A Mother's 5 Daughters Killed

As the latest war between Israelis and palestinians escalates, and as Israel continues to drop missiles into the Gaza strip, many civilians have been killed.

This is the story of 5 daughters, all killed during the deadly bombings targeting Gaza. One daughter, Iman Balousha, survived. Now Iman and her mother Samira, tell their story.....

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Source: the washington post, with reporters Sudarsan Raghavan and Islam Abdel Kareem

US blames Hamas 'thugs' for Gaza deaths

Gordon Johndroe, the Bush administration spokesman, said Israel must try to avoid civilian casualties, but laid the blame for deaths on the Palestinian groups that controls the impoverished territory.

"These people [Hamas] are nothing but thugs, and so Israel is going to defend its people against terrorists like Hamas," he said late on Saturday...

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Source: al jazeera