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22nd August 2011, 08:28
FYI:
Fresh Israeli attacks on two towns in the impoverished Gaza Strip have left at least eight Palestinians wounded, medics say.
According to Palestinian medical sources, several civilians, including two children, were injured after the Israeli army fired a rocket at a group of people in the town of Beth Lahia, a Press TV correspondent reported on Sunday.
Meanwhile, airstrikes targeting Gaza City on Sunday left several other Palestinians injured in the besieged enclave.
At least 16 Palestinians have been killed and more than 48 others injured since Israel began launching its airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Thursday. Half of the victims are believed to be women and children.
Israel claimed the attacks were launched in response to assaults that targeted two buses and a military vehicle near the Red Sea resort of Eilat in southern Israel, which left eight Israelis dead.
Israeli Minister for Military Affairs Ehud Barak quickly accused resistance groups in Gaza for the attacks and vowed a “full response.”
Hamas has said that it had nothing to do with the assault and warned against any act of aggression against the Gaza Strip.
Israel also imposed a blockade on Gaza since the Hamas government took control of the territory in 2007.
The blockade has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic situation in the impoverished territory.
Some 1.5 million people are being denied their basic rights, including the freedom of movement and their rights to appropriate living conditions, work, health and education.
source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/195039.html
Fresh Israeli attacks on two towns in the impoverished Gaza Strip have left at least eight Palestinians wounded, medics say.
According to Palestinian medical sources, several civilians, including two children, were injured after the Israeli army fired a rocket at a group of people in the town of Beth Lahia, a Press TV correspondent reported on Sunday.
Meanwhile, airstrikes targeting Gaza City on Sunday left several other Palestinians injured in the besieged enclave.
At least 16 Palestinians have been killed and more than 48 others injured since Israel began launching its airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Thursday. Half of the victims are believed to be women and children.
Israel claimed the attacks were launched in response to assaults that targeted two buses and a military vehicle near the Red Sea resort of Eilat in southern Israel, which left eight Israelis dead.
Israeli Minister for Military Affairs Ehud Barak quickly accused resistance groups in Gaza for the attacks and vowed a “full response.”
Hamas has said that it had nothing to do with the assault and warned against any act of aggression against the Gaza Strip.
Israel also imposed a blockade on Gaza since the Hamas government took control of the territory in 2007.
The blockade has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic situation in the impoverished territory.
Some 1.5 million people are being denied their basic rights, including the freedom of movement and their rights to appropriate living conditions, work, health and education.
source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/195039.html