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Palestinian Toll Tops 116 After Gaza Assault’s Deadliest Day

HeadlineNov 20, 2012

Israel is continuing to bombard the occupied Gaza Strip after killing 34 people on Monday — the deadliest single-day toll since the assault began last week. Monday’s victims included four members of the same family — two parents and their two toddlers — who were killed in a bombing of a Gaza refugee camp that also left more than a dozen people injured, mostly women and children. One woman and two children were killed in a separate Israeli attack in eastern Gaza City. Two teenage brothers were also killed when an Israeli shell struck a home in Rafah. And as Democracy Now! reported live on Monday’s broadcast, Israel also bombed a Palestinian media site for a second consecutive day, leaving two people dead. The Israeli journalist Amira Hass reports just six of the 34 latest Palestinian victims have been confirmed as members of militant groups. In the latest attacks, Palestinians say at least five people were killed and 10 wounded in Israeli bombings earlier today. The killings have also spread to the occupied West Bank, with Israeli troops shooting dead two people taking part in protests against the Gaza assault. The overall Palestinian death toll has topped 116 over the past seven days, more than half of them civilians, including 27 children and 11 women. The Israeli death toll from Palestinian rocket attacks stands at three. Israel says some 90 rockets were fired from Gaza earlier today.

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