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Israel Seizes East Gaza; Siege Toll Tops 480

Assault kills 24 Gazans as Hamas continues rocket attacks

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(Newser) – Israeli forces captured the eastern part of northern Gaza today, securing control less than 24 hours after its troops and tanks rolled into the Palestinian territory, CNN reports. At least 24 Palestinians were killed in Gaza today, pushing the death toll for the 8-day siege over 480, as EU reps traveled to the region to broker a cease-fire.

Overnight, Israeli missiles targeted 45 Hamas locations, and the Jewish state said dozens of insurgents were “hit” in the fighting. But Hamas continued its attack on southern Israel today, launching at least 30 rockets and killing four Israelis, including three civilians. An Israeli spokesman said ousting Hamas isn’t the government’s goal and called Gaza’s civilian population “victims like us.”

Smoke, caused by explosions during an Israeli army operation, rise over Gaza City, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009.
Smoke, caused by explosions during an Israeli army operation, rise over Gaza City, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009.   (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
An Israeli army mobile artillery piece fires towards targets in the southern Gaza Strip, on the Israel side of the border with Gaza Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009.
An Israeli army mobile artillery piece fires towards targets in the southern Gaza Strip, on the Israel side of the border with Gaza Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009.   (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Lebanese-American Sanaa Hadad, left, and her mother Suleima, right, who used to live in Michigan and moved back to Lebanon after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington, hold anti-Arabs, U.S and U.N placards during a demonstration held by Hamas movement and Islamic groups to...
Lebanese-American Sanaa Hadad, left, and her mother Suleima, right, who used to live in Michigan and moved back to Lebanon after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington, hold anti-Arabs,...   (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanese-American Sanaa Hadad, who used to lives in Michigan and moved back to Lebanon after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington, holds a placard, during a demonstration held by Hamas movement and Islamic groups to protest Israel's attacks against the Gaza Strip, in Beirut, Lebanon, on...
Lebanese-American Sanaa Hadad, who used to lives in Michigan and moved back to Lebanon after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington, holds a placard, during a demonstration held by Hamas...   (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
An Israeli infantry soldier is seen on the border before entering the Gaza Strip from Israel on a combat mission, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009.
An Israeli infantry soldier is seen on the border before entering the Gaza Strip from Israel on a combat mission, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009.   (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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We haven't articulated regime change as the goal of this operation. Our goal is to protect our people. - Mark Regev, Israeli government spokesman

Both the civilian population of southern Israel and the civilian population of the Gaza Strip have been victims of this terrible, extremist Hamas regime. - Mark Regev, Israeli government spokesman

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