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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 08 > Israel resumes onslaught after humanitarian ‘pause’

Israel resumes onslaught after humanitarian ‘pause’

After three-hour lull in fighting, airstrikes target Hamas tunnels

By Dion Nissenbaum and Ahmed Abu Hamda / The Bulletin
January 8, 2009

JERUSALEM — For three hours Wednesday, a surreal calm settled over the Gaza Strip as the 12-day-old Israeli military campaign to destabilize the militant Islamist group Hamas came to a temporary halt.

Palestinians who’d been huddling for days in their chilly, powerless homes....

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