Palestinians look at a residential building destroyed after an Israeli air strike in Gaza city January 13, 2009. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)From Yahoo News/Reuters:
GAZA (Reuters) – Israel's top general said there was still "work ahead" in the 18-day offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, and Israeli tanks and troops edged closer to the heart of the city of Gaza.
The Palestinian death toll rose to 971, Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry said, counting some 400 women and children among those killed. Israel says 10 Israeli soldiers and three civilians hit by Hamas rockets have died.
The top U.N. aid official for Gaza appealed to the international community to protect Gaza's civilians, saying nowhere in the territory of 1.5 million people was safe any longer with the conflict becoming "a test of our humanity."
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