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| Israeli Forces Kill 8 Paleos in Gaza Operations | |
| 2007-09-27 | |
| GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces killed at least eight Palestinians in an air strike and a ground operation Wednesday, the bloodiest day in the Gaza Strip since Israel declared it a "hostile territory," and four of the dead were identified as members of a militant group involved in kidnapping a BBC journalist and capturing an Israeli soldier. I think we knew about that.
They're a trustworthy source. Israel said it was responding to ongoing rocket and mortar fire from Gaza at Israeli border towns, including 20 mortar rounds and 10 rockets on Wednesday. In the air strike, Israeli aircraft fired missiles at a jeep the army said carried rockets ready to fire. In the ground incursion, tanks took control of the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, from where militants had launched rockets. All that in one day? So much for any peace agreement. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned Wednesday that "we are moving closer to a broad and complex operation in Gaza" to stop rocket fire, though security officials said a large-scale offensive is likely still weeks away. Last week, Israel declared Hamas-ruled Gaza a "hostile territory," as a precursor to a possible cutoff of electricity and other utilities. Snipped. RTWT | |
| Posted by:Free Radical |
| #1 expect the bbc to rail against the oppressive Israelis. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2007-09-27 06:51 |