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Israel may invade Gaza over recent cross-border attacks – reports
Israel has not ruled out invading Gaza following cross-border attacks between the IDF and militants. The violence drew comparisons to the 2009 invasion of Gaza, and some accuse PM Benjamin Netanyahu of orchestrating the unrest as an election ploy.
Following a Cabinet meeting on Sunday morning to discuss the rising violence over the weekend, an Israeli official speaking on condition of anonymity told the Telegraph
“a ground incursion [into Gaza] is certainly not out of the question,” if the violence continues.
Israel carried out several airstrikes in Gaza overnight targeting a smuggling tunnel and a rocket launch site in
northern Gaza. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) confirmed it would intensify its airstrike campaign on Hamas targets.
Over the weekend, six Palestinians were killed and eight Israelis injured in the mounting cross-border rocket and mortar fire.
The escalation in violence prompted strong rhetoric from the Israeli government, with Prime Minister Netanyahu promising that Israel would respond to the attacks. President Shimon Peres dismissed the attacks as “idiotic,” and said there was need for an
immediate and strong response.
“If they shoot, we have to respond fully and immediately. There is no room for any consideration,” he said in an interview with the Jerusalem Post. Saying that you cannot choose
“your parents or your neighbors,” Peres urged a political solution to the crisis, calling on the government to immediately resume peace talks with the Palestinian Authority.
Election tactics? Israel to vote next JanuaryThe
swift rise in violence over the weekend has prompted widespread comparisons in the press to Israel’s last incursion into Gaza in 2009. The 22-day-long ground assault on Gaza that year came in response to Hamas rocket fire, and preceded the Israeli elections.
The conflict killed up to 1,400 Palestinians and saw Israel accused of multiple uses of white phosphorus in their bombing of Gaza. Despite IDF denials, Amnesty International said they had
“undisputable evidence” white phosphorous had been used against civilians, constituting a war crime.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that the country’s January elections will have no bearing on Israel’s response to fire from Gaza.
"The upcoming elections in Israel are not and will not be a source of immunity for Hamas, we will strike with an ever-growing intensity,” he said in Tel Aviv.
Hamas’ leadership accused Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government of orchestrating the weekend violence in order to drum up votes in the coming elections. Hamas spokesperson Fawzi Barhoum warned that
“Hamas will not let Palestinian blood be a price for Israeli political and electoral gains.”
Cross-border violence between Israel and Gaza is relatively frequent, but usually trails off within a few days. However, Hamas has recently begun carrying out attacks on targets inside Israeli territory.
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Lets not forget that they like to turn facts in the media as israel was provoking hamas this whole week launching attacks into gaza and small scale invasions to bulldoze homes and to arrest innocents. Hamas finally lost their patience and shot back with full effect at a zionist terrorist jeep, the 4 soldiers in it got injured. israel after that launched more airstrikes and artillery shells on gaza in which 4 palestinians got killed and many injured. Hamas shot back with rockets, and now the zionist hypocrites are blaming hamas for starting this?
Israel is also shelling syria now it seems, can a NATO intervention happen there soon, which will torn apart syria even more, and most likely will end up like yugoslavia? God forbid. But the entire region is most likely gonna blow up, turns out in all those major affected areas there is alot of gas and oil. One of the goals - destroying muslims is one of the main goals also.