Aït Ayt
27-12-08, 12:55
de zionfascisten hebben weer een nieuw dieptepunt bereikt : gaza bombarderen als onderdeel van een verkiezingscampagne..
Israëlische luchtaanvallen op Gazastad
GAZASTAD - Israëlische gevechtsvliegtuigen hebben zaterdag aanvallen uitgevoerd op zeker dertig verschillende doelen in Gazastad. Dat hebben Palestijnse functionarissen gezegd.Naar verluidt zijn er minimaal 140 slachtoffers.
De aanvallen zouden gericht zijn op gebouwen en installaties van de radicale Hamas. Verscheidene gebouwen van de veiligheidstroepen van Hamas zijn beschadigd, aldus ooggetuigen. Ook elders in de Gazastrook voerden Israëlische toestellen bombardementen uit.
De afgelopen dagen zijn vanuit de Gazastrook tientallen raketten op Israël afgevuurd. De Israëlische premier Ehud Olmert dreigde donderdag met een “verwoestende” militaire interventie om een einde te maken aan de beschietingen.
Israël heeft de extremisten 48 uur de tijd gegeven het verzet te staken, voordat wordt overgegaan tot een offensief, meldden lokale media vrijdag. De Israëlische regering zou zondag de knoop willen doorhakken. Vorige week had Hamas een bestand opgezegd dat door bemiddeling van Egypte tot stand was gekomen.
De plannen voor het Israëlische eindejaarsoffensief komen in de aanloop naar de parlementsverkiezingen op 10 februari.
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Palestinians: At least 155 dead, over 200 hurt in IAF Gaza strikes
Israel launched Saturday morning the start of a massive offensive against Qassam rocket and mortar fire on its southern communities, targeting dozens of buildings belonging to the ruling Hamas militant group.
Palestinian medical sources said that at least 155 people had been killed in the strikes, which began with almost no warning at around 11:30 A.M.
Medical personnel in Gaza said that more than 200 people were also wounded in the series of Israel Air Force strikes. Egypt has opened its long-sealed border with Gaza to allow in the wounded for medical treatment. Hamas said that the attacks had caused widespread panic in the Strip.
The strikes follow a decision by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's security cabinet to intensify Israel's response to cross-border attacks on Israel.
The Israel Defense Forces warned Saturday that the airstrikes "will continue, will be expanded, and will deepen if necessary."
Hamas ended its six-month cease-fire with Israel ended on December 19 - a day before it was due to expire - and the number of rockets fired at Israel from Gaza, which had dwindled significantly, returned to pre-truce levels. Dozens of Qassams and mortars had been launched almost daily at Israeli communities near the Gaza border since Hamas declared the truce was over.
The IDF statement said its military strikes were predicated on precise intelligence amassed in recent months. The IDF said it is targeting a wide array of top Hamas officials.
Hamas said it would seek revenge, including launching new rocket attacks on Israel and sending suicide bombers to Israel.
"Hamas will continue the resistance until the last drop of blood," said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum, speaking on a Gaza radio station.
"I'm afraid we have at least 40 dead," police spokesman Islam Shahwan told Hamas radio earlier in the day on Saturday. He said a police compound in Gaza City had been hosting a graduation ceremony for new personnel when it was attacked.
At least two people were killed and 30 wounded from an attack in Khan Younis, a refugee camp in the south of Gaza.
TV footage showed bodies of more than a dozen black-clad security men lying on the ground in one area. Palestinian witnesses say one of the missiles struck Hamas police headquarters in Gaza City, with at least 50 people among the casualties in the attack.
The IAF strikes on the police headquarters killed police chief Tawfiq Jabber, Hamas radio reported.
Residents reported hearing at least 15 explosions. Many of Hamas' security compounds are in residental areas, and the airstrikes took place as children were leaving school. Plumes of black smoke rose over Gaza City, sirens wailed through the streets and women frantically looked for their children.
In the West Bank, Hamas' rival, moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said in a statement that he condemns this "aggression" and calls for restraint, according to an aide, Nabil Abu Rudeineh.
Channel 10 television quoted Rudeineh as saying that the IDF action was "barbaric."
The Reuters news agency reported that Gaza City port and security installations of Hamas had been badly damaged by the strikes.
Residents of the western Negev communities have received instructions from the authorities to remain in their homes and in bomb-proof rooms.
On Friday, Egyptian officials said that Egypt had begun boosting the security along its border with Gaza, in anticipation of the imminent IDF operation within the territory, fearing an Israeli incursion would result in a breach of the border.
In January, Hamas militants frustrated over the tightened Israeli closure of Gaza blew holes in the border partition, allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to stream into Egypt unchecked for ten days and stock up on food and other goods made scarce by the blockade.
Egyptian officials told Israel Radio, however, that Egypt is pressing on with efforts to prevent the escalation of violence in the region. The officials said that representatives on behalf of Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman have approached senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar in the Gaza Strip and presented him with Egypt's concerns.
Meanwhile, Palestinian militants fired dozens of mortar shells from the Gaza Strip overnight Thursday and early morning Friday, as the IDF prepared for action.
The mortars damaged one building, but no one was hurt in any of the incidents.
haaretz
Israëlische luchtaanvallen op Gazastad
GAZASTAD - Israëlische gevechtsvliegtuigen hebben zaterdag aanvallen uitgevoerd op zeker dertig verschillende doelen in Gazastad. Dat hebben Palestijnse functionarissen gezegd.Naar verluidt zijn er minimaal 140 slachtoffers.
De aanvallen zouden gericht zijn op gebouwen en installaties van de radicale Hamas. Verscheidene gebouwen van de veiligheidstroepen van Hamas zijn beschadigd, aldus ooggetuigen. Ook elders in de Gazastrook voerden Israëlische toestellen bombardementen uit.
De afgelopen dagen zijn vanuit de Gazastrook tientallen raketten op Israël afgevuurd. De Israëlische premier Ehud Olmert dreigde donderdag met een “verwoestende” militaire interventie om een einde te maken aan de beschietingen.
Israël heeft de extremisten 48 uur de tijd gegeven het verzet te staken, voordat wordt overgegaan tot een offensief, meldden lokale media vrijdag. De Israëlische regering zou zondag de knoop willen doorhakken. Vorige week had Hamas een bestand opgezegd dat door bemiddeling van Egypte tot stand was gekomen.
De plannen voor het Israëlische eindejaarsoffensief komen in de aanloop naar de parlementsverkiezingen op 10 februari.
telegraaf
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Palestinians: At least 155 dead, over 200 hurt in IAF Gaza strikes
Israel launched Saturday morning the start of a massive offensive against Qassam rocket and mortar fire on its southern communities, targeting dozens of buildings belonging to the ruling Hamas militant group.
Palestinian medical sources said that at least 155 people had been killed in the strikes, which began with almost no warning at around 11:30 A.M.
Medical personnel in Gaza said that more than 200 people were also wounded in the series of Israel Air Force strikes. Egypt has opened its long-sealed border with Gaza to allow in the wounded for medical treatment. Hamas said that the attacks had caused widespread panic in the Strip.
The strikes follow a decision by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's security cabinet to intensify Israel's response to cross-border attacks on Israel.
The Israel Defense Forces warned Saturday that the airstrikes "will continue, will be expanded, and will deepen if necessary."
Hamas ended its six-month cease-fire with Israel ended on December 19 - a day before it was due to expire - and the number of rockets fired at Israel from Gaza, which had dwindled significantly, returned to pre-truce levels. Dozens of Qassams and mortars had been launched almost daily at Israeli communities near the Gaza border since Hamas declared the truce was over.
The IDF statement said its military strikes were predicated on precise intelligence amassed in recent months. The IDF said it is targeting a wide array of top Hamas officials.
Hamas said it would seek revenge, including launching new rocket attacks on Israel and sending suicide bombers to Israel.
"Hamas will continue the resistance until the last drop of blood," said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum, speaking on a Gaza radio station.
"I'm afraid we have at least 40 dead," police spokesman Islam Shahwan told Hamas radio earlier in the day on Saturday. He said a police compound in Gaza City had been hosting a graduation ceremony for new personnel when it was attacked.
At least two people were killed and 30 wounded from an attack in Khan Younis, a refugee camp in the south of Gaza.
TV footage showed bodies of more than a dozen black-clad security men lying on the ground in one area. Palestinian witnesses say one of the missiles struck Hamas police headquarters in Gaza City, with at least 50 people among the casualties in the attack.
The IAF strikes on the police headquarters killed police chief Tawfiq Jabber, Hamas radio reported.
Residents reported hearing at least 15 explosions. Many of Hamas' security compounds are in residental areas, and the airstrikes took place as children were leaving school. Plumes of black smoke rose over Gaza City, sirens wailed through the streets and women frantically looked for their children.
In the West Bank, Hamas' rival, moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said in a statement that he condemns this "aggression" and calls for restraint, according to an aide, Nabil Abu Rudeineh.
Channel 10 television quoted Rudeineh as saying that the IDF action was "barbaric."
The Reuters news agency reported that Gaza City port and security installations of Hamas had been badly damaged by the strikes.
Residents of the western Negev communities have received instructions from the authorities to remain in their homes and in bomb-proof rooms.
On Friday, Egyptian officials said that Egypt had begun boosting the security along its border with Gaza, in anticipation of the imminent IDF operation within the territory, fearing an Israeli incursion would result in a breach of the border.
In January, Hamas militants frustrated over the tightened Israeli closure of Gaza blew holes in the border partition, allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to stream into Egypt unchecked for ten days and stock up on food and other goods made scarce by the blockade.
Egyptian officials told Israel Radio, however, that Egypt is pressing on with efforts to prevent the escalation of violence in the region. The officials said that representatives on behalf of Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman have approached senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar in the Gaza Strip and presented him with Egypt's concerns.
Meanwhile, Palestinian militants fired dozens of mortar shells from the Gaza Strip overnight Thursday and early morning Friday, as the IDF prepared for action.
The mortars damaged one building, but no one was hurt in any of the incidents.
haaretz