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07 Jan 2009 07:00PM - Jonathan Rugman

There was a lull in the fighting today to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. But the UN representative inside the territory has described conditions there as hell on earth.

Israeli tanks (credit:Reuters)

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