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Tragic statistics of Israeli military aggression: 785 dead and 3200 wounded

09 January 2009 09:05 (UTC +04:00)

Gaza â€“APA. Death toll in Gaza Strip as a result of Israelâ€™s military operation reached 785 and 257 of them are children, APA reports. Israeli air strike on Gaza last night killed nine Palestinians, including a family of six. Witnesses said, local leader of the Democratic Front for Liberation of Palestine Fayez Salhan was wounded as Israeli aviation launched rocket attack on Jabalia refugee camp. Totally more than 3200 people were wounded in the military operations. Palestinian TV reporter Ihab Vahidi and his mother and wife were also killed during the bombardments. Ukrainian woman and her little son, wounded during the air strikes, died in the hospital last night. UN local officers said every three killed people are children. There are 1080 wounded children in the Gaza hospitals now. Four officers of the UN Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) were also killed during the operations.