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| 2007-05-16 |
| The violence among Palestinians in Gaza accelerated today, with at least 16 dead in fighting between forces loyal to the Fatah faction and those of Hamas, both of which sit together in a unity government that appears to be Reached by telephone, General Shbak said, “After what has happened the options are becoming very tough.” Hamas fighters, he said, “are killing in cold blood and they are executing people, and this has exceeded all limits.” Even the dreaded red lines? Israel, for its part, decided to retaliate for days of Qassam rocket fire on the Israeli city of Sderot by launching a helicopter rocket attack on a Hamas command center in the southern Gazan town of Rafah, killing at least four Hamas men and wounding at least 30, five of them seriously. Partay! At least 15 rockets were launched at Israel today, and eight landed, four in Sderot, the Israeli Army said. One woman was seriously wounded and another lightly wounded. On Tuesday, 27 rockets were fired, with 17 landing, 10 of them in Sderot. The Israeli airstrike raised the prospect of harsher military actions to stop the rockets, with options ranging from temporary incursions to the establishment of a buffer zone in northern Gaza, where the rockets are fired. Get 36 M109s and a few train cars of ammo and fire until empty. Repeat as required. But there is little appetite in Israel for a major operation in Gaza, which would take weeks and lead to significant casualties. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel, under attack for his performance in directing last summer’s war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, called in his security team for talks about Gaza. They decided that the army would be authorized to hit at rocket-launching teams “and their commanders,” a move that implies a return to Israel’s policy of assassinating those who direct military action against it. Uhhhh, no. That is not assassination, that is killing military targets. And lest we forget, civilian leadership is also a valid target Such a policy would be an end, from the Israeli side, of an often-broken cease-fire with Hamas that was supposed to halt to rockets fired from Gaza and Israeli military actions inside Gaza. The rockets rarely stopped, but for months, Israel has generally not carried out military actions inside Gaza. This evening, Israel launched another rocket attack at a car with Hamas militants that Israel said were on their way to launch rockets; at least one man was killed. Partay more! Mr. Olmert’s spokeswoman, Miri Eisin, said Israel would be cautious. “Israel is not going to be dragged into the Gaza Strip the way that Hamas wants,” she said. “We will choose the time and place to Announce that each day Gilad is held or a rocket is fired, another square kilometer of Hamastan reverts to Israel and all of the inhabitants are pushed out. As the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, was said to be Trucefire II: Paleo-logic A Fatah spokesman, Abdel Hakim Awad, blamed Hamas for the violence in Gaza, saying that its leaders “wanted to turn Gaza into a new Somalia or Darfur.” Then....hamas wants to improve conditions in Gaza? Islam Shahwan, a spokesman for the Hamas-dominated He added: “We’re in a state of Many Palestinians watched the new round of fighting with anxiety. “What is happening in Gaza endangers not only the unity government, but the Palestinian social fabric, the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian strategy as a whole,” Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian The fighting today was largely limited to Gaza City and was marked by bursts of extraordinary violence. Hamas gunmen ambushed a police jeep carrying their own fighters, who had been arrested by Fatah’s Preventive Security forces. The Hamas fighters killed two Fatah men as well as G-d, I love this part five of their own men. So overcome with bloodlust they will even kill their own. Fatah retaliated by attacking a position of Hamas’s Executive Force, a parallel police force, killing four men. Another Fatah attack on the Executive Force sent the Hamas men to take shelter in an apartment building, collecting the Two hospitals in Gaza City counted the dead. Scores were wounded And not a Jooo to blame. Some 200 Gaza residents tried to demonstrate for calm, marching in the center of Gaza City with Palestinian flags. But masked gunmen used the diversion to move toward different positions, and in the following gunfire one demonstrator was wounded and the others fled. Protesting only works with civilized authorities and you are in a 'stan. Hamas’s military wing took responsibility for launching many of the Qassam rockets toward Israel, especially on Tuesday, a day that Palestinians have marked in their calendar as the “Nakba,” or “catastrophe,” when Israel declared its independence in 1948. Hamas has more accurate rockets than other groups, and rockets hit homes in Sderot, including one next to the house of the Israeli defense minister, Amir Peretz. Mr. Peretz’s wife, Ahlama, was seen running for shelter from her black Mitsubishi Pajero sport utility vehicle and shouting at journalists to take cover. Anat Roytero, 46, said that she was sending her seven children out of the city to her father’s house in Gedera, near Tel Aviv. “We can’t rely on the prime minister, we can’t rely on the defense minister, and the army’s hands are tied,” she said. Pointing to her daughter, Shirtal, 11, Mrs. Roytero said: “The kids are too frightened. I have to send them away so they can sleep at night.” Force the evacuation of the closest paleo town in response. Hamas’s open admission of responsibility for the rocket firing resulted in Israel’s retaliation, leading some to suggest that Hamas is trying to draw Israel into the fight to take attention away from the intra-Palestinian bloodletting and provide a pretext for unity. The elusive unity of the paleos. Today’s violence followed another agreement on a cease-fire late Tuesday night, which was almost immediately broken. Always, ALWAYS. An Hamas spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum asserted that Fatah violated the agreement first by firing on an Egyptian delegation, including members of the Palestinian government, that were touring the city to check on compliance. One Egyptian diplomat was lightly wounded. “They shot more than 100 bullets at them despite coordination with them in advance,” Mr. Barhoum said. Jibril Rajoub of Fatah, the former Palestinian |
| Posted by:Ahnuld |
| #11 JPOST > EGYPTIAN-TRAINED FATAH SOLDIERS CROSS INTO GAZA. Approxi 500 of them to overwatch FATAH interests in Gaza. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-05-16 22:33 |
| #10 If this doesn't stop SOON, and I mean REAL soon, I could run out of popcorn! |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-05-16 21:13 |
| #9 Does this mean the ceasefire is over ? Or is this just the third inning or something ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-05-16 19:10 |
| #8 So overcome with bloodlust they will even kill their own. I read that as "Dead men tell no tales" |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-05-16 19:03 |
| #7 27 rockets were fired, with 17 landing, So you mean that ten didn't land? they're just circling and circling? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-05-16 18:44 |
| #6 "Previous cease-fires have not lasted, but Hamas appeared to be serious about this one." |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2007-05-16 18:37 |
| #5 What LH Sed. Give Fatah CAS, but stay the hell out of Gaza and try to get Islamic Jihad into the game. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-05-16 18:16 |
| #4 too bad they won't learn haow too aim so more of them die |
| Posted by: sinse 2007-05-16 18:11 |
| #3 “Israel is not going to be dragged into the Gaza Strip the way that Hamas wants,” she said. “We will choose the time and place to respond." Translation - theyre killing each other, it would be stupid to go in and have them stop and fight us instead. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2007-05-16 17:49 |
| #2 “Israel is not going to be dragged into the Gaza Strip the way that Hamas wants,” she said. “We will choose the time and place to respond." Translation - theyre killing each other, it would be stupid to go in and have them stop and fight us instead. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2007-05-16 17:49 |
| #1 Are you ready to rumble? Keep up the good work, |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-16 17:29 |