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  • The bus exploded about noon on one of the coastal city’s busiest arteries, near the Tel Aviv museum and across from an entrance to Israel’s national defense headquarters.
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    The bus exploded about noon on one of the coastal city’s busiest arteries, near the Tel Aviv museum and across from an entrance to Israel’s national defense headquarters.
  • Smoke rose over Gaza City Tuesday night after an apparent Israeli air strike on the deadliest day of the fighting.
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    Smoke rose over Gaza City Tuesday night after an apparent Israeli air strike on the deadliest day of the fighting.
  • Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby (third left) met with Hamas’s Atallah Abu Sibah (right) in Gaza.
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    Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby (third left) met with Hamas’s Atallah Abu Sibah (right) in Gaza.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Jerusalem.
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    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Jerusalem.
  • An Israeli worker was lifted by a crane to survey a building damaged by rocket fire in Rishon LeZion.
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    An Israeli worker was lifted by a crane to survey a building damaged by rocket fire in Rishon LeZion.
  • A rocket was launched from Gaza toward Israel Tuesday night.
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    A rocket was launched from Gaza toward Israel Tuesday night.
  • Smoke rose from what witnesses said was an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, in southern Gaza.
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    Smoke rose from what witnesses said was an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, in southern Gaza.
  • Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Jerusalem
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    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Jerusalem.
  • Rescue workers were at the scene of a building near Tel Aviv damaged by a rocket.
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    Rescue workers were at the scene of a building damaged by a rocket near Tel Aviv.
  • UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, spoke with Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil in Cairo.
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    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, spoke with Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil in Cairo.
  • A Palestinian ran from tear gas fired by Israeli forces in Bethlehem in the West Bank.
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    A Palestinian ran from tear gas fired by Israeli forces in Bethlehem in the West Bank.
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