Sunday, January 18, 2009

Gazans dig bodies from rubble as cease-fire begins (AP)

Palestinians inspect the rubble of buildings in the eastern area of Jebaliya after Israeli troops withdrew in the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. Israel troops in the Gaza Strip were ordered to hold their fire early Sunday after Israel announced a unilateral cease-fire meant to end three devastating weeks of war against militants who have terrorized southern Israel with rocket barrages.But hours after the truce took hold, militants fired rocket salvoes into two Israeli communities, threatening to reignite the violence. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - For Palestinians searching the rubble of this devastated refugee camp, the mounds of concrete and metal hid all they desperately wanted and needed: the bodies of dead relatives, belongings and — bitterly — scraps of bombs now valuable enough to sell as recycled aluminum.

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