Israeli air strike kills 11 Palestinians

[sonz]

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of engaging in "state terrorism" after an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip killed 11 people, including two schoolchildren, medics and witnesses said, according to AFP.

Witnesses said an Israeli missile struck a yellow van east of Gaza City, suggesting that shrapnel from the missile hit a nearby house, wounding children inside.

Reports say the first strike was followed by another missile, which hit civilians who had gone to the scene of the first explosion.

The Israeli military admitted responsibility for the attack, claiming that it carried out an aerial strike in Gaza against a “car that was heading to fire rockets at Israel”.

Two of the dead victims in the van were members of the Islamic Jihad resistance movement but the other nine were civilians, including two young brothers, aged four and eight, and their father.

The Israeli attack also wounded more than 42 civilians, included six children, medics said.

Correspondents say there were scenes of pain and anger as bloodied civilians were taken to hospital.

At the morgue, angry women shouted: "Death to Israel, Death to the occupation!"

Another blast was reported in the Beit Lahiya region of northern Gaza.

Palestinian residents said that attack, which injured four, was the result of an Israeli raid. But the Israeli military denied involvement.

Although Israeli strikes on Palestinian cars are common, Tuesday's attack is one of the bloodiest in years, correspondents say.

The strike comes amid armed confrontation between Israel and Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip with more missile and cross-border attacks.

Violence surged in the region after Israel’s deadly air strike on a Gaza beach that killed seven members of a Palestinian family last Friday.

Correspondents say Tuesday’s attack will certainly escalate tensions that have soared since the ruling Hamas party ended a 16-month-old truce with Israel after Friday’s bloody attack.

Israel claims that 100 rockets have been fired across the Gaza border in the past few days.

* "State terrorism"

Abbas strongly condemned the latest civilian deaths. "What Israel is doing is called state terrorism," he told reporters. "This state terrorism will not shake us."

Separately, the Hamas-led government denounced Israel’s “ugly massacres", and the armed wing of the resistance movement threatened to avenge Tuesday's deaths.

The Jordanian government also condemned what it called “the massacre of civilians”.

Government spokesman Jasser Jauda said that Amman “forcefully condemns Israeli military operations against defenceless civilians in the Gaza Strip, and the policy of blind massacres."

He added that the Jordanian government urged Israel to put an end to such crimes, which he said "poison the atmosphere and complicate the resumption of the peace process."

[Ghazi]

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They'll deny this one too just wait and see.

[aamirsaab]

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They'll deny this one too just wait and see.

Or blame it on a palestinian mine.

[MinAhlilHadeeth]

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon. May Allah ease the pain of the ummah, ameen.
W'salaam

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[KAding]

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They'll deny this one too just wait and see.

Huh? They already admitted responsibility. Actually, I usually think the Israelis are quite open when they are responsible for something.

Besides, this was a legitimate target, the van was loaded with rockets. It appears many of the civilians died in the secondary explosion as some of the rockets exploded.

[Vishnu]

Huh? They already admitted responsibility. Actually, I usually think the Israelis are quite open when they are responsible for something.

Besides, this was a legitimate target, the van was loaded with rockets. It appears many of the civilians died in the secondary explosion as some of the rockets exploded.

Wow. We should all protest these Palestinians carrying rockets in there van! If it wans;t for these people carrying heavy explosives like the terrorists thwy are children never would have died!

[Ghazi]

Wow. We should all protest these Palestinians carrying rockets in there van! If it wans;t for these people carrying heavy explosives like the terrorists thwy are children never would have died!

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If a bunch of guys came to your house and took over wouldn't you carry weapons as well just look at the situation they have invaded.

[Nablus]

Israel is the state of terrorism

[Joe98]

Originally the Israilies did not fire on palestinains if women and children were nearby.

But the Palestinians fired weapons from places where women and childeren were and the Israilies fired back. And thats how that started.

These days, Israilies no longer care if women and children are nearby. Thats how war is.

[Skillganon]

Originally the Israilies did not fire on palestinains if women and children were nearby.

But the Palestinians fired weapons from places where women and childeren were and the Israilies fired back. And thats how that started.

These days, Israilies no longer care if women and children are nearby. Thats how war is.

They don't care either if it is your land, you will be beaten, killed and driven out, your home will be demolished and your land will be taken away from you, and given to zionist(Jews) in Isreal. They can't do no wrong and they are totally justified, because the western goverment support's it or remain silent about it, and they people in west who speak against it are in no position to be heard, and are kept silent, or are sick in the mind to support an terrorist state i.e. Isreal. Thank's to the propaganda.

Inshallah one day Isreal will lose, and palestine will have peace, and the jewish brother's who are against the war of zionism & Isreal state will live peacefully hand in hand with the palestinian's.

Couple of week's back their was a demonstration in London trafalgar square. Here's a summary:

On May 18, a demonstration organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the Stop the War Coalition and many Muslim groups attracted more than 50,000 people.

A demonstration that consisted of Muslims, Christians, and Jews heard from many speakers including many Jewish speakers, who spoke strongly against the Israeli occupation and made strong statements in support of the Palestinian struggle.

Among the large list of speakers is the Hyde Park gathering was Michael Rosen, well known British Jewish poet, who renounced his "right to return" to Israel, saying that he'd never belonged there, and who vowed to the cheering crowd that he would never visit Israel until Palestine is liberated.

A participant in the demonstration stated, "Many Orthodox anti-Zionist Jews were present, and they were given the pride of place on the platform at Trafalgar Square, some even carried Palestinian flags! It was the highlight of the day."

While there was an obvious police presence at the demonstration, the atmosphere was calm and hopeful, as the speakers made their claims, and as the participants marched through the streets of London.

A young man who said that he came to express his solidarity with the people of Palestine claimed, "Support for Palestinians amongst the British population has steadily been increasing, and more so during the recent events in the region."

Ref: http://www.palestinecampaign.org/archives.asp?xid=891

I only wished I knew about it early (watched it on "Islam Channel" later) or I would of participated in that demostration.

[Ghazi]

Originally the Israilies did not fire on palestinains if women and children were nearby.

But the Palestinians fired weapons from places where women and childeren were and the Israilies fired back. And thats how that started.

These days, Israilies no longer care if women and children are nearby. Thats how war is.

:sl:

Again with the excuses man if an isreali soldier killed you would you still make excuses for him from the grave ;D P.S. what they doing on their land in the first place?

[1m@@n]

Israeli missile strike kills 9 civilians

14-06-2006


Daily Star:

An Israeli missile strike killed 11 Palestinians, nine of them civilians, in Gaza on Tuesday prompting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to accuse Israel of state terrorism.

Hospital officials said the victims included two children, aged four and eight, and their father, in addition to two Islamic Jihad militants. Around 42 other people, including six children, were also wounded.

Witnesses said an Israeli aircraft fired two missiles. The first hit a car, causing it to crash into the pavement. A second missile hit as a crowd gathered and rescuers arrived.

The Israeli Army claimed that the targeted vehicle was "loaded with Katyusha rockets and launchers and they were on their way to launch those Katyusha rockets at Israel."

Rockets could be clearly seen in the wreckage of a yellow van.

The Israeli Army said the projectiles could hit targets up to 20 kilometers away, a range far greater than that of the crude Qassam rockets usually fired by militants from Gaza.

"Today we have said farewell to our martyrs and tomorrow Israel will say farewell to their dead," Islamic Jihad said.

The air strike signaled that Israel would not flinch from targeting rocket squads in densely populated areas in spite of an outcry over the deaths of seven Palestinians on a Gaza beach on Friday in a blast militants blamed on Israeli shellfire.

Still fuming over Friday's deaths, Abbas denounced the latest killings.

"What Israel is doing is called state terrorism," he told reporters at his office in Gaza. "This state terrorism will not shake us."

In separate statements, the Palestinian Cabinet condemned the "ugly massacres" and the armed wing of Hamas threatened to avenge Tuesday's deaths with further rocket attacks on Israeli territory.

Jordan also denounced the "massacre" of civilians.

Spokesman Jasser Joudeh said the "government forcefully condemns Israeli military operations against defenseless civilians in the Gaza Strip, and the policy of blind massacres."

He said the government was in contact with Israel to demand that it put an end to such acts, which he said "poison the atmosphere and complicate the resumption of the peace process."

For his part, Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz voiced his "regrets over civilian casualties" but added: "We have been showing restraint due to the international storm caused by the incident on the Gaza beach - but no longer."

A senior Israeli military official said the findings of an army investigation into the beach incident, released on Tuesday, showed the blast was probably not caused by an Israeli artillery shell.

He suggested instead that a land mine planted by a Palestinian group might have been the cause.

In the West Bank, more violence flared between Abbas' Fatah movement and Hamas.

Fatah members set fire to two Hamas offices in the towns of Salfit and Qalqilya in the West Bank, witnesses said. Fatah gunmen fired at a facility belonging to Hamas in Nablus.

Nobody was hurt in the incidents, which followed an arson attack by Fatah gunmen on Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya's office at the Palestinian parliamentary building in Ramallah late Monday.

To cap the sense of chaos, one of the few independent members of the Palestinian Cabinet, Tourism Minister Joudeh Mourqos, resigned in protest at the worsening security situation.

In London, the first leg of his first European tour, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he had given the green light to a transfer of light weapons from Jordan to Abbas' personal security force so it can tackle Hamas.

"We want to strengthen Abu Mazen so that he will be able to cope with Hamas," said the Israeli leader, using Abbas' nom de guerre.

An aide to Olmert said around 375 assault rifles had arrived at the Israeli-controlled Allenby crossing between Jordan and the occupied West Bank, which was believed to be around half the agreed consignment.

Former Palestinian Premier, Ahmad Qorei, said that a referendum on a prisoners' proposal implicitly recognizing Israel was "the only way out" to the escalating violence. He warned that Palestinian infighting "may lead to a very bad situation, even a war situation."

Qorei added that if Hamas rejects the referendum's verdict, "then there will be a change of government."

"In my point of view, this referendum is no less [important] than the legislative election," Qorei told Reuters.

"If there is a government to work with this plan, then that is best," Qorei said. "If not, then of course there should be a new election."

Russia, part of the international Quartet on Middle East peace, also called for a halt to "civil strife" among factions.

In Damascus, Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahhar warned against feuding between the Palestinians, describing it as a "a plan aimed at causing dissent among the Palestinians inside" the Occupied Territories. - Agencies
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article....ticle_id=73187

[Joe98]

what they doing on their land in the first place?

Of course the phrase "their land" has been disputed endlessly.

There was a time when all the people could have had a free secular government and people could practise their religion as they see fit.

But both sides wanted a govt based upon their religion. With that dispute no govt was formed.

Then there was the holocaust and the world was sympathetic to the Jews and so they won out.

The West has no idea why the Isralies then stole houses and land from Palestinains. Thats what started the curent mess.

I read a book recentyl by a former German soldier. He was in Libya in 1942. he met an Arab man. the man said "I love what Nazis are doinng to the Jews".

This implies that Arabs hated Jews before Israel was formed.

[Skillganon]

Of course the phrase "their land" has been disputed endlessly.

There was a time when all the people could have had a free secular government and people could practise their religion as they see fit.

Well, I wonder how they were practicing their religion before the Isreali occupation.

But both sides wanted a govt based upon their religion. With that dispute no govt was formed.

By their religion they can't rule or be in state of power, are you aware of that?
Jewish religion has nothing to do with it, it is Zionism.

Then there was the holocaust and the world was sympathetic to the Jews and so they won out.

Yes, I know, special treatmen, and used as an excuse to push a formation of a terrorist state.

The West has no idea why the Isralies then stole houses and land from Palestinains. Thats what started the curent mess.

Oyeah the western goverment know about it, they don't voice it and more likely they are in support of it, however western public are much in ignorance, thank's to media polarization.

I read a book recentyl by a former German soldier. He was in Libya in 1942. he met an Arab man. the man said "I love what Nazis are doinng to the Jews".

This implies that Arabs hated Jews before Israel was formed.

Well an arab man opinion is irrelevant, as their is many non-arab and arab man that don't hold that view. Nor it has any bearing on the Isreali state terrorism. You also missed out on arab Jew's.

The I should have made is that your statement is illogical.

e.g.
1 arab man hates Jews therefore all arab men hates the Jews.

Plz, read better books.

EDIT: I apologise if I seem to be too hard hitting on you.

[MinAhlilHadeeth]

Of course the phrase "their land" has been disputed endlessly.

There was a time when all the people could have had a free secular government and people could practise their religion as they see fit.

But both sides wanted a govt based upon their religion. With that dispute no govt was formed.

Then there was the holocaust and the world was sympathetic to the Jews and so they won out.

The West has no idea why the Isralies then stole houses and land from Palestinains. Thats what started the curent mess.

I read a book recentyl by a former German soldier. He was in Libya in 1942. he met an Arab man. the man said "I love what Nazis are doinng to the Jews".

This implies that Arabs hated Jews before Israel was formed.

Your posts suggest that you would not have sympathy for Muslims in any case or situation involving non-muslims. Please try to be fair and impartial.