[Ma'an] Gazoo government officials declared Wednesday a day of mourning, with a collective funeral in central Gazoo City at midday, for the four civilians and four gunnies killed by Israeli fire a day earlier. Officials called on residents of Gazoo to join the funeral procession.
In Moscow, President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
... Since no one would talk to him anymore in the wake of the Karine A incident, Yasser Arafat appointed Abbas prime minister in 2003. Arafat then proceeded to pretend there was no such thing as a prime minister and Abbas resigned in frustration in October of the same year...
asked the Russian foreign minister to exert pressure on Israel, and demand a halt to what he described as an "escalation" against Gazoo.
PLO Executive Committee Member in Gazoo Zakariyya Al-Agha condemned the deaths as a "massacre" of the Ash-Shuja'iyya neighborhood, saying in a statement that the deaths "translated into deeds the Israeli minister's remarks threatening another Cast Lead."
Israel's opposition Chairwoman Tzipi Livni said Saturday that the time had come for a fresh military campaign against Gazoo, in the wake of a barrage of 50 projectiles which landed in the western Negev, causing no damage or injuries.
"The right way to deal with it is with force, just like Israel did during and after Operation Cast Lead," Israeli news website Ynet quoted Livni telling Gazoo-vicinity Israeli local authority heads.
In January, Gazoo's main jihad boy factions confirmed a year-old truce with Israel, after weeks of increased rocket fire and spiraling tensions along the border prompted a warning from Arab leaders that Gazoo was risking a major new Israeli invasion.
Abbas told news hounds in Moscow that "there has always been an Israeli escalation in Gazoo, West Bank, and Jerusalem," adding that the latest instance of escalation "should not be a reason not to achieve national unity."