Israel's Long-PLanned Assault On Haza Begins
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This rates a "Hmmmm." There is no launcher per se for the rockets Israel accuses Palestine of making and launching into Israel. These are home-made rockets, marginally larger than fireworks, and use a simple wood ramp to aim them, which is why their accuracy is nil.
So what did Israel really attack with the air strike?
So what did Israel really attack with the air strike?
Israeli Airstrike Targets Gaza
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM - Israeli aircraft attacked Palestinian rocket launchers in northern Gaza on Wednesday, in the first Israeli airstrike since Hamas militants seized control of the coastal strip last week, the army said.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Aircraft attacked two rocket launchers after one rocket hit near the Israeli town of Sderot, the army said.
Palestinians regularly fire rockets from Gaza into Israel, drawing Israeli retaliation.
This is a breaking news update. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
EREZ CROSSING, Gaza Strip (AP) , Israel's new defense minister ordered the army on Wednesday to allow into Israel any of the hundreds of Gazans holed up at a fetid crossing who might desperately need medical treatment.
A teenager with leukemia was on his way through shortly after, the military said.
In related news, Israel's Supreme Court was hearing a petition Wednesday by a human rights group, demanding that Israeli authorities offer immediate medical treatment to 26 critically ill Palestinians hospitalized in Gaza.
About 200 Gazans, petrified by the chaos in the Hamas-controlled coastal strip, have been camped out for six days in a tunnel on the Palestinian side of the Erez crossing with Israel, pleading with Israeli authorities to grant them safe passage to the West Bank.
Hamas seized control of Gaza last week after vanquishing security forces allied with the rival Fatah faction, leaving many Gazans petrified that chaos and further violence will ensue. Some in the tunnel fear their lives are in danger because of their Fatah loyalties; others seek a better life than volatile Gaza can offer.
Among their number are people wounded in gunbattles between the rival factions.
With no sanitary facilities at the tunnel, the stench of urine and sweat has permeated the air. Food and water were in short supply as women, children and young men sat waiting on mats or concrete.
The situation at the crossing was expected to be one of the first issues Defense Minister Ehud Barak would tackle after he took over the job on Tuesday. And on Wednesday, Barak instructed officials to let in "humanitarian cases" at the crossing.
No numbers were specified, and specific guidelines for determining urgency were not released. But shortly after the order was issued, a 17-year-old boy with leukemia was on his way through the passage, said Shadi Yassin, a military liaison official.
On Tuesday, Israel allowed in two Palestinians wounded in a shootout at the terminal the previous day. Three other people hospitalized in Gaza in the course of Hamas-Fatah infighting last week also were allowed to pass.
Hamas' takeover of Gaza led Israel to seal its borders.
Israel, which has sophisticated weapons screening equipment in place at Erez, says it is letting through only the staff of international organizations, people with special permission and humanitarian cases. Military officials say they don't think all of the people in the tunnel are in danger.
But the humanitarian cases are being processed dangerously slow, the Israeli branch of Physicians for Human Rights contended in a petition before the Israeli Supreme Court.
Ran Yaron, a doctor with the group, told Israel Radio on Wednesday that the lives of 15 of the patients were in danger and the necessary treatment was not available in the Gaza Strip. Among them was an 18-year-old woman with lupus, who was unconscious and on life support. Others, including at least two children, were suffering from cancer or other serious diseases.
"Israel has a responsibility since it closed the ... crossings," Yaron said. "It has the responsibility to find a solution for these patients."
Yassin, the military liaison official, said the takeover deprived Israel of its main contact on humanitarian issues , Fatah-allied Palestinian police.
"In the past, we coordinated with Palestinian police," he said. "Now, we don't have this contact, and are trying in every way to obtain information from the Red Cross about sick people whose transfer to Israel must be coordinated."
While Gazans were agitating for humanitarian relief at Israeli crossings, Israeli tanks entered the southern Gaza Strip about 600 yards before dawn Wednesday, and four people, including at least two militants, were killed in an exchange of fire, Palestinian hospital officials said.
Troops acting undercover in the village of Karara were discovered by the gunmen who fired at them, prompting the army to send six tanks, two armored personnel carriers and a bulldozer to the area, Hamas and the Palestinian Resistance Committees said.
The army said the entrance of the troops had been planned, was not a broad operation and was meant to counter militant activity, including arms smuggling.
And in the West Bank, two Palestinian militants were killed early Wednesday after an hourslong shootout with Israeli troops in Kafr Dan, a village near Jenin, residents said. One was a local commander from the Islamic Jihad militant group and the other a local commander from a violent offshoot of Fatah.
Witnesses said about 30 jeeps and a bulldozer entered the village in an arrest raid, and a fierce exchange of fire ensued. The militants were killed and the house in which they were holed up was partly burnt, they said.
The army said armed men opened fire from the house on troops, who shot back, killing two militants.
In Washington, meanwhile, President Bush and visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah in his battle with Hamas, calling him a moderate voice and the only true leader of the Palestinian people.
"I am going to make every possible effort to cooperate with him," Olmert said. Bush called Abbas "the president of all the Palestinians" and "a reasonable voice among the extremists."
Talking to reporters in Washington, Olmert pledged to free tax money Israel has collected for the Palestinians but has frozen since Hamas took power. He did not give an amount, but the total is in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Olmert also said he would act to ease travel restrictions in the West Bank and also would consider releasing Palestinian prisoners and shoring up Abbas' security forces.
,,,
Associated Press writers Sarah El Deeb in Gaza City, Karin Laub in Ramallah, West Bank, Aron Heller in Washington, and Ali Daraghmeh in Jenin, West Bank, contributed to this report.
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Israeli Sends Missiles, Tanks Into Gaza
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EREZ CROSSING, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel fired missiles and sent tanks on a foray into Gaza on Wednesday, killing four Palestinians in the first military action since Hamas militants took control.
At the same time, Israel eased restrictions on travel in and out of Gaza, letting in a few seriously ill Palestinians who had been holed up for days at a fetid border crossing.
A teenager with leukemia and two other chronically ill Palestinians were on their way through the tunnel at the Erez crossing in Israel, the military said. Israeli officials also authorized entry of all foreign nationals living in Gaza.
Israel's Supreme Court was hearing a petition by a human rights group demanding that Israeli authorities also offer immediate medical treatment to 26 critically ill Palestinians hospitalized in Gaza.
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Israeli aircraft, meanwhile, fired missiles at two rocket launchers in northern Gaza, in the first aerial attack since the Islamic militants of Hamas took over the coastal strip last week. No injuries were reported in the strike, which came in retaliation for militant rocket fire on Israel.
Earlier in the day, Israeli tanks entered southern Gaza, and four people, including at least two militants, were killed in an exchange of fire, Palestinian hospital officials said.
In the West Bank, two Palestinian militants were killed in a shootout with Israeli troops during an arrest raid near Jenin.
Mahmoud Zahar, the man widely believed to be leading Gaza's new Hamas rulers said his group was open to a cease-fire with Israel if the army halts its activities there and in the West Bank. He said Hamas was capable of halting the frequent rocket attacks out of Gaza.
"But nobody will be the protector of the Israeli border," he told The Associated Press.
(AP) Fatah supporters, centre, react to the sound of gunfire as they are led away from the Preventative...
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About 200 Gazans - petrified of the chaos in the Hamas-controlled coastal strip - have been camped out for six days in a tunnel reeking of trash, urine and sweat on the Palestinian side of the Erez crossing, pleading with Israeli authorities to grant them safe passage to the West Bank.
Hamas' defeat of security forces from the rival Fatah faction has left many Gazans anticipating more chaos and violence. Some in the tunnel feared for their lives because of their Fatah loyalties; others sought a better life than volatile Gaza can offer.
Among them were people wounded in gunbattles between the rival factions.
On Wednesday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak instructed officials to let in "humanitarian cases" at the crossing, the Defense Ministry said. No numbers were specified, and specific guidelines for determining urgency were not released.
Military officials, who have said militants might try to squeeze through the passage, say not everyone in the tunnel is in danger. Israel, which has sophisticated weapons screening equipment in place at Erez, is also letting through the staff of international organizations and people with special permission.
Saeb Erekat, a confidant of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, said Israel had agreed to transfer 55 people to Israeli hospitals. Israeli authorities were not immediately available for comment on this number.
But the humanitarian cases are being processed too slowly, the Israeli branch of Physicians for Human Rights contended in a petition before the Israeli Supreme Court.
Ran Yaron, a doctor with the group, told Israel Radio the lives of 15 of the patients represented in the petition were in danger because treatment was not available in Gaza. Among them was an 18-year-old woman with lupus, who was on life support. Others, including at least two children, were suffering from cancer or other serious diseases.
"Israel has a responsibility since it closed the ... crossings," Yaron said. "It has the responsibility to find a solution for these patients."
Military liaison official Shadi Yassin said Hamas' takeover of Gaza deprived Israel of its main contact on humanitarian issues - Fatah-allied Palestinian police.
"In the past, we coordinated with Palestinian police," he said. "Now, we don't have this contact, and are trying in every way to obtain information from the Red Cross about sick people whose transfer to Israel must be coordinated."
The Red Cross coordinated the transfer Tuesday of seven Gazans wounded in internal strife, and hoped to arrange the transfer of six to nine more Wednesday, Red Cross spokesman Bernard Barrett said.
Israel allowed all foreign nationals in Gaza to enter Israel. Buses brought over some 90 Ukrainians on Wednesday, and more foreigners were expected to enter later, Yassin said.
Overall, more than 100 foreigners have left Gaza since Hamas wrested control there, the military said.
In Washington on Tuesday, President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed support for Abbas at a high-profile news conference.
"I am going to make every possible effort to cooperate with him," Olmert said. Bush called Abbas "the president of all the Palestinians" and "a reasonable voice among the extremists."
Olmert and Abbas will meet next week, Abbas aide Yasser Abed Rabbo told Palestinian radio Wednesday. Olmert's office confirmed the two would meet but said a date had not been set.
Hamas has found itself increasingly isolated diplomatically since its Gaza takeover, and has begun speaking publicly about dialogue with Fatah.
Ayman Taha, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza, said Cairo had invited the Islamic group for talks with Fatah, and that Hamas "welcomed" the invitation. There was no immediate response from Fatah, but Abbas aides have said dialogue with Hamas would be impossible until the group restored power to the legitimate government.
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni telephoned Salam Fayyad, the prime minister of the new Cabinet that Abbas installed this week after expelling Hamas from its governing coalition with Fatah, the Foreign Ministry said.
Palestinian Information Minister Riyad al-Malki called conversation "positive" and said it would be followed up by another phone call "to reach a quick and useful solution to all of the issues that need coordination with the Israeli side."
Amid the internal turmoil, Palestinian militants have carried out occasional rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli communities bordering Gaza. Two rockets landed near the town of Sderot on Wednesday, causing no injuries or damage. Israel retaliated shortly after with an airstrike targeting the rocket launchers.
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the rocket attack. No injuries were reported.
Israeli tanks, meanwhile, entered southern Gaza before dawn Wednesday, and four people, including at least two militants, were killed in a gunbattle, Palestinian hospital officials said.
The army said the entrance of the troops had been planned, was not a broad operation, and was meant to counter militant activity, including arms smuggling.
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AP correspondents Sarah El Deeb in Gaza City, Aron Heller in Washington, and Ali Daraghmeh in Jenin, West Bank, contributed to this report.
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JERUSALEM - Israeli aircraft attacked Palestinian rocket launchers in northern Gaza on Wednesday, in the first Israeli airstrike since Hamas militants seized control of the coastal strip last week, the army said.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Aircraft attacked two rocket launchers after one rocket hit near the Israeli town of Sderot, the army said.
Palestinians regularly fire rockets from Gaza into Israel, drawing Israeli retaliation.
This is a breaking news update. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
EREZ CROSSING, Gaza Strip (AP) , Israel's new defense minister ordered the army on Wednesday to allow into Israel any of the hundreds of Gazans holed up at a fetid crossing who might desperately need medical treatment.
A teenager with leukemia was on his way through shortly after, the military said.
In related news, Israel's Supreme Court was hearing a petition Wednesday by a human rights group, demanding that Israeli authorities offer immediate medical treatment to 26 critically ill Palestinians hospitalized in Gaza.
About 200 Gazans, petrified by the chaos in the Hamas-controlled coastal strip, have been camped out for six days in a tunnel on the Palestinian side of the Erez crossing with Israel, pleading with Israeli authorities to grant them safe passage to the West Bank.
Hamas seized control of Gaza last week after vanquishing security forces allied with the rival Fatah faction, leaving many Gazans petrified that chaos and further violence will ensue. Some in the tunnel fear their lives are in danger because of their Fatah loyalties; others seek a better life than volatile Gaza can offer.
Among their number are people wounded in gunbattles between the rival factions.
With no sanitary facilities at the tunnel, the stench of urine and sweat has permeated the air. Food and water were in short supply as women, children and young men sat waiting on mats or concrete.
The situation at the crossing was expected to be one of the first issues Defense Minister Ehud Barak would tackle after he took over the job on Tuesday. And on Wednesday, Barak instructed officials to let in "humanitarian cases" at the crossing.
No numbers were specified, and specific guidelines for determining urgency were not released. But shortly after the order was issued, a 17-year-old boy with leukemia was on his way through the passage, said Shadi Yassin, a military liaison official.
On Tuesday, Israel allowed in two Palestinians wounded in a shootout at the terminal the previous day. Three other people hospitalized in Gaza in the course of Hamas-Fatah infighting last week also were allowed to pass.
Hamas' takeover of Gaza led Israel to seal its borders.
Israel, which has sophisticated weapons screening equipment in place at Erez, says it is letting through only the staff of international organizations, people with special permission and humanitarian cases. Military officials say they don't think all of the people in the tunnel are in danger.
But the humanitarian cases are being processed dangerously slow, the Israeli branch of Physicians for Human Rights contended in a petition before the Israeli Supreme Court.
Ran Yaron, a doctor with the group, told Israel Radio on Wednesday that the lives of 15 of the patients were in danger and the necessary treatment was not available in the Gaza Strip. Among them was an 18-year-old woman with lupus, who was unconscious and on life support. Others, including at least two children, were suffering from cancer or other serious diseases.
"Israel has a responsibility since it closed the ... crossings," Yaron said. "It has the responsibility to find a solution for these patients."
Yassin, the military liaison official, said the takeover deprived Israel of its main contact on humanitarian issues , Fatah-allied Palestinian police.
"In the past, we coordinated with Palestinian police," he said. "Now, we don't have this contact, and are trying in every way to obtain information from the Red Cross about sick people whose transfer to Israel must be coordinated."
While Gazans were agitating for humanitarian relief at Israeli crossings, Israeli tanks entered the southern Gaza Strip about 600 yards before dawn Wednesday, and four people, including at least two militants, were killed in an exchange of fire, Palestinian hospital officials said.
Troops acting undercover in the village of Karara were discovered by the gunmen who fired at them, prompting the army to send six tanks, two armored personnel carriers and a bulldozer to the area, Hamas and the Palestinian Resistance Committees said.
The army said the entrance of the troops had been planned, was not a broad operation and was meant to counter militant activity, including arms smuggling.
And in the West Bank, two Palestinian militants were killed early Wednesday after an hourslong shootout with Israeli troops in Kafr Dan, a village near Jenin, residents said. One was a local commander from the Islamic Jihad militant group and the other a local commander from a violent offshoot of Fatah.
Witnesses said about 30 jeeps and a bulldozer entered the village in an arrest raid, and a fierce exchange of fire ensued. The militants were killed and the house in which they were holed up was partly burnt, they said.
The army said armed men opened fire from the house on troops, who shot back, killing two militants.
In Washington, meanwhile, President Bush and visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah in his battle with Hamas, calling him a moderate voice and the only true leader of the Palestinian people.
"I am going to make every possible effort to cooperate with him," Olmert said. Bush called Abbas "the president of all the Palestinians" and "a reasonable voice among the extremists."
Talking to reporters in Washington, Olmert pledged to free tax money Israel has collected for the Palestinians but has frozen since Hamas took power. He did not give an amount, but the total is in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Olmert also said he would act to ease travel restrictions in the West Bank and also would consider releasing Palestinian prisoners and shoring up Abbas' security forces.
,,,
Associated Press writers Sarah El Deeb in Gaza City, Karin Laub in Ramallah, West Bank, Aron Heller in Washington, and Ali Daraghmeh in Jenin, West Bank, contributed to this report.
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Israeli Sends Missiles, Tanks Into Gaza
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EREZ CROSSING, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel fired missiles and sent tanks on a foray into Gaza on Wednesday, killing four Palestinians in the first military action since Hamas militants took control.
At the same time, Israel eased restrictions on travel in and out of Gaza, letting in a few seriously ill Palestinians who had been holed up for days at a fetid border crossing.
A teenager with leukemia and two other chronically ill Palestinians were on their way through the tunnel at the Erez crossing in Israel, the military said. Israeli officials also authorized entry of all foreign nationals living in Gaza.
Israel's Supreme Court was hearing a petition by a human rights group demanding that Israeli authorities also offer immediate medical treatment to 26 critically ill Palestinians hospitalized in Gaza.
(AP) A Palestinian boy holds a baby as they wait to cross while fleeing to the Israeli side of the Erez...
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Israeli aircraft, meanwhile, fired missiles at two rocket launchers in northern Gaza, in the first aerial attack since the Islamic militants of Hamas took over the coastal strip last week. No injuries were reported in the strike, which came in retaliation for militant rocket fire on Israel.
Earlier in the day, Israeli tanks entered southern Gaza, and four people, including at least two militants, were killed in an exchange of fire, Palestinian hospital officials said.
In the West Bank, two Palestinian militants were killed in a shootout with Israeli troops during an arrest raid near Jenin.
Mahmoud Zahar, the man widely believed to be leading Gaza's new Hamas rulers said his group was open to a cease-fire with Israel if the army halts its activities there and in the West Bank. He said Hamas was capable of halting the frequent rocket attacks out of Gaza.
"But nobody will be the protector of the Israeli border," he told The Associated Press.
(AP) Fatah supporters, centre, react to the sound of gunfire as they are led away from the Preventative...
Full Image
About 200 Gazans - petrified of the chaos in the Hamas-controlled coastal strip - have been camped out for six days in a tunnel reeking of trash, urine and sweat on the Palestinian side of the Erez crossing, pleading with Israeli authorities to grant them safe passage to the West Bank.
Hamas' defeat of security forces from the rival Fatah faction has left many Gazans anticipating more chaos and violence. Some in the tunnel feared for their lives because of their Fatah loyalties; others sought a better life than volatile Gaza can offer.
Among them were people wounded in gunbattles between the rival factions.
On Wednesday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak instructed officials to let in "humanitarian cases" at the crossing, the Defense Ministry said. No numbers were specified, and specific guidelines for determining urgency were not released.
Military officials, who have said militants might try to squeeze through the passage, say not everyone in the tunnel is in danger. Israel, which has sophisticated weapons screening equipment in place at Erez, is also letting through the staff of international organizations and people with special permission.
Saeb Erekat, a confidant of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, said Israel had agreed to transfer 55 people to Israeli hospitals. Israeli authorities were not immediately available for comment on this number.
But the humanitarian cases are being processed too slowly, the Israeli branch of Physicians for Human Rights contended in a petition before the Israeli Supreme Court.
Ran Yaron, a doctor with the group, told Israel Radio the lives of 15 of the patients represented in the petition were in danger because treatment was not available in Gaza. Among them was an 18-year-old woman with lupus, who was on life support. Others, including at least two children, were suffering from cancer or other serious diseases.
"Israel has a responsibility since it closed the ... crossings," Yaron said. "It has the responsibility to find a solution for these patients."
Military liaison official Shadi Yassin said Hamas' takeover of Gaza deprived Israel of its main contact on humanitarian issues - Fatah-allied Palestinian police.
"In the past, we coordinated with Palestinian police," he said. "Now, we don't have this contact, and are trying in every way to obtain information from the Red Cross about sick people whose transfer to Israel must be coordinated."
The Red Cross coordinated the transfer Tuesday of seven Gazans wounded in internal strife, and hoped to arrange the transfer of six to nine more Wednesday, Red Cross spokesman Bernard Barrett said.
Israel allowed all foreign nationals in Gaza to enter Israel. Buses brought over some 90 Ukrainians on Wednesday, and more foreigners were expected to enter later, Yassin said.
Overall, more than 100 foreigners have left Gaza since Hamas wrested control there, the military said.
In Washington on Tuesday, President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed support for Abbas at a high-profile news conference.
"I am going to make every possible effort to cooperate with him," Olmert said. Bush called Abbas "the president of all the Palestinians" and "a reasonable voice among the extremists."
Olmert and Abbas will meet next week, Abbas aide Yasser Abed Rabbo told Palestinian radio Wednesday. Olmert's office confirmed the two would meet but said a date had not been set.
Hamas has found itself increasingly isolated diplomatically since its Gaza takeover, and has begun speaking publicly about dialogue with Fatah.
Ayman Taha, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza, said Cairo had invited the Islamic group for talks with Fatah, and that Hamas "welcomed" the invitation. There was no immediate response from Fatah, but Abbas aides have said dialogue with Hamas would be impossible until the group restored power to the legitimate government.
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni telephoned Salam Fayyad, the prime minister of the new Cabinet that Abbas installed this week after expelling Hamas from its governing coalition with Fatah, the Foreign Ministry said.
Palestinian Information Minister Riyad al-Malki called conversation "positive" and said it would be followed up by another phone call "to reach a quick and useful solution to all of the issues that need coordination with the Israeli side."
Amid the internal turmoil, Palestinian militants have carried out occasional rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli communities bordering Gaza. Two rockets landed near the town of Sderot on Wednesday, causing no injuries or damage. Israel retaliated shortly after with an airstrike targeting the rocket launchers.
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the rocket attack. No injuries were reported.
Israeli tanks, meanwhile, entered southern Gaza before dawn Wednesday, and four people, including at least two militants, were killed in a gunbattle, Palestinian hospital officials said.
The army said the entrance of the troops had been planned, was not a broad operation, and was meant to counter militant activity, including arms smuggling.
---
AP correspondents Sarah El Deeb in Gaza City, Aron Heller in Washington, and Ali Daraghmeh in Jenin, West Bank, contributed to this report.
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