Israeli air strikes on Gaza kill Hamas commander

gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
edited August 2010 in A Moving Train
first the israeli intelligence agency murders the hamas leader in dubai and now this.....one rocket attack that lands in a field does not call for 5 sites to be hit by their air force...this is going to escalate now and i feel it is going to be as bad or worse than operation cast lead last year...and the israeli government, leadership, and military say they are ready for peace talks....what the fuck ever.... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Israeli air strikes on Gaza kill Hamas commander
Eleven others wounded as warplanes target five sites across terrirory in biggest attack since three-week offensive in 2009

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/ju ... gaza-hamas

Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed a Hamas commander and wounded 11 other people.


Warplanes fired missiles at five targets across Gaza, including Gaza City, last night for the first time since Israel's three-week offensive in the territory ended 18 months ago.


Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the territory, said the man killed was Issa Batran, 42, a commander of its military wing in central Gaza and a rocket maker. Eight of its supporters and three civilians were also injured.


The air raids came after a Palestinian rocket attack struck the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon on Friday, causing no casualties but damaging buildings and cars in the city.


The city's mayor said the attack was the most serious since the end of Operation Cast Lead, the Israeli offensive that left around 1,400 Palestinians dead, in January last year. Renegade militant groups have fired dozens of rockets and mortars into southern Israel since then, although most of those attack have been ineffective, with rockets mostly landing in open fields.


The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, earlier said he took the rocket attack on Ashkelon, which lies seven miles north of Gaza, "very seriously". No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.


The cross-border violence has raised concerns of further escalation.


A Hamas spokesman said the group would avenge Batran's killing.


"Hamas will not be quiet over the blood of its martyrs," said Hamad al-Rakabi. "Israel is opening all the gates of fire. This blood will cascade into rage and fire."


The targets hit in last night's air strike included a military training camp in Gaza City, smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border and Batran's shack, on the outskirts of the Nusseirat refugee camp, according to Hamas security officials.

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A man carries a wounded young Palestinian to al-Shifa hospital after Israeli air strikes in Gaza City. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    wow, posted 30 hours ago with 25 views....nice

    can anyone say "ostrich syndrome"????
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    how apt.. im listening to tom waits' road to peace atm.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
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