Israeli army reduces Gaza refugee camp to ruins

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http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=105238478&p=yx5z39y84

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"Israeli troops withdrew from a besieged Palestinian neighbourhood in Rafah refugee camp early today, leaving behind dozens of demolished homes, acres of levelled agricultural land and residents despairing over how the destruction will be repaired."

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"Wary residents who left their homes – many for the first time since Israel launched its offensive – confronted streets and homes bulldozed into mounds of rubble, razed farms and greenhouses and sewage running through streets decorated with downed electric and telephone cables."

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"In daylight, the destruction looked even worse than residents had originally anticipated.
“In one simple word: This is Hiroshima 2004,” said Rafah Mayor Saed Zourab while touring the Tel Sultan neighbourhood.

“The Israeli war machine left its ugly stamp on every tree, on every street, and they left an ugly tattoo on the head of these people. No word can describe the destruction and there is no way to repair this destruction,” Zourab said."

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