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GAZA CITY (CNN) -- The Israeli military surrounded densely populated Gaza City late Monday as the death toll mounts in Gaza.
A relative of a Palestinian victim cries out outside a hospital in Gaza City, Gaza Monday.
A relative of a Palestinian victim cries out outside a hospital in Gaza City, Gaza Monday.
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Israeli security sources said they surrounded the city of about 1.5 million in their operation against Hamas.
Military officials also said friendly fire killed three Israeli troops late Monday in an explosion in northern Gaza.
Two dozen other troops were injured -- one critically, three severely.
The incident involved an explosion from a tank shell that hit a building the troops were in, officials said.
Neither Hamas nor Israel has shown any interest in international calls for a truce.
"I can understand the eagerness of the international community to see the return to calm," Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told European foreign ministers in Jerusalem. "This is our dream as well. This is what we are looking for. Unfortunately, there are those who cannot accept the idea of living in peace in this region."
On Monday Hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into southern Israel despite a 10-day Israeli military campaign that reportedly has left more than 500 Palestinians dead.
Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas' military wing, warned Israel that Izzedine al Qassam Brigades will continue rocket strikes "for many months" and vowed to strike deeper into Israeli territory. He spoke on Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV.
Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar also gave a televised address Monday, saying the leadership in Gaza salutes "the resistance men" and that their actions were justified because of what Israel has done.
"They [Israeli forces] shelled everyone in Gaza. ... They shelled children and hospitals and mosques," he said. "And in doing so, they gave us legitimacy to strike them in the same way."
Israel on Monday continued its military assault on Gaza from the air and the ground. Heavy fighting erupted Monday night around Gaza City, the Israel Defense Forces said. Earlier in the day, Israeli forces took "tens of Hamas militants" into custody, the military said. IDF also said that fighting between Hamas militants and Israeli troops left several of the militants injured, but it did not say how many.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/05/israel.gaza/index.html
may Allah protect the muslimeen and muslimaat everywhere.
GAZA CITY (CNN) -- The Israeli military surrounded densely populated Gaza City late Monday as the death toll mounts in Gaza.
A relative of a Palestinian victim cries out outside a hospital in Gaza City, Gaza Monday.
A relative of a Palestinian victim cries out outside a hospital in Gaza City, Gaza Monday.
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1 of 3
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Israeli security sources said they surrounded the city of about 1.5 million in their operation against Hamas.
Military officials also said friendly fire killed three Israeli troops late Monday in an explosion in northern Gaza.
Two dozen other troops were injured -- one critically, three severely.
The incident involved an explosion from a tank shell that hit a building the troops were in, officials said.
Neither Hamas nor Israel has shown any interest in international calls for a truce.
"I can understand the eagerness of the international community to see the return to calm," Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told European foreign ministers in Jerusalem. "This is our dream as well. This is what we are looking for. Unfortunately, there are those who cannot accept the idea of living in peace in this region."
On Monday Hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into southern Israel despite a 10-day Israeli military campaign that reportedly has left more than 500 Palestinians dead.
Abu Obeida, a spokesman for Hamas' military wing, warned Israel that Izzedine al Qassam Brigades will continue rocket strikes "for many months" and vowed to strike deeper into Israeli territory. He spoke on Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV.
Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar also gave a televised address Monday, saying the leadership in Gaza salutes "the resistance men" and that their actions were justified because of what Israel has done.
"They [Israeli forces] shelled everyone in Gaza. ... They shelled children and hospitals and mosques," he said. "And in doing so, they gave us legitimacy to strike them in the same way."
Israel on Monday continued its military assault on Gaza from the air and the ground. Heavy fighting erupted Monday night around Gaza City, the Israel Defense Forces said. Earlier in the day, Israeli forces took "tens of Hamas militants" into custody, the military said. IDF also said that fighting between Hamas militants and Israeli troops left several of the militants injured, but it did not say how many.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/05/israel.gaza/index.html
may Allah protect the muslimeen and muslimaat everywhere.
