Apparently some folks in the media are still saying that Israel and Hamas are engaged in a truce but you wouldn't know it by today's attacks from both sides. Since Hamas continued to barrage southern Israel with rockets, the IAF decided to take out some of those rocket launchers with missiles fired from aircraft. And so it starts all over again. Israel has also stopped the flow of fuel, food and aid into the Gaza Strip. Here's some of the details from Breitbart:
I will have to admit that the truce did last a great deal longer than I anticipated but I'm convinced that the Hamas leadership purposely didn't order any operations until after the American election. Let's face it, the truce held for a couple of months and the DAY AFTER Obama was elected, we saw the first rockets fire out of Gaza by Hamas. Coincidence? I think not.
Joe Biden claimed that Obama would be tested in the first six months and that doesn't necessarily mean it is going to be a direct attack on the U.S. or U.S. interests in foreign lands. In the case of Hamas, that test could simply mean some increased attacks on Israel to the point that normally a U.S. President would deliberate some sort of response. I believe that is what Hamas and the other world terrorist organizations wish to do - find out what Obama's initial response will be.
Israeli aircraft fired missiles at militants in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday and Palestinians sent rocket barrages flying into Israel, officials said, as newly resumed violence threatened to bury a five-month-old truce.
The renewed rocket fire from Gaza prompted Israel to seal its crossings with the territory, halting shipments of food aid and fuel.
Israel's military said the airstrike targeted rocket launchers and Dr. Moaiya Hassanain of Gaza's Health Ministry said two gunmen were moderately wounded.
Hamas militants in the northern Gaza Strip unleashed a barrage of rockets at the nearby Israeli town of Sderot, where Israeli rescue services said they were treating one person wounded by shrapnel. Several rockets hit agricultural communities near the Israel-Gaza border, and more rockets hit the coastal city of Ashkelon. No casualties were reported in those strikes.
I will have to admit that the truce did last a great deal longer than I anticipated but I'm convinced that the Hamas leadership purposely didn't order any operations until after the American election. Let's face it, the truce held for a couple of months and the DAY AFTER Obama was elected, we saw the first rockets fire out of Gaza by Hamas. Coincidence? I think not.
Joe Biden claimed that Obama would be tested in the first six months and that doesn't necessarily mean it is going to be a direct attack on the U.S. or U.S. interests in foreign lands. In the case of Hamas, that test could simply mean some increased attacks on Israel to the point that normally a U.S. President would deliberate some sort of response. I believe that is what Hamas and the other world terrorist organizations wish to do - find out what Obama's initial response will be.
Gaza violence continues with airstrike, rockets
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli aircraft fired missiles at militants in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday and Palestinians sent rocket barrages flying into Israel, officials said, as newly resumed violence threatened to bury a five-month-old truce.
The renewed rocket fire from Gaza prompted Israel to seal its crossings with the territory, halting shipments of food aid and fuel.
Israel's military said the airstrike targeted rocket launchers and Dr. Moaiya Hassanain of Gaza's Health Ministry said two gunmen were moderately wounded.
Hamas militants in the northern Gaza Strip unleashed a barrage of rockets at the nearby Israeli town of Sderot, where Israeli rescue services said they were treating one person wounded by shrapnel. Several rockets hit agricultural communities near the Israel-Gaza border, and more rockets hit the coastal city of Ashkelon. No casualties were reported in those strikes.
Israeli police and rescue services announced they were raising their alert level in preparation for more attacks.
Hamas claimed responsibility for firing the rockets in a text message sent to reporters.
The June cease-fire began disintegrating last week when Israeli forces entered Gaza to try destroy what the military said was a tunnel dug by militants to carry out a planned cross-border raid.
Eleven militants have been killed in more than a week of fighting and some 140 rockets and mortars have been fired from Gaza at Israel. Both sides have said they want to continue the truce but events signal the opposite is happening.
Israel kept the crossings into Gaza sealed for a 10th straight day Friday. The U.N. suspended its food aid distribution to 750,000 Gaza residents because its warehouses have run out of food, said John Ging, head of Gaza operations for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
The 20,000 Palestinians due to pick up aid parcels Saturday would be sent home empty-handed, Ging said. The parcels contain flour, oil, sugar, rice and canned meat. "Until we are resupplied, we won't have food," he said.
Swaths of Gaza City suffered blackouts Friday after Gaza's power plant shut down Thursday evening, citing a lack of industrial fuel. Much of Gaza is powered by electricity supplied directly from Israel and Egypt, however, and that flow continued uninterrupted.
Israeli military spokesman Peter Lerner said the crossings would likely remain shut Friday because of the ongoing fire. "It depends on Hamas and whether they stop firing rockets at Israel," Lerner said.
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Just imagine for a moment that the power roles were reversed. If the palistinians had the upper hand in military force this thing would have ended years ago with the complete anhilation of every Jewish man, woman and child. Perhaps sitting there in the dark with an empty belly will give the palistinians time to realize that their rocket attacks get them nothing and a real peace may be whole lot more desireable.
Shark,
When is the last time you heard any outcry from the world over an Israeli casualty? When? You are spot on here.
:Holger Danske
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