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Israel approves tougher war on Hamas

Palestinians pray over the bodies of people killed on Tuesday during their funeral in the Jabaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Wednesday (AP Photo)
Palestinians pray over the bodies of people killed on Tuesday during their funeral in the Jabaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Wednesday (AP Photo)

Israel on Wednesday approved an even tougher war on Hamas, warning residents to flee southern Gaza ahead of planned bombardments of cross-border tunnels, as the Palestinian death toll passed 700.
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  		•  Children make up third of Gaza dead - medics A Palestinian girl, who fled her house with her family during Israel’s offensive, looks out of a window at a UN school in Gaza on Wednesday (Reuters photo)
  		• More aid sent to Gaza Palestinians walk in the rubble of a building following an Israeli air strike in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday (AP photo)
  		• Palestinian split persists despite Gaza war anger
  		• Bashir urges Security Council to assume its responsibilities The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the crisis in Gaza at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Wednesday (Reuters photo)
  		• Clout, politics behind Turkish diplomacy over Gaza Strip
  		• MPs enact electricity, mobile taxes to support livestock fund Lawmakers endorse the draft livestock protection fund law on Wednesday. Under a modified version of the law, a one-fils tax will be placed on electricity and mobile operators in order to finance the fund, which is aimed at protecting the sector (Petra photo)
    		 
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