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Mon 01 Jan 2009Death toll tops 500 as Israeli forces cut Gaza Strip in two
THE END of the first day of Israel's ground offensive against Hamas left the Gaza Strip split into two yesterday, as the death toll after 10 days of fighting, rose to over 500.
Israeli forces swept from the Karni crossing to the Mediterranean coastline, cutting off Gaza city from the two main population centres in the south of the strip, Khan Younis and Rafah.
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