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Israel's subsequent assault on Gaza has so far killed more than 68,500 Palestinians, according to figures from the Hamas-run territory's health ministry that the United Nations considers reliable.

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Yet so far the village has been spared the settler assaults that have marred this year's olive harvest, leaving many Palestinians injured.

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Navy also operates nine amphibious assault ships that can deploy aircraft.

He was later arrested and accused of assaulting two other women on the same day.

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The sentence of an Army sergeant jailed for sexually assaulting a teenage soldier who later took her own life could be reviewed.

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