MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS

** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT ** A Palestinian girl who according to Palestinian medical sources was injured in an Israeli strike is rushed to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. The expansion of Israel's offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers into ground battles and artillery salvos is taking a heavier toll on the civilians of the crowded sliver of land, including three toddlers killed Monday by the blast of a crashing shell. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)

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