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13 more Gazans killed in Israeli strikes
Fresh Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have left 13 more civilians, including eight children, killed as the Palestinian death toll hits 1,170. Tank shells killed a mother and her children in the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of Al Burej a Press TV correspondent reported. In the meantime, Israeli helicopters fired two rockets into the Jablaia refugee camp in northern Gaza killing three children and their father. Three Gazans were also killed in Israeli artillery fire in the Shejaeya neighborhood in eastern Gaza. The Israeli army keeps pounding scores of targets in the Gaza Strip, despite street rallies in protest at Tel Aviv's attacks on civilians and condemnation of the war by a variety of different international organizations. Israeli forces launched the attack on the Palestinian camp after they failed to break armed resistance in Gaza City and were forced to retreat earlier in the day. Tel Aviv attacked the Gaza Strip on December 27, with the motto of 'self-defense' in response Palestinian fighters' rocket attacks on the southern Israeli town. The aggression has so far left more than 5,200 Gazans wounded. Palestinian fighters in the costal sliver say they launch rockets in retaliation to Israel's blockade on the region which has been in place since June 2007 when the government of Hamas took charge of the strip. The objective of Operation Cast Lead was formerly announced to be halting the rocket attacks but later, Israeli officials admitted that the main goal of the onslaught was to topple the democratically-elected government of Hamas. However, after 21 days of non-stop bombardment of the Gaza Strip with conventional and unconventional weapons, Tel Aviv has yet to meet either of the objectives. Posted by: Fred 2009-01-17 |
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