23 Palestinians killed in IDF raids in the northern Gaza Strip

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From Ha'Aretz:

The Israel Defense Forces killed 23 Palestinians in fighting across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, including at least nine militants, three children and a disabled man, medics and witnesses said.

Israel has stepped up air strikes and launched raids into Gaza to stop rocket attacks and recover a soldier abducted by militants on June 25. The IDF has killed 140 Palestinians since it began its assault. About half were civilians.

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Medics said two girls, one an infant, died when a tank shell struck a house near Jabalya, a Hamas stronghold. A three-year-old girl was killed earlier in the day.

Nearly 60 people were wounded, including a cameraman for Palestinian television. Six were in a critical condition.
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PB

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1. One of the things that troubles me most

is Gaza has been thrown down the memory hole, enabling Israel to keep up the savage attacks while the world looks away even more than usual.