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Israel Decides Gaza Cease Fire Is Over
Israeli warplanes launched two air strikes along the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt on Wednesday as delegates from three Palestinian factions were crossing at a nearby terminal, witnesses said. Above ground or through tunnels? They said the two air strikes left large craters and caused damage to surrounding homes near the border, where smugglers operate a massive underground network of tunnels to supply goods to the besieged territory. Were the houses damaged by blast into them from the entrances to collapsing tunnels? There were no immediate reports of anyone killed or wounded. Better luck next time. An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed that two air strikes had been carried out in the area. Palestinian militants had earlier fired two crude homemade rockets into southern Israel without causing any casualties, according to the military. Two rockets, two air strikes; that sounds like a proportional response, which should please the UN. Delegations from the Islamic Jihad group and two factions from the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) headed by the Western-backed president Mahmud Abbas were crossing into Egypt at the time of the Israeli raid. The delegations were to attend talks in Cairo aimed at reconciling the feuding factions. Posted by: Glenmore 2009-02-26 |
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