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Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:16:21 GMT





Medics tell Press TV they have found traces of depleted uranium in some Gazan
residents wounded in Israel's ground offensive into the strip.

Norwegian medics told Press TV correspondent Akram al-Sattari that some of the
victims who have been wounded since Israel began its attacks on the Gaza Strip
on December 27 have traces of depleted uranium in their bodies.

The report comes after Israeli tanks and troops swept across the border into
Gaza on Saturday night, opening a ground operation after eight days of intensive
attacks by Israeli air and naval forces on the impoverished region.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned on Sunday that the wide-ranging
ground offensive in the Gaza Strip would be "full of surprises."

A ground offensive in the densely-populated Gaza is expected to drastically
increase the death toll of the civilian population.

The latest assaults bring the number of Palestinians killed to over 488 with
2790 others wounded. The UN says that about 25 percent of the casualties were
civilian deaths - including at least 34 children.

According to Israeli army officials, at least 30 of its soldiers have been
wounded since the start of the ground campaign.

Amid global condemnation of the ongoing violence in the region, the UN Security
Council failed to agree on a united approach to resolve the crisis.

" Once again, the world is watching in dismay the dysfunctionality of the
Security Council," UN General Assembly chief Miguel d'Escoto said Sunday.

According to diplomatic sources, the US blocked a Security Council resolution,
with US Deputy Ambassador Alejandro Wolff arguing that an official statement
that criticizes both Israel and Hamas would not be helpful.

The White House has so far declined to comment on whether an Israeli ground
incursion into Gaza is a justified measure.

















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