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| Israeli jets pound targets across Gaza |
| 2010-01-03 |
| [Ma'an] Israel's air force bombed at least two sites in the Gaza Strip shortly after midnight on Saturday, an official said. The eyewitnesses said Israeli F16 fighter jets targeted an open area east of the Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City while military tanks launched several artillery shells at the Shuja'iyya and Tuffah neighborhoods simultaneously. Israeli warplanes also fired three missiles at an open area in Jabal Ar-Ra'is east of Gaza City and targeted another open area east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Other airstrikes targeted the town of Izbat Abed Rabbo in the northern Gaza Strip as well as the village of Al-Qarara east of Khan Younis. No causalities were reported, though material damages were sustained. An Israeli military spokesman told Ma'an the strikes targeted "two terrorist tunnels" near the the Gaza-Israel border, which he said were intended for attacks on targets inside Israel. He added that the airstrikes came in retaliation for a mortar shell that was fired on the Israeli city of Netivot on Thursday, which caused no injuries. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's armed wing claimed to have launched that attack. In a statement, the leftist group termed the launch "a confirmation that resistance will continue in the new year and that the occupier's massacres will not prevent our people from continuing our struggle until the recovery of our rights." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 "In a statement, the leftist group termed the launch "a confirmation that resistance will continue in the new year and that the occupier's massacres will not prevent our people from continuing our struggle until the recovery of our rights." ...and what rights would that be? The right to shoot indiscriminately shoot rockets and missiles onto innocent Israeli citizens? The right to commit acts of murder against innocent civilians? The right to terrorize? |
| Posted by: Mike Hunt 2010-01-03 13:44 |
| #3 F16 earthquake generating machines could be tough on tunnels - maybe no casualties reported because they are already buried. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-01-03 07:12 |
| #2 while military tanks Clearly a violation of International law---only civilian tanks should be allowed. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-01-03 01:37 |
| #1 Several artillary shells, 3 mis-siles, targeted an open area, targeted a town, no casualities... I'm not the only one missing something here. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2010-01-03 00:34 |