From the Guardian:
So far 1,010 Palestinians have been killed, among them 315 children and 95 women, Dr Moawiya Hassanein, head of Gaza's medical emergency services, told the Guardian.
The number of injured after 19 days of fighting stood at 4,700, he said.
The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza conflict climbed to more than 1,000 today after nearly three weeks of intensive Israeli bombing and ground fighting.
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Ban Ki-moon said he wanted "an immediate end to violence in Gaza, and then to the Israeli military offensive and a halt to rocket attacks by Hamas".
"It is intolerable that civilians bear the brunt of this conflict," he said, adding that the "negotiations need to be intensified to provide arrangements and guarantees in order to sustain an endurable cease-fire and calm."
Meanwhile, Osama bin Laden has called for worldwide jihad, um, again.
From the New York Times:
In his first public statement over the 19-day Gaza conflict, the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, on Wednesday publicly exhorted Muslims to wage holy war against Israel and criticized Israel's Arab allies in an audiotape posted on Islamist Web sites.
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