Just hours after the first media reports of the launch of the Israeli ground assault on the Gaza Strip, protests in Australia's major cities of Melbourne and Sydney drew thousands into the streets to condemn the Zionist state and show solidarity with the besieged Palestinian people.

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Monday, January 5, 2009 : Israeli artillery hits hospital as Palestinian death toll rises to more than 540.

From a Monday, January 5, 2009 entry on Informed Comment a blog run by Juan Cole

Monday, January 5, 2009 :On the tenth day of Israel's continued assault on the Gaza strip, and in spite of mounting international protests, Israeli ground troops pushed deeper into Gaza. The death toll has risen to 531 Palestinians and 5 Israelis. Nearly 2500 Palestinians have been wounded since the bombing began last week. 49 Israeli soldiers have been wounded since the ground invasion began Saturday.

Sunday, January 4, 2009 : Palestinian refugees and Lebanese angered by Arab and international silence over Israel's military assault in Gaza continued to voice their discontent over the weekend. At the entrance of Bourj al-Barajneh camp in Beirut, young men in keffiyehs waved Palestinian flags near a collection box into which almost every passing car dropped money.

PFLP strongly condemns the submission of the UN Security Council to U.S. domination January 4, 2009

From a Saturday, January 3, 2009 entry on Informed Comment a blog run by Juan Cole

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GAZA CITY - As Israel continued air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Friday, January 2, hundreds of foreigners left the impoverished strip to escape the week-long Israeli blitz.

From a Friday, January 2, 2009 entry on Informed Comment a blog run by Juan Cole