ISRAEL ATACA GAZA

Gaza strip
Israel attacks Gaza and threatens to continue
(5) 27.December 2008, 12:42
Israel's airforce confirmed it had conducted strikes and fired about 30 missile s at targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. They said they targeted "terrorist infrastructure" and destroyed several Hamas police compounds, killing more than 140 people. Israel's military pledged to continue and expand attacks if necessary.

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At least 140 people were killed across the Gaza Strip as a result of massive Israeli air strikes today, 70 inside Gaza City and the rest elsewhere across the enclave, Hamas radio reported.
Hamas vowed to avenge what it called "the Israeli slaughter“.

Medical officials said 120 people had been killed in Gaza City and another 23 in Khan Younis and Rafah in the southern Gaza strip.

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Thick black smoke billowed over Gaza city, where the port and security installations of the Islamist Hamas group were badly damaged.

Television footage showed dead bodies scattered on the ground and wounded and dead being carried away by distraught rescuers. There was widespread damage to buildings.

Hamas police spokesman Islam Shahwan said a police compound in Gaza City had been hosting a graduation ceremony for new personnel when it was attacked. Police chief Tawfiq Jabber was among the dead, the radio said.

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Several of the rescuers beat their heads and shouted:"Allahu akbar (God is greatest).“ One badly wounded prostrate man quietly recited verses from the Koran.

At another site, there was a huge crater in the ground. Nearby medics carried people into an ambulance.

Witnesses said the attacks were carried out by warplanes and combat helicopters.

"All fighters are ordered to respond to the Israeli slaughter,“ said a statement by the Islamic Jihad group, echoing statements issued by Hamas and other armed factions.

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Israel Hamas military Gaza attacks missiles police medics An aide to Defence Minister Ehud Barak said the military was prepared to step up the assault if necessary.

"The operation will be pursued and widened as required and subject to (commanders') assessments,“ the aide told Reuters."We are facing a period that will not be simple or easy.“

A six-month truce expired in Gaza just over a week ago. Since then, at least six militants have been killed by Israeli air strikes and dozens of rockets and mortar shells from Gaza have slammed into Israel, damaging homes and causing panic.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned Islamist group Hamas on Thursday to stop firing rockets or pay a heavy price."I will not hesitate to use Israel's might to strike Hamas and (Islamic) Jihad,“ he told Al Arabiya television, an Arab broadcaster widely watched in Gaza.

About a dozen rockets and mortar bombs were fired from Gaza on Friday. One accidentally struck a northern Gaza house killing two Palestinian sisters, aged five and 13, and wounding a third, Palestinian medics said.

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ISRAEL acaba de avisar que isto ainda e o COMECO!!! Quem comeca o conflito? Qual o beneficio para o POVO PALESTINO quando o HAMAS provoca uma reacao de ISRAEL?

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Israel ataca -BOMBARDEA, E DESTROI todos os alvos MILITARES, DE SEGURANCA de GAZA!!!

hamas MANDA 80 MISSEIS A israel hoje. mAS ISTO CLARO , OS Israelis merecem!!

cobardia E MANDAR criancas E mulheres-bomba PARA MATAR ISRAELIS!!! Nao confundam HAMAS com o bom POVO PALESTINO!!!

MAS ENTAO, O hammas MANDA rockets PARA israel E VOCE QUER QUE Israel FACA O QUE? Nao entendo!!!

QUEM ATACA QUEM? Quem provoca quem?

E nao responde!!!!! O ANTI-SEMITISMO CEGA!!! Uma INCAPACIDADE de raciocionar!!!! O HAMAS ATACA ISRAEL e ISRAEL nao tem direito a defender-se POIS..................

tpi? nAO ME FACA RIR!!!

PROPAGANDA que serve o TERROR!!! NADA MAIS!!!! Falar de quem PROVOCA , quem manda misseis para ISRAEL, NADA!!! oLHE prepare-se para um grande espectaculo!!!

Esta criança atirava pedras as um tanque e este foi o estado em que os cobardes dos soldades de Israel fizeram á criança
PUROS assassinos

Tudo tem limites

PROPAGANDA, NADA MAIS!!!
Nunca lhe ouvi uma palavra contra os misseis que o HAMMAS envia para ISRAEL!!! NUNCA!!! POIS......................

Um TRIZTE espectaculko em resposta aos misseis enviados para ISRAEL!!! Israel TEM O DIREITO DE SE DEFENDER!!!