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Scores die in Israeli air strikes
The missile strikes caused panic in Gaza
Israeli F-16 bombers have launched a series of air strikes against key targets in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 155 people, medical chiefs say.
Gaza officials and the Hamas militant group said about 200 others were hurt as missiles hit security compounds and militant bases across the territory.
The strikes, the most intense Israeli attacks on Gaza in years, come days after a truce with Hamas expired.
Israel said it was responding to an escalation in rocket attacks from Gaza.
Palestinian militants frequently fire rockets against Israeli towns from inside the Gaza Strip; large numbers of rocket and mortar shells had been fired at Israel in recent days.
In a statement, Israel's military said it targeted "Hamas terror operatives" as well as training camps and weaponry storage warehouses.
Hamas will continue the resistance until the last drop of blood,
Fawzi Barhoum
Hamas spokesman
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In the West Bank, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas - whose Fatah faction was ousted from Gaza by Hamas in 2007 - condemned the attacks and called for restraint.
But Hamas quickly vowed to carry out revenge attacks on Israel in response to the air strikes, firing Qassam rockets into Israeli territory as an immediate reply.
At least one Israeli was killed by a rocket strike in the town of Netivot, doctors said.
"Hamas will continue the resistance until the last drop of blood," spokesman Fawzi Barhoum was reported as saying.
Israel also stood firm, saying operations "will continue, will be expanded, and will deepen if necessary".
International reaction was swift and expressed concerned, with many world leaders calling for calm and an immediate ceasefire.
Rising toll
Reports of the casualties in Gaza mounted swiftly after news broke of the Israeli operation, in which at least 30 missiles were fired by F-16 fighter bombers.
Images from the scenes of strikes showed dead and injured Palestinians, burning and destroyed buildings, and scenes of panic and chaos on Gaza's crowded streets.
Residents spoke of children heading to and from school at the time of the attacks, and there were fears of civilian casualties, although no detailed information was available from hospitals.
Israel hit targets across Gaza, striking in the territory's main population centres, including Gaza City in the north and the southern towns of Khan Younis and Rafah.
Egypt opened its border crossing to the Gaza Strip at Rafah to absorb and treat some of those injured in the south of the territory.
Most of the dead and injured were said to be in Gaza City, where Hamas's main security compound was destroyed. The head of Gaza's police forces was reportedly among those killed.
Reuters news agency said at least 20 people were thought to have died in Khan Younis.
Civilians were caught up in the air strikes in heavily-populated Gaza
Hamas said all of its security compounds in Gaza were destroyed by the Israeli air strikes, which Israel said hit some 40 targets across the territory.
The air strikes are the most intense Israel has launched against Gaza for some time, and come amid rumours that a ground operation is imminent.
Israeli security officials have been briefing about the possibility of a new offensive into Gaza for some days now, says the BBC's Paul Wood, in Jerusalem.
But most reports centred on the possibility of a ground offensive, and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was not expected to authorise any operation until Sunday at the earliest.
Although a six-month truce between Hamas and Israel was agreed earlier this year, it was regularly under strain and was allowed to lapse when it expired this month.
Hamas blamed Israel for the end of the ceasefire, saying it had not respected its terms, including the lifting of the blockade under which little more than humanitarian aid has been allowed into Gaza.
Israel said it initially began a staged easing of the blockade, but this was halted when Hamas failed to fulfil what Israel says were agreed conditions, including ending all rocket fire and halting weapons smuggling.
Israel says the blockade - in place since Hamas took control of Gaza in June 2007 - is needed to isolate Hamas and stop it and other militants from firing rockets across the border at Israeli towns.
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I saw it mate, * shocking. Before these strikes, no israeli's were killed by these homemade rockets for a year, 150 civilians killed in Gaza city and Khan Younis under the guise of stopping rocket fire. *, Hamas tried the peaceful route with a 6 month ceasefire, it was Israel that broke it, no wonder they resort to violence.
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The israeli's said they killed these civilians to prevent rocket attacks.. The first israeli killed by rockets this year was killed after israel's attack today, and all armed Palestinian factions are now promising revenge and suicide bombers. Well-done israel, great way to stop the rockets being launched.
IMO, israel did this because they know all Palestinian groups will respond and israel wanted an escalation so they could back down from the peace process and continue to unleash terror on Palestine. And they dare to call Hamas terrorists. Compare hoy many civilians Hamas have killed (around a dozen) to how many civilians have Israel killed in the last year (at least 400) :47:Last edited by a moderator: Dec 27, 2008 -
i know, its a disgrace. that country literally gets away with murder. any other country would get brought up for war crimes
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* Them. Palestine will prevail.
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absolutely shocking. israel won't stop until they have reached their ultimate goal: a palestinian holocaust.
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Disgrace how they get away with it really is.
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that's the point mate. it's shocking that we europeans turn a blind eye to it. I really wish we had some politicans with balls that stood up and said STOP. -
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can someone explain to me please why there is a hatred between these two and
why at this time of year infact at any time do they want to kill inoccent people? -
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i was at a protest today at belfast city hall and some of the pictures people had of dead civilians would make your blood boil. sickening and the death toll is 350 now i think. the israeli's are allowing 40 trucks of humanitarian aid through to gaza today, awful good of them!
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Bully * thats all they are I can only see the problems here getting worse
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A pathetic, face-saving exercise that fools neither you, me nor millions of others like us.
If the eyes of the world weren't on them, the only trucks they'd be sending through would be full of soldiers ready to massacre Palestinian civilians. -
basicaly in 1948 britain and America decided to give jews their own nation after the holocaust. they invaded palestine and created the state of isreal slaughtering muslims.palestinians were shoved into the gaza strip, a modern day concentration camp and one of the most densly populated areas in the world, because of their muslim religion. palestinians have been fighting ever since to get their rightful land back. Hamas tried a 6 month truce which isreal broke recently so its isreal who are unpeaceful. Isreal is also backed by US nuclear weapons. if you were in the palestinians shoes would you not do the same thing?
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It was actually Britain's idea, mate, first suggested in 1917.
Britain sending scores of people to take land and cause years of strife?
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no israeli's were killed by these homemade rockets for a year
SO how long does israel wait,2 years or untill people get killed, come on tae *
how long would you wait if your family were being attacked ,i think a year is showing great restraint
hamas them selves say ,they are not going to stop,,so whats isreal to do?
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how long would you wait if without warning you were thrown out of your house with all you possesions burned by foreign troops and told to leave the country of you birth because somebody else live ther 2000 years ago
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