GAZA - More Israeli attacks against Gaza: military offensive of the last hours have been killed at least 31 Palestinians, including four children. Among the dead there are 16 civilians. They included a mother who was preparing breakfast for children, and a 12 year old girl and her brother hit by gusts of 11 as they slept inside the house.
The operation began before dawn when Israeli tanks invaded the crowded Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern part of the territory controlled by Hamas. Aviation has supported the ground forces, releasing at least a dozen missiles.
According to medical sources in the health service in Gaza, most of the victims were struck by the large number of rockets fired from Israeli aircraft. In the operation has killed at least 15 militants of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Among them is the son of a Hamas MP, Abdurahman Shihab, a member of Ezzedin al Qassam brigades. E 'son of Mohammed Shihab, who was elected to his parliamentary Jabalia in 2006 as a representative of Hamas. Two days ago in Gaza had been killed the son of Hamas leader in parliament, who is also enrolled in the Al Qassam militias.
the Israeli side has so far been announced in the fighting that wounded five soldiers in a non-serious. But informed sources reported that two soldiers were killed.
This is the bloodiest Israeli operation in Gaza after many months and comes at the end of four days of escalating violence which has caused about 66 deaths. Israeli attacks in recent days have been a retaliation against the ongoing Qassam rocket attacks on Israeli territory.
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has expressed concern over what he called''the danger of an Israeli escalation.'' Yesterday, the Israeli Deputy Minister of Defense, Matan Vilnai, has threatened the Palestinians by ensuring that "the more Qassam fire increases and lengthens their range, the more (the Palestinians) will attract a bigger shoah, because we will use all our might to defend ourselves. "The use of the term 'shoah' has raised much controversy, and has run a ministry spokesman also quick to point out that the term was used in the modern sense of 'disaster'.
(March 1, 2008) - The Republic
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