Israel Refuses Cease Fire Agreement in Gaza (3813 hits)
Israel rejects truce, presses on with Gaza strikes By Nidal al-Mughrabi Nidal Al-mughrabi – 2 hrs 23 mins ago Play Video Reuters – US: Israel entitled to self-defense
… GAZA (Reuters) – Israel on Tuesday rejected any truce with Hamas Islamists in the Gaza Strip before cross-border rocket fire ceased and said its air strikes, the fiercest in decades, heralded "long weeks of military action."
Israeli ground forces massed on the border of the coastal enclave for a possible invasion while Israeli warplanes pressed on for the fourth day with attacks on Hamas targets, killing 12 Palestinians. They included sisters aged 10 and 12.
Medical officials put Palestinian casualties since Israel launched its attacks on Saturday at 348 dead with more than 800 wounded. A United Nations agency said at least 62 of the dead were civilians.
Three Israeli civilians and a soldier have been killed by Palestinian rockets since the air strikes began.
The latest Israeli attacks came hours after rockets fired by Gazan militants killed an Israeli soldier near the border with Gaza and a civilian in the city of Ashdod.
Israeli media quoted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as telling President Shimon Peres that the Gaza operation was in "the first of a several stages."
With six weeks to go to an election that polls suggest the hawkish right-wing Likud party will win, Israel's centrist government says the attacks aim to put a stop to the rockets.
The United Nations has called for an immediate truce. But Israeli Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit said "there is no room for a ceasefire" with Hamas until the threat of rocket fire had been removed.
"The Israeli army must not stop the operation before breaking the will of the Palestinians, of Hamas, to continue to fire at Israel," he told Israel Radio.
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Wednesday, January 14th 2009 at 12:49PM
Marta Fernandez
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Wednesday, January 14th 2009 at 12:53PM
Marta Fernandez
