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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
18:14 Mecca time, 15:14 GMT
News Middle East
Gaza death tolls passes 1,000
More than 80,000 Gazans have been forced to flee their homes because of the
fighting [EPA]
More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed during Israel's 19-day war in
Gaza, Palestinian medical officials have said, as clashes continue throughout
the Strip.
Civilians make up the majority of casualities with children accounting for a
third of the dead, aid agencies and Palestinian medics said.
At least 4,630 people have been injured, Hasanein Myawaya, the head of
Palestinian emergency services, said.
Ayman Mohyeldin, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza, said while fewer
Palestinians had been killed on Wednesday than during previous days, the
situation for Gazans remained one of "complete fear and terror".
"For those who venture out [for food]... they know that anytime they leave
their house it could be the last time.
"More than 80,000 Palestinians have now fled their homes because of the
fighting around them ... there is a sense of overcrowding ... UN schools have
taken in 35,000 refugees.
'Desperation and fear'
"There is real desperation and fear among the people," he said.
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Mohyeldin also said that the so-called "humanitarian corridor" - the Israeli
three-hour daily lull in fighting to allow food and medical supplies into Gaza
- is "simply not producing a cessation of hostilities".
Shelling could still be heard in parts of Gaza City during the three-hour
armistice, he reported.
Alan Fisher, reporting for Al Jazeera from Israel close to the Gaza border,
said around 15 rockets had been fired from the Strip into Israeli territory.
As the death toll continued to rise, diplomatic efforts to bring about a
ceasefire appeared to make little progress.
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, arrived in Cairo earlier on Wednesday in
a bid to kick-start ceasefire negotiations between Hamas - the Palestinian
faction that controls the Gaza Strip - and Israel.
Ban met Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, on arrival and is expected to
hold talks the leaders of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey.
The UN chief has not said whether he will have direct contact with Hamas
leaders.
Ban has repeatedly called for both sides to immediately end hostilities, so far
to no avail.
Diplomacy doomed?
Robert Fisk, a journalist and Middle East expert, said neither the current Gaza
war nor the broader 60-year regional conflict would end without resolving the
Palestinian issue.
"Unless we deal with... [Palestinian refugees], there will not be an end to
this war"
Robert Fisk, journalist and Middle East expert
"Why are they [Palestinians] dispossessed? Why are settlements - colonies for
Jews and Jews only - being built on Arab land illegally? And still it
continues," he told Al Jazeera.
"Unless we deal with this [Palestinian refugees], there will not be an end to
this war. There might be a ceasefire in Gaza, a ceasefire in the West Bank, but
there will not be an end to the war. That is the problem."
Earlier this week, the United Nations Security Council agreed a binding
resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Strip.
However, both Israel and Hamas have ignored it and continued fighting.
Fisk said that Israel will be able to flout the UN ceasefire demand as long as
the US - the only country to abstain from the 15-member security council vote
on the resolution - continues to back Israel.
"It's quite clear from Hillary Clinton [incoming US secretary of state] most
recent comments that it [the US backing of Israel] will continue under Barack
Obama.
"I see no change, I see no hope at all in the future," Fisk said.
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
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