Posted on 02/25/2008 2:01:27 PM PST by knighthawk
Three members of Hamas were killed in two Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, Hamas officials said. According to them, two members of the Al-Qassam Brigades were killed overnigt Sunday in the first raid to the east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, while the third died during a raid in Gaza City.
The Israeli army confirmed the attacks, saying they targeted armed men, and "in both cases they were hit".
Meanwhile, Israel's border police forces Monday were on standby while the army has boosted security and surveillance at the Gaza Strip frontier ahead of the human chain protest planned by Palestinians.
Ehud Barak, the Israeli defense minister, and Tzipi Livni, the foreign minister, said Israel will defend its territory and "stop any infiltration attempt into its sovereign borders." "Hamas is behind activities that place the civilian population on the front lines," they said in a joint statement.
"Israel is acting to prevent an escalation but makes it clear that if it does happen the responsibility falls squarely on the shoulders of Hamas."
According to AFP, an Israeli security source said the army was preparing for "all scenarios", and Israeli television has reported artillery reinforcements along the frontier. "Obviously, if gunmen start shooting at the fence we will have to respond in kind and we are absolutely unwilling to countenance a situation where the fence is breached like it was at Rafah," the source said.
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What is wrong with the Israelis and where did their spines go? They had Gaza over a barrel a couple of weeks ago by cutting off part of their electricity supply. But they relented, and THIS IS THE THANKS THEY GET, FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME. Israel should cut off their electricity, the water, the food, screw with their radio and TV, cel phones and Internet, any thing they can to back those animals off. Even the Egyptians don’t want them.
dang...maybe I ought to move my family to Israel...at least Israelis are allowed fight back....here, in America, I have to listen to the lies while I am told, ‘you are hearing the truth’...love the muslims, love everybody, love yourself, love someone else, love a tree....geez....or your are a racist, bigot, homophobe, terrorist.....go get yourself a gun and put it to your head....Wow....and it used to be my country....but now....oh boy.
They should drop some napalm in as part of a response “test”. I guarantee they will have no problems after that.
They are not different then our spineless politicians. America and Israel should let military people make military choices. Instead our Politicians tell the military what to do.
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