Latest update: 08/01/2009 

- GAZA ASSAULT


Israeli envoy bound for Egypt
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A senior aide to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has been sent to Cairo, an Israeli official announced, as bargaining for a ceasefire is set to resume at the United Nations Security Council.
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