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| Israel strikes Gaza as lockdown sparks fuel fears |
| 2008-01-20 |
| Israel kept up strikes against Gaza militants on Saturday, killing at least two in a new raid, as its lockdown of the impoverished Palestinian territory started to take its toll on residents. A pre-dawn air strike north of Gaza City killed two fighters of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas which has ruled the increasingly isolated territory since seizing power seven months ago, medics said. A second strike on a car in Gaza City left no casualties. Israel has escalated operations in Gaza, killing at least 36 militants since Tuesday while Hamas has launched about 200 rockets into southern Israel in the same period, lightly wounding more than 10, in the biggest flare-up of violence since the Islamist movement took power. On Thursday Israel announced it would close all crossings into and out of Gaza for several days to all but essential humanitarian aid, intensifying its almost two-year siege of the territory aimed at stemming rocket fire. As news of the new measures spread, residents across the Gaza Strip stocked up on diesel fuel, leaving several service stations empty. “We have already run out of diesel and we can only supply gasoline for two hours a day because they did not tell us there would be a reduction in fuel,” gas station owner Ibrahim al-Berberi told AFP. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Hamams is in the middle of a pretty serious curb-stomping.... and the usual suspects are quiet. More please. |
| Posted by: Fly Ash Liberation Army 2008-01-20 10:33 |
| #1 Israel needs to get a backbone and turn on a proper siege. No water. No fuel. No food. An old fashion starve them into the choice of submission or death. Its not like Islamic folk don't understand the meaning of submission. It's just from the other side of that Master Sub relationship. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-01-20 00:52 |