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Gaza Fighting Continues After 3-Hour Break

Militant rocket fire breaks lull, Israel says

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 7, 2009 12:45 PM CST

(Newser) – Fighting resumed in Gaza today after a 3-hour ceasefire, the Times of London reports. The lull was broken by a rocket attack launched by Palestinian militants into the Israeli city of Beersheba, Israeli officials said. The Israeli military plans to halt fighting every day from 1-4pm (local time) to allow aid to reach civilians in Gaza.

Gaza residents looking to buy supplies flooded the streets during the ceasefire today. “Three hours is not enough,” one said. “We don’t have water, we don’t have electricity, we don’t have food.” The Red Cross said today that one of its paramedics was killed and two wounded when Israeli tank fire hit an ambulance over the weekend.

Palestinians read leaflets dropped by an Israeli aircraft over their houses in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, today.
Palestinians read leaflets dropped by an Israeli aircraft over their houses in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, today.   (AP Photo)
Palestinians walk today in the rubble of a building following an Israeli airstrike in the Rafah refugee camp.
Palestinians walk today in the rubble of a building following an Israeli airstrike in the Rafah refugee camp.   (AP Photo)
Palestinian relatives of Mohammed Qasem, who was killed in an Israeli military operation, react during his funeral in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City today.
Palestinian relatives of Mohammed Qasem, who was killed in an Israeli military operation, react during his funeral in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City today.   (AP Photo)
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