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- Colonists damage internet equipment near the Jordan Valley
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- Israeli occupation forces demolish five homes northwest of Ramallah
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- Israeli occupation forces demolish a house in Silwan
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- The US National Education Association votes to ban the teaching or use of curricula from pro-Israel organizations
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- WFP says needs in Gaza are 'greater than ever' as hunger spreads
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- Colonists close road near Nablus with earth mounds
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- Hundreds protest Israel's Netanyahu's visit to Washington
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- Gaza: 17 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing of areas
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- Israeli forces demolish house near Nablus
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- Weather: Hot conditions continue, no change in temperature
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Israel Closes Crossings Borders in Gaza Strip
JERUSALEM, January 18 , 2008 (WAFA)- Israel Closed on Friday all crossings borders in the Gaza Strip in response to cross-border rocket fire.
The Israeli Defence Ministry ordered all of the border crossings with Gaza closed and said only "humanitarian cases" which receive Defence Minister Ehud Barak's personal approval will be allowed through.
"If milk is low in Gaza, the minister will be asked to approve a milk shipment, and it will enter," a Defence Ministry spokesman said.
Gaza is home to 1.5 million people, most of whom depend on foreign aid.
