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March 13, 2009

Hamas Criticizes Rocket Attacks
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In other news from Gaza, the Hamas government has criticized recent
rocket attacks at nearby Israeli towns. In a statement, Hamas said the
rockets have not been fired by its resistance fighters and vowed to find
those responsible. The Israeli government cited Palestinian rocket fire
as the reason for its assault on Gaza, even though it was Israel that
broke the ceasefire with a deadly November 4th attack. The news comes as
a leading Palestinian human rights group has officially increased its
count of the Palestinian death toll from the Gaza assault. The
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights says 1,434 Palestinians were killed,
up from the previous toll of 1,300. The center says 960 of the dead were
civilians.



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