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Red Cross Slams IDF After Grisly Gaza Find

Corpses, starving children in zone where army banned rescuers

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 8, 2009 4:45 AM CST

(Newser) – The Red Cross has condemned the Israeli military in unusually harsh terms after finding 15 corpses in shattered houses the organization was prevented from visiting, the Washington Post reports. Officials said they received reports of casualties in the Gaza neighborhood Saturday but weren’t allowed... Read full story »

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