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We consider this escalation as very dangerous. It must stop immediately: Hamas
OCCUPIED-AL-QUDS: Israel is prepared to escalate its response to Palestinian rocket fire, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday, after 24 hours of violence along its border with the Gaza Strip.
The army is acting and will act forcefully against the terror organisations in the Gaza Strip. They are receiving strong blows from the army, Netanyahu told a meeting of his cabinet.
The world must realise that Israel wont sit by idly in the face of attempts to attack us. We are prepared to escalate our actions, he said.
The flare-up erupted on Saturday evening when Gaza activists fired an anti-tank missile at an Israeli jeep along the Gaza border, injuring four soldiers, one of them severely. Three remained in hospital on Sunday.
Israel retaliated with air strikes, shelling and artillery fire that killed six Palestinians and wounded 35 by Sunday night.
Palestinian militants fired at least 85 rockets into southern Israel, leaving four injured in the Israeli border town of Sderot. Two rockets were intercepted by Israels missile defence system Iron Dome.
The outbreak of violence was one of the most serious since Israels devastating 22-day operation in the Gaza Strip over New Year 2009, and raised the spectre of a broad Israeli operation against the Palestinian territory.
Its a very severe situation, rockets are landing on our towns and villages, almost on a daily basis and of course no democratic country can tolerate such a thing, said Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, a Netanyahu confidant.
If this will proceed, we will consider a much stronger and massive retaliation in order to protect our citizens.
US ambassador Dan Shapiro, writing on Facebook, said American thoughts are with the residents of southern Israel, who continue to be bombarded with missile attacks from terrorist organizations in Gaza.
The United States supports Israels right to defend itself and its citizens from these attacks, he said. The violence comes ahead of Israeli elections in January, but ministers said this would not prevent any operation. Israel will have to prepare itself for an operation, whether or not elections (are scheduled), Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau said.
On Sunday, Palestinian medics said the death toll stood at six, after an Islamic Jihad militant named as Mohammed Shwikani, 20, was killed in an air strike near the northern Gaza town of Jabaliya.
Medics also reported Sunday finding the body of a second Jihad member, Mohammed Abed, 20, who was killed in another air raid east of Jabaliya.
The Israeli military said it had attacked seven different targets overnight, including arms dumps, a weapons-making facility and two rocket-launching sites in response to recent events.
Medics said 35 people were wounded, with Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the Hamas-run health ministry, saying 10 had undergone amputations. He named the four civilians killed as 20-year-old Matar Abul Ata, 17-year-old Mohammed Harara, 15-year-old Ahmed Harara and 18-year-old Ahmed Dardasawy.
The violence prompted authorities on both sides of the border to close some schools, and in Gaza the Hamas government and militant groups vowed revenge.
The occupation attacked Palestinian civilians east of Gaza City and Khan Yunis. We consider this escalation as very dangerous. It must stop immediately, said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhum.
The radical Popular Resistance Committees vowed that the Zionist enemy will pay a high price for this crime against Gaza. And Islamic Jihad warned that every aggression against the Palestinian people will be followed by a response from the resistance.
Netanyahu warns Palestinians - thenews.com.pk
OCCUPIED-AL-QUDS: Israel is prepared to escalate its response to Palestinian rocket fire, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday, after 24 hours of violence along its border with the Gaza Strip.
The army is acting and will act forcefully against the terror organisations in the Gaza Strip. They are receiving strong blows from the army, Netanyahu told a meeting of his cabinet.
The world must realise that Israel wont sit by idly in the face of attempts to attack us. We are prepared to escalate our actions, he said.
The flare-up erupted on Saturday evening when Gaza activists fired an anti-tank missile at an Israeli jeep along the Gaza border, injuring four soldiers, one of them severely. Three remained in hospital on Sunday.
Israel retaliated with air strikes, shelling and artillery fire that killed six Palestinians and wounded 35 by Sunday night.
Palestinian militants fired at least 85 rockets into southern Israel, leaving four injured in the Israeli border town of Sderot. Two rockets were intercepted by Israels missile defence system Iron Dome.
The outbreak of violence was one of the most serious since Israels devastating 22-day operation in the Gaza Strip over New Year 2009, and raised the spectre of a broad Israeli operation against the Palestinian territory.
Its a very severe situation, rockets are landing on our towns and villages, almost on a daily basis and of course no democratic country can tolerate such a thing, said Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, a Netanyahu confidant.
If this will proceed, we will consider a much stronger and massive retaliation in order to protect our citizens.
US ambassador Dan Shapiro, writing on Facebook, said American thoughts are with the residents of southern Israel, who continue to be bombarded with missile attacks from terrorist organizations in Gaza.
The United States supports Israels right to defend itself and its citizens from these attacks, he said. The violence comes ahead of Israeli elections in January, but ministers said this would not prevent any operation. Israel will have to prepare itself for an operation, whether or not elections (are scheduled), Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau said.
On Sunday, Palestinian medics said the death toll stood at six, after an Islamic Jihad militant named as Mohammed Shwikani, 20, was killed in an air strike near the northern Gaza town of Jabaliya.
Medics also reported Sunday finding the body of a second Jihad member, Mohammed Abed, 20, who was killed in another air raid east of Jabaliya.
The Israeli military said it had attacked seven different targets overnight, including arms dumps, a weapons-making facility and two rocket-launching sites in response to recent events.
Medics said 35 people were wounded, with Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the Hamas-run health ministry, saying 10 had undergone amputations. He named the four civilians killed as 20-year-old Matar Abul Ata, 17-year-old Mohammed Harara, 15-year-old Ahmed Harara and 18-year-old Ahmed Dardasawy.
The violence prompted authorities on both sides of the border to close some schools, and in Gaza the Hamas government and militant groups vowed revenge.
The occupation attacked Palestinian civilians east of Gaza City and Khan Yunis. We consider this escalation as very dangerous. It must stop immediately, said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhum.
The radical Popular Resistance Committees vowed that the Zionist enemy will pay a high price for this crime against Gaza. And Islamic Jihad warned that every aggression against the Palestinian people will be followed by a response from the resistance.
Netanyahu warns Palestinians - thenews.com.pk
