Israel Hamas War -- News Updates For January 22, 2009

Palestinian youths drive past a bullet and shrapnel-riddled mosque in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. The United Nations urged Israel to reopen Gaza crossings as senior officials assessed war damage and the Jewish state warned it would strike again if Hamas rearms through smuggling tunnels. (AFP/File/Patrick Baz)

UN Counts Gaza Damage, Israel Warns It
Can Hit Tunnels -- Yahoo News/AFP

GAZA CITY (AFP) – The United Nations urged Israel on Thursday to reopen Gaza crossings as senior officials assessed war damage and the Jewish state warned it would strike again if Hamas rearms through smuggling tunnels.

"If you want to have reconstruction, you have to have cement and construction materials and pipes and spare parts," said UN humanitarian chief John Holmes at a UN-run school hit by an Israeli missile in the northern town of Beit Lahiya.

"Everything has got to come in; that is one of the things we will be insisting on strongly" in discussions with Israel, said Holmes who was touring Gaza along with UN Middle East envoy Robert Serry.

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More News On The Israel Hamas War

Security Council calls for durable Gaza cease-fire -- Yahoo News/AP
Backlash begins as Israel split over success of war in Gaza -- Times Online
Israel after Gaza: Counting the cost -- The Economist
Gaza tunnels back in business -- Yahoo News/AP
Arms Still Arriving Through Gaza Tunnels -- The Times
Palestinians mend tunnels despite Israeli threats -- Reuters
Gaza: Humanitarian situation -- BBC
UN Humanitarian Chief Surveys Gaza Damage -- Voice Of America
Rebuilding Gaza Set Back by Hamas -- Washington Times
Hamas dismisses reconciliation talks with Fatah -- Yahoo News/AP
Hamas says will distribute cash to Gaza families -- Reuters
Hamas Asserts Victory in Gaza -- Christian Science Monitor
Israel Works to Reinforce Gaza Cease-fire -- Los Angeles Times
Gaza Constraints Ease, New Reports of Misery -- Washington Post
Israel Launches Inquiry into Gaza Weapons -- The Times
Outcry Over Israel Phosphorus Arms -- New York Times
Israel Opens Probe into White Phosphorus Use -- Daily Telegraph
Analysis: US, Israel could coax Hamas to moderate -- Yahoo News/AP
First war tally: 1,284 Gazans dead, 4,336 wounded -- Yahoo News/AP
Israel and Gaza, Now -- Los Angeles Times editorial
Israel's Bigger Battle Ahead -- Christian Science Monitor opinion
Failure of the Iron Fist -- Washington Times opinion