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Video: Israel's scorched earth policy Mike Hanna, Al Jazeera, Jan 20, 2009
Some Palestinians have accused Israeli soldiers of destroying their homes as they pulled back towards the border in the last 24 hours of their 22-day war on Gaza. Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna saw some of the evidence of what Palestinians describe as an Israeli scorched earth policy.