct hit, and one person, in an adjacent house, suffered shrapnel wounds. (Nati Shohat/Flash 90/MCT) *** Local Caption *** ISRAEL OUT
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Israeli Defense Forces destroyed ministry buildings' compound in Gaza City on December 30, 2008. Warplanes pounded Gaza for a fourth day as tanks stood by to join the 'all-out' war Israel vowed would wipe out Hamas. (Fady Adwan/Flash 90/MCT)
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A Palestinian man inspects the rubble of a building following an Israeli airstrike in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. Israeli forces pounded dozens of targets and edged closer to Gaza City on Saturday while southern Israel came under renewed rocket fire after one of its quietest nights in the two-week offensive against Hamas. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)
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Doctors at Gaza City's Shifa Hospital tend to Asmaa Bahtatete, a 10-year-old Palestinian girl injured in an Israeli strike on Monday, January 5, 2009. Overwhelmed by injuries in the 10-day-old Israeli military offensive, Shifa Hospital is treating some patients on the floor of the reception hall. (Ahmed Abu Hamda/MCT)
Palestinians pray next to the bodies of seven members of the Salha family who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their house, during their funeral in Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Dec. 27 followed by a ground invasion on Jan. 3 to undermine the ability of the militant group Hamas that governs Gaza from firing rockets into the Jewish State. Some 750 people have been killed in the fighting, about half of them civilians, according Palestinians medical officials. Over 3000 have been injured, numbers that have left Gaza's medics overwhelmed. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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Masouda Samuni sits in a Gaza City hospital with two of her children on Friday, January 9, 2009. Samuni said her husband and 10-year-old son were killed when Israeli forces hit the home where she and more than 100 other Palestinians had taken refuge from fighting. (Ahmed Abu Hamda/MCT)
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A mobile artillery piece fires towards targets in the southern Gaza Strip, on the Israel side of the border with Gaza. Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
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** FILE ** In this Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009 file photo, a Palestinian girl cries during the funeral of a relative that was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. Israeli ground troops and tanks cut swaths through the Gaza Strip early Sunday, cutting the coastal territory into two and surrounding its biggest city as the new phase of a devastating offensive against Hamas gained momentum. (AP Photo/Fadi Adwan, File)
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Palestinians react after hearing news that a relative had been killed in Israeli shelling in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. Eight Palestinians were killed in the explosion, Palestinian medical sources said. Israeli forces pounded dozens of targets and edged closer to Gaza City on Saturday while southern Israel came under renewed rocket fire after one of its quietest nights in the two-week offensive against Hamas. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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A Palestinian man reacts after hearing news that his mother had been killed in Israeli shelling in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. Eight Palestinians were killed in the explosion, Palestinian medical sources said. Israeli forces pounded dozens of targets and edged closer to Gaza City on Saturday while southern Israel came under renewed rocket fire after one of its quietest nights in the two-week offensive against Hamas. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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** EDITORS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT ** FILE ** In this Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, file photo, a Palestinian pulls a dead body of a child out of rubble of a house belonging to the Al Dayah family, that collapsed following Israeli forces' operations in Gaza City. At least 169 children and teens, ages 17 and under, have been killed, and many more wounded since Dec. 27, according to Palestinian medics and human rights researchers. In the ongoing chaos, with medics still unable to retrieve all bodies and some of the dead disfigured, exact figures are not yet available. (AP Photo/Fadi Adwan)
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Palestinians crowd to receive food aid at a United Nations food distribution center in Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009. Israeli forces pounded dozens of targets and edged closer to Gaza City on Saturday while southern Israel came under renewed rocket fire after one of its quietest nights in the two-week offensive against Hamas. (AP Phot/Hatem Moussa)
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A Palestinian youth tries to move dead goats and sheep from the street following Israeli bombardment in Gaza City, Saturday, Jan.10, 2009. Israeli forces pounded rocket-launching sites and smuggling tunnels in Gaza Saturday and planes dropped leaflets warning of an escalation in attacks, as Palestinian militants fired at least 15 more rockets at Israel.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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