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CAIRO, Dec 25: Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni vowed on Thursday to strike back at the Hamas rulers of Gaza after a sharp escalation of violence in the Palestinian territory dashed hopes of a new truce.
“Enough is enough. The situation is going to change,” Livni said in Cairo after meeting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to discuss the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip since a truce expired six days ago.
“Unfortunately there is one address to the situation of the people in the Gaza Strip; this is Hamas, Hamas controls them, Hamas decided to target Israel, this is something that has to be stopped and this is what we’re going to do,” she said in English.
“Yesterday’s escalation was unbearable,” Livni said after Gaza militants hit Israel with their biggest rocket barrage in six months to avenge the killing of three fighters from the Islamist movement.
“Hamas needs to understand that our aspiration for peace does not mean that Israel will take this situation any longer,” Livni said at a press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
“Hamas’s control of the Gaza Strip is not only Israel’s problem... but what we are doing is an expression of the needs of the region.”
“The situation in the Gaza Strip has become an obstacle on the way of the Palestinians toward a state,” added Livni, who has vowed to topple Hamas if her Kadima party wins a general election in February.
Livni has been heading the Israeli team in talks with the Palestinians that resumed in last year but have failed to make any visible headway since.
Abul Gheit, whose government mediated the six-month truce that expired on Friday, called for restraint.
“Egypt has made clear that there should be restraint and no escalation and an alleviation of the humanitarian situation,” he said, adding Israel should refrain from “collective punishment.”
Israel’s Maariv newspaper said the security cabinet had given the army the go-ahead to conduct expanded operations in Gaza after a meeting on Wednesday and Defence Minister Ehud Barak warned that Israel would respond to the fire.
“Hamas... will pay a big price,” he said. “We will not allow this situation to last.”
Hamas has vowed to step up attacks if Israel strikes Gaza, a tiny enclave sandwiched between Egypt and Israel that is home to 1.5 million largely aid-dependent Palestinians.
Since Friday’s expiry of the truce, Israel has threatened to launch a major offensive on Gaza, with top leaders threatening to topple Hamas.
In turn, Hamas has warned it will retaliate by resuming suicide bombings inside Israel. The last such attack was in January 2005.
Israel’s outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, meanwhile, called on Thursday for residents of Gaza to stop Hamas militants from firing missiles into Israel.
“I say to you in a last-minute call, stop it,” Olmert said in an interview with the Arab television Al-Arabiya.—AFP
source Israeli army gets go-ahead for attack on Gaza: report -DAWN - Top Stories; December 26, 2008
i am seriously tired of US helping Israel.......they go into every neigboring country and kill innocent Muslims i call for Pakistan Army to break thier neck before they do such a thing i cant seriously wait to join Pakistan Army in June this is really pathetic of these axis of Evil we can FIGHT a war on 2 borders i am CPL agry right now
; its not a war on terror its a was on MUSLIMS WAKE UP WAKE UP SLAP SLAP
“Enough is enough. The situation is going to change,” Livni said in Cairo after meeting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to discuss the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip since a truce expired six days ago.
“Unfortunately there is one address to the situation of the people in the Gaza Strip; this is Hamas, Hamas controls them, Hamas decided to target Israel, this is something that has to be stopped and this is what we’re going to do,” she said in English.
“Yesterday’s escalation was unbearable,” Livni said after Gaza militants hit Israel with their biggest rocket barrage in six months to avenge the killing of three fighters from the Islamist movement.
“Hamas needs to understand that our aspiration for peace does not mean that Israel will take this situation any longer,” Livni said at a press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit.
“Hamas’s control of the Gaza Strip is not only Israel’s problem... but what we are doing is an expression of the needs of the region.”
“The situation in the Gaza Strip has become an obstacle on the way of the Palestinians toward a state,” added Livni, who has vowed to topple Hamas if her Kadima party wins a general election in February.
Livni has been heading the Israeli team in talks with the Palestinians that resumed in last year but have failed to make any visible headway since.
Abul Gheit, whose government mediated the six-month truce that expired on Friday, called for restraint.
“Egypt has made clear that there should be restraint and no escalation and an alleviation of the humanitarian situation,” he said, adding Israel should refrain from “collective punishment.”
Israel’s Maariv newspaper said the security cabinet had given the army the go-ahead to conduct expanded operations in Gaza after a meeting on Wednesday and Defence Minister Ehud Barak warned that Israel would respond to the fire.
“Hamas... will pay a big price,” he said. “We will not allow this situation to last.”
Hamas has vowed to step up attacks if Israel strikes Gaza, a tiny enclave sandwiched between Egypt and Israel that is home to 1.5 million largely aid-dependent Palestinians.
Since Friday’s expiry of the truce, Israel has threatened to launch a major offensive on Gaza, with top leaders threatening to topple Hamas.
In turn, Hamas has warned it will retaliate by resuming suicide bombings inside Israel. The last such attack was in January 2005.
Israel’s outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, meanwhile, called on Thursday for residents of Gaza to stop Hamas militants from firing missiles into Israel.
“I say to you in a last-minute call, stop it,” Olmert said in an interview with the Arab television Al-Arabiya.—AFP
source Israeli army gets go-ahead for attack on Gaza: report -DAWN - Top Stories; December 26, 2008
i am seriously tired of US helping Israel.......they go into every neigboring country and kill innocent Muslims i call for Pakistan Army to break thier neck before they do such a thing i cant seriously wait to join Pakistan Army in June this is really pathetic of these axis of Evil we can FIGHT a war on 2 borders i am CPL agry right now
; its not a war on terror its a was on MUSLIMS WAKE UP WAKE UP SLAP SLAP
