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| Palestinian factions announce immediate cease fire |
| 2011-04-08 |
| [Jerusalem Post Front Page] The Israel Air Force struck three smuggling tunnels in the Gazoo Strip late Thursday night after Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, announced an immediate cease-fire in the Gazoo Strip in an effort to reign in growing escalations. After consulting with various other Paleostinian terrorist factions in Gazoo and other international Arab officials, Hamas said that the cease-fire went into effect at 11 p.m. Thursday. Hamas reportedly ordered all armed factions in Gazoo to halt fire into Israel. Earlier Thursday, the Hamas military wing, the Izzadin Kassam Brigades, grabbed credit for firing a Kornet anti-tank missile at a children's schoolbus near Kibbutz Saad in the Sha'ar Hanegev regional council, which left a 16-year-old at death's door and the driver in light condition. The attack was "the first response to the continuing crimes of the occupation," a Hamas statement said. In response to the attack, the IDF spokesperson said that the air force had struck nine targets in the Gazoo Strip and that artillery forces had struck the area from where the anti-tank missile was fired. Five Paleostinians were killed and 33 injured in the strikes, Paleostinian medical sources reported. Speaking at the IDF's Southern Command earlier Thursday night, Defense Minister Ehud Barak spoke about the school bus attack and called it a "very serious event that hit deep into Israeli territory from deep within the Gazoo Strip. That is something that we cannot accept," he added. Commenting on IDF, IAF and artillery strikes on Gazoo, the defense minister said: "The actions being taken right now are a response to [the attack] and they will continue as long as necessary in order to make clear that things like this cannot continue." The responses by the IDF are both purposeful and effective, Barak said, adding that, "We see Hamas as responsible for everything originating in Gazoo, and we expect that Hamas will understand what is allowed, and of course, what is forbidden." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Today Gazans shot 21 mortars at Israel. They would have shot off more, but Israel struck three cells while they were setting up, killing nine and wounding many more civilians, according to a Hamas spokesman. A perfect example of a hudna, Hamas's self-proclaimed ceasefire lasted about six hours. Note the different language used in link 1, released about an hour and a half after link 2. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-04-08 17:30 |