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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli troops pressing ahead with a Gaza border town offensive Saturday killed seven Hamas militants, a 12-year-old girl and two other civilians as negotiators reported progress on forming a Palestinian government they hoped would thaw a freeze on international aid.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appealed for U.N. Security Council intervention to stop the Israeli military operation against rockets being fired from the town of Beit Hanoun, where violence since Wednesday has killed more than 40 Palestinians.See the full content of this document
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Israeli Troops Kill 10
Abbas "asks the members of the council to move quickly and discuss the tragic situation in the Palestinian territories caused by the Israeli aggression," his spokesman, Nabil Abu Rdeineh, said in a statement.
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