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Nearly 50 rockets launched from Gaza into Israel, eight wounded
Mar 19, 2011, 10:15 GMT
Gaza - Violence between Israel and militants of the Islamist Hamas movement flared on Saturday after nearly 50 mortar shells from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israeli communities.
Israeli warplanes and tanks responded, firing missiles and tank shells at four targets belonging to Hamas in the eastern Gaza Strip, Adham Abu Selmeya, Gaza's emergency chief, told reporters.
Six Palestinians and two Israelis were injured during the exchange, according to Israel Radio,.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, claimed responsibility for the renewed shelling.
'Targeting the enemy's posts was a response to the ongoing Zionist assaults, airstrikes and tanks shelling on the Gaza Strip. The latest was two days ago, where two of our mujahidin were killed,' said the group.
Israeli jets struck four lookout posts belonging to the security forces of the Hamas administration, which has ruled the Gaza Strip since June 2007. Residents in the Strip heard dozens of explosions resulting from the Israeli bombardment.
Several ambulances and rescue teams were seen rushing to the targeted areas between the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip and Israel.
An undeclared fragile ceasefire was reached between Israel and Hamas in January 2009, following a three-week large-scale Israeli offensive on the enclave, in which more than 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed.
The escalation of violence mounted as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced two days ago that he intends to go to Gaza to end more than three years of internal division between his Fatah party and Hamas movement
Nearly 50 rockets launched from Gaza into Israel, eight wounded - Monsters and Critics
Hamas again escalates situation. But if Israel retaliate they will whine like little girls.
Mar 19, 2011, 10:15 GMT
Gaza - Violence between Israel and militants of the Islamist Hamas movement flared on Saturday after nearly 50 mortar shells from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israeli communities.
Israeli warplanes and tanks responded, firing missiles and tank shells at four targets belonging to Hamas in the eastern Gaza Strip, Adham Abu Selmeya, Gaza's emergency chief, told reporters.
Six Palestinians and two Israelis were injured during the exchange, according to Israel Radio,.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, claimed responsibility for the renewed shelling.
'Targeting the enemy's posts was a response to the ongoing Zionist assaults, airstrikes and tanks shelling on the Gaza Strip. The latest was two days ago, where two of our mujahidin were killed,' said the group.
Israeli jets struck four lookout posts belonging to the security forces of the Hamas administration, which has ruled the Gaza Strip since June 2007. Residents in the Strip heard dozens of explosions resulting from the Israeli bombardment.
Several ambulances and rescue teams were seen rushing to the targeted areas between the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip and Israel.
An undeclared fragile ceasefire was reached between Israel and Hamas in January 2009, following a three-week large-scale Israeli offensive on the enclave, in which more than 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed.
The escalation of violence mounted as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced two days ago that he intends to go to Gaza to end more than three years of internal division between his Fatah party and Hamas movement
Nearly 50 rockets launched from Gaza into Israel, eight wounded - Monsters and Critics
Hamas again escalates situation. But if Israel retaliate they will whine like little girls.