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The Guardian - UK
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Aftermath of Israeli missile strikes on Gaza

Palestinians gather at the site of a security compound used by the Islamic group Hamas following an Israeli missile strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. Israeli warplanes demolished dozens of Hamas security compounds across Gaza on Saturday in unprecedented waves of simultaneous air strikes. Gaza medics said more than 120 people were killed and more than 250 wounded.
Palestinians gather at a bombed Hamas security compound in Rafah, southern Gaza Photograph: Hatem Omar/AP
Palestinians look at bodies removed from the sites of Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. At least 155 Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip today in massive Israeli air strikes on the Hamas-run enclave, Hamas radio reported. Israeli military spokesman Avi Benayahu told army radio the massive bombardment of Gaza was only just beginning.
Bodies from the sites of Israeli air strikes are lined up at a hospital Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP
Smoke rises from Israeli missile strikes at Hamas security compounds in Gaza City, 27 December 2008. Airstrikes and artillery fire by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) directed at militants from the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip killed more than 120 people and caused many more casualties, according to witness reports, medical and Israeli military sources.
Smoke rises from Hamas security compounds hit by Israeli missiles Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA
Palestinians rush a man to the hospital after he was wounded in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. At least 155 Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip today in massive Israeli air strikes on the Hamas-run enclave, Hamas radio reported. Israeli military spokesman Avi Benayahu told army radio the massive bombardment of Gaza was only just beginning.
Palestinians take a wounded man to hospital Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP
Palestinians carry a body after removing it from the site of an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. At least 155 Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip today in massive Israeli air strikes on the Hamas-run enclave, Hamas radio reported. Israeli military spokesman Avi Benayahu told army radio the massive bombardment of Gaza was only just beginning.
People remove a body from one of the bombed areas Photograph: Mahmud Hams/AFP
Palestinians inspect a destroyed Hamas police station following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. Israel launched a massive wave of air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza today, killing at least 140 Palestinians after warning of a fiery riposte to ongoing rocket fire, officials said.
A destroyed Hamas police station Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP
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