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Renewed clashes leave Gaza without electricity
(AKI) - Renewed clashes between Palestinian militants and Israeli forces on Monday have left the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip without access to fuel to generate electricity and all its crossing points remain closed for the sixth-day."Cause, meet effect. Effect, Cause." "Pleased to meetcha!" "Howya doin'? Have we met before?" "Not around here." Israeli authorities have prevented the shipment of food, fuel and gas supplies to Gaza, Palestinian news agency Maan reported on Monday. Early on Monday, militants in Gaza fired a home-made Qassam rocket aimed at Israel's western Negev desert, but instead the rocket exploded in Palestinian territory, causing no injuries. Crossing points have been closed since last Wednesday after Palestinian militants launched rockets against Israeli towns following an Israeli air strike last Tuesday. The Israeli air strike last Tuesday killed six Palestinians from the Islamist Hamas movement's al-Qassam Brigades. Four Palestinian civilians were also injured in the attack. Palestinian militants responded by launching a barrage of rockets that hit Israel's western Negev desert and the Israeli city of Ashkelon. Since then, at least 70 rockets have been launched at Israeli territory during intermittent clashes between Palestinian militants and Israeli forces. On Sunday, the al-Aqsa Brigades, the military wing of the ruling Fatah movement claimed responsibility for the launching of a rocket against the southern Israeli town of Kfar Aza. A statement by al-Aqsa Brigades quoted by Maan said the attack "...came in retaliation for Israeli aggression and to affirm our choice of resistance." Israel and Hamas have both breached a shaky ceasefire that has technically been in place since June. Posted by: Fred 2008-11-11 |
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