Sameh Habeeb, Gazan Journalist
Over 40 per cent of the nearly 900 (now 1000) Palestinians killed in the Israeli offensive, launched on 27 December with the stated aim of ending Hamas rocket attacks into Israel, and almost half of the 3,860 wounded (way more now) are women and children, according to reports cited as credible by the UN. From UN report dated January 12, 2009