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Abd Rabbo family incident

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On January 7, 2009, Israeli soldiers killed members of the Abd Rabbo family (Arabic: عبد ربه) who were emerging from the house, a locus of reported rocket launches by Hamas. The incident was detailed by several news agencies, human-rights organizations and the Goldstone report.

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