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2 Israel Air Strikes in Gaza (update)
New strike and update on the earlier post
Palestinian medical sources say two Palestinians have been killed and five others wounded in an Israeli air-strike on a car in Gaza City.
| Hmmm... Not as many casualties as you get with the average bus bombing. Guess they have to work on that... |
Few details are available from the later attack. But it came just hours after an Israeli warplane bombed a building near the home of an Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza in a strike Israel says targeted a Hamas weapons factory. Palestinians say 12 people in the area were wounded in the earlier attack, which hit a two-story building under construction near the home of Islamic Jihad leader Abdallah al-Shami. Israel says the targeted building was used by Hamas to store and make weapons, including Qassam rockets that Palestinian militants fire at Israelis. In interviews after the attack, Mr. Shami denied the building was a weapons factory.
| "No, no! Certainly not! It was... ummm... a baby duck nursery!" |
He also says the air-strike damaged a number of homes in the area. The air strike came a day after a number of Qassam rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. There were no reports of casualties in the rockets attacks on Israel.
typical paleo shoot and run - cannons propped up on rocks, rubble
In another incident Sunday, Palestinian gunmen staged an ambush near the West Bank town of Ramallah, killing three Israeli soldiers and wounded a fourth.
posted yesterday
The Palestinian militant group Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the ambush and vowed to continue such attacks until Israel leaves Palestinian land. The group is an armed offshoot of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafatâs Fatah movement.
Until Israel leaves Paleo land doesnât leave any room for peace then, does it
| Hamas typically describes them as "the armed wing" of Fatah. I assume they know what they're talking about... |
Meanwhile, three Fatah officials headed to Washington Sunday to meet with U.S. lawmakers about possible new ideas to advance stalled peace efforts.
| Presumably they're from the unarmed wing of Fatah... |
There is no indication the delegation will meet with Bush administration officials.
Bet itâs the Bonior/McDermott/Pelosi crowd theyâre meeting with. Any discussions beyond: "live up to promises or die" is too much.
Posted by: Frank G 2003-10-20 |
