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| Israel escalates attacks on Hamas in Gaza |
| 2007-05-27 |
| Israel escalated on Saturday its air attacks on Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Interior Ministry executive force that it controls, leaving five people killed and some 16 wounded.In the day-long time, Israeli aircraft carried out seven consecutive air strikes on different posts and compounds belong to Hamas movement, leaving five people killed and more than ten wounded. A fresh Israeli air strike had targeted at night a post belonging to Hamas' armed wing al-Qassam Brigades in the town of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, said Palestinian security sources, adding no injuries had been reported. Shortly before the last air strike, two more air strikes were carried out against two posts belong to the Hamas controlled Interior Ministry executive force in Gaza City, leaving ten civilians wounded, said medics at local Sheffa Hospital. They added that among the casualties, a pregnant woman and a 15-year-old boy were in critical conditions. Four air strikes were carried out earlier in the day. The most serious one was when Israeli aircraft struck on a Hamas executive force in Zeitoon neighborhood in southern Gaza, leaving five people killed and six wounded. No injuries were reported in the other three airstrikes, said security sources. The escalating air strikes came in retaliation against continuo militants' rocket attacks on Israel. Hamas' armed wing claimed responsibility on Saturday for launching three homemade rockets from northern Gaza Strip at coastal Israeli town of Ashkelon and at the town of Sderout in southern Israel. Israel Radio reported that one of Hamas rockets hit an empty Israeli house in Sderout, without injuries. In response to rockets fire from the Gaza Strip on Israeli border towns, Israeli army has also conducted large-scale arrest operations against senior members of Hamas in the West Bank. Early on Saturday, Israeli troops arrested Palestinian minister of state Wasfi Kabha in his house in the northern West Bank city of Jenin during an overnight raid. On Thursday, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also detained 33 Hamas officials including the education minister, four mayors and municipality heads as well as three lawmakers. Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya of Hamas denounced Saturday the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as "a real war". His remarks came not long after five members of Hamas' Executive Force were killed in a series of air strikes on their bases in Gaza Strip on Saturday, which are part of an ongoing offensive that killed more than 40 people since mid-May. Earlier on Saturday, Hamas has warned Israel against harming Haneya after helicopters targeted a post for his bodyguards twice in 24 hours. Meanwhile, Hamas' military wing renewed threats to abduct more Israeli soldiers and to renew suicide attacks inside the Jewish state. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #5 Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya of Hamas denounced Saturday the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as "a real war". Unlike the "fake war" launched by Hamas against Israeli school children. Haniya needs to tucked in for the dirt nap along with all other Hamas scum. If Sarkozy can wean France off of its perennial support for the Palestinian terrorists, perhaps Europe might begin to follow suit. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-27 06:10 |
| #4 What happened to the threats from French about shooting down Israeli aircraft ? For your information France has come under new management. And Sarkozy (pease refrain from using Sarko like the French left does) is pro-Israel and (if his victory speech is to be believed) is aiming to break France's traditional policy of championning two bit dictators. |
| Posted by: JFM 2007-05-27 05:35 |
| #3 In the day-long time, Israeli aircraft carried out seven consecutive air strikes Joooooooooooooos! Make Gaza and Dresden siner nyms. LOL. Oh the humanity. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-05-27 03:49 |
| #2 We're talking Gaza, WE2970, not southern Lebanon, where the French troops are. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-05-27 02:51 |
| #1 This is interesting. Looks like the IAF is kicking their asses with impunity. What happened to the threats from French about shooting down Israeli aircraft ? Awful quiet after Sarko came aboard isn't it ? |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-05-27 00:32 |