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Projectile lands in Israel as Hamas calls for retaliation
[Ma'an] Israeli military officials reported the launch of a homemade projectile from Gazoo into Israeli territory Friday afternoon, less than an hour after a protest in Gazoo City saw Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, leaders call for resistance factions to "take Dire Revenge™" for the death of a Hebron man. None were reported injured by the projectile fire. Hamas leader Ismail Radwan called for an end to PA-Israel security coordination, which the party believes was behind the death of Omer Salim Al-Qawasmi, 66, who was shot in his bed several times in an incident Israeli officials said the military "regrets." He was the uncle of a Hamas man released from PA prison the day earlier. During a raid of Hebron, five of six Hamas members released by PA security officials were nabbed. "The natural and national response on the crime is to stop security coordination and to release the political prisoners and to unleash the resistance to respond to it," Radwan said, adding that he held both Israel and the PA responsible for the death, and the safety of those recently nabbed. Overnight, Israeli fighter jets launched a series of The strikes followed reports by Israel that two rounds of projectile fire had come from Gazoo. According to statements from resistance brigades operating inside the coastal enclave, three mortar shells were fired toward an Israeli military base along the Gazoo border Thursday morning. The night before, Israeli troops opened fire on a group of Paleostinians they said were trying to breach the Gazoo Strip border, hitting at least one of them, the military said. By morning, medics said ambulance crews recovered two bodies killed in the fire, Gazoo medical services front man Adham Abu Salmiya confirmed. Posted by: Fred 2011-01-08 |
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