Hamas loyalists marked the one-year anniversary of Israel's devastating war against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers with defiant protests and a moment of silence on Sunday _ even as most of the territory's residents ignored commemoration events and some even criticized the militant group for not attending to their needs instead.
Around 3,000 Hamas supporters milled around a square in the northern Gaza town of Jebaliya, waving their group's green flags and holding up pictures of family members slain in the Israeli offensive that began on Dec. 27, 2008. Some 1,400 Palestinians were killed, including as many as 900 civilians, along with 13 Israelis.
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