Israel blitzes Gaza
Israel blitzed Gaza from the air overnight, setting the interior ministry ablaze and killing a Palestinian fighter in the latest offensive aimed at freeing a soldier held by Palestinian militants.
Israel stepped up its assault on Gaza overnight, causing the first Palestinian casualties since it launched a ground offensive early on Wednesday, its biggest military operation since pulling out of the territory in September.
The Israeli military pounded Gaza with 30 air raids, hitting the Hamas-run interior ministry, weapons depots, Hamas training camps and access roads, after suspending plans to send ground troops into the north of the territory.
It further ratcheted up the pressure on the Palestinian leadership by revoking the Jerusalem residency rights of a Hamas minister and three MPs, facing them with expulsion from the occupied eastern sector of the Holy City.
MN
Israel stepped up its assault on Gaza overnight, causing the first Palestinian casualties since it launched a ground offensive early on Wednesday, its biggest military operation since pulling out of the territory in September.
The Israeli military pounded Gaza with 30 air raids, hitting the Hamas-run interior ministry, weapons depots, Hamas training camps and access roads, after suspending plans to send ground troops into the north of the territory.
It further ratcheted up the pressure on the Palestinian leadership by revoking the Jerusalem residency rights of a Hamas minister and three MPs, facing them with expulsion from the occupied eastern sector of the Holy City.
MN
posted by Subrosa at Friday, June 30, 2006
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