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UN school

Palestinian civilians and medics run to safety during an Israeli strike over a UN school in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip early on January 17, 2009. A woman and a child were killed early today in the Israeli strike on the UN-run school in northern Gaza where civilians were sheltering from the fighting, medics and witnesses said. Fierce clashes were underway around the school as Israeli tanks exchanged fire with Palestinian militants, they said.

woman hugs the body of her son

A Palestinian woman hugs the body of her son Anwar Abu Etah during his funeral in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip January 17, 2009. Abu Etah and three other family members were killed by an Israeli tank shell on Friday, Palestinian medical workers said. Israeli tank fire killed two small boys sheltering at a United Nations school in Gaza on Saturday and Hamas vowed to fight on until Israel meets its demands, suggesting it will ignore any unilateral Israeli ceasefire.


Mourners stand near the bodies of Palestinians killed during Israel's offensive, during their funeral in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip January 17, 2009. Israeli tank fire killed two small boys sheltering at a United Nations school in Gaza on Saturday and Hamas vowed to fight on until Israel meets its demands, suggesting it will ignore any unilateral Israeli ceasefire.

Gaza Strip January 17

A Palestinian carries the body of Bilal al-Batran during his funeral in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip January 17, 2009.

13 hours ago

13 hours ago: A Palestinian medic runs as he carries a child who was injured in an Israeli army operation into the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. Israel bombarded dozens of Hamas targets Saturday hours before a government vote on an Egyptian brokered cease-fire, prompting Egypt to demand an immediate halt to a 3-week-old Gaza offensive.