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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Israel, Hamas Both Claim Victory After Cease-Fire in Gaza Strip


Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Israel and Hamas are both claiming victory in the 22-day conflict in the Gaza Strip that left more than 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead.

Israeli officials declared they had succeeded in their main objective of limiting Hamas’s ability to fire rockets from Gaza into southern Israel. Hamas announced that sheer survival constituted success after the onslaught by sea, land and air by Israeli forces.

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