Gaza border opened to allow some to flee the war
Dual passport holders and seriously wounded allowed to leave Gaza.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected calls for a cease-fire.
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Israel's military have sent ground forces into Gaza while increasing air and sea attacks.
'Nothing is right': Gaza people 'robbed' of funeral rites amid devastation
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Blackout keeping aid outside Gaza
Israel has sent in tanks and infantry backed by massive strikes from the air and sea.
Israel steps up air and ground attacks in Gaza, cuts off territory’s communications
Gaza Strip internet and communications knocked out in stepped-up bombardment.
Palestinians plead ‘stop the bombs’ at UN meeting
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UN General Assembly calls for ‘humanitarian truce’ in Gaza
Meanwhile aerial attacks continue to bombard Hamas tunnels and other targets.
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