Israel Steps Up Ground Offensive, Civilian Casualties Grow
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - Israel intensified its land offensive in Gaza with artillery, tanks and gunboats on Friday and warned it could "significantly widen" an operation Palestinian officials said was killing ever greater numbers of civilians.
Palestinian health officials said 35 Palestinians, including a baby, four children and a 70-year-old woman, had been killed since Israel sent ground forces on Thursday into the densely-populated enclave of 1.8 million Palestinians.
The Israeli military said it killed 17 Palestinian gunmen while another 13 surrendered and were taken for questioning after the infantry and tank assault began in the Islamist Hamas-dominated territory.
One Israeli soldier was killed and several others were wounded in the Gaza Strip operations, in which some 150 targets, including 21 concealed rocket launchers and four tunnels, have been attacked, according to the military.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, underscoring the U.S. support for Israel to defend itself but raising concerns about consequences of wider conflict.So
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"35 Palestinians, including a baby, four children and a 70-year-old woman, had been killed since Israel sent ground forces on Thursday."
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Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)Notice the big shots in hamas have gone underground while they sacrifice everyone else.
The blood is on hamas hands.
lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)Rhinodawg Very appropriate.
broiles
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Comrade Grumpy
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Ash_F
(5,861 posts)Lucky for you they aren't bombing White people or DU's White admins would have conniptions over your post!
AIRSTONED
(11 posts)The last time I express my opinion on this subject, I was in hot water with the powers that be here. It's GREAT to be back, I love this site! So I will keep my opinion to myself on this subject.
Again, IT"S GREAT TO BE BACK!!!
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)AIRSTONED
(11 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)AIRSTONED
(11 posts)I have been coming to this site everyday from 2008 till now "I'm Disabled", Mostly reading. I made a lot of replies, and the first time I made a personal post with a video,the very first one ever! It happened to be on this subject. I was booted and ban from the site I love and had donated to! I don't want to sound like I'm crying about it. I was still able to come here and read, I just couldn't reply or give my opinion.
Anyway, water under the bridge.
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)AIRSTONED
(11 posts)I don't know where all my old posts went? Oh well, no mater.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Qatar and Turkey are now getting pissed off at Israel.
The ME shitpot is getting ready to blow.
hack89
(39,171 posts)As we have seen over the past decade.
A three year ongoing massacre of innocents in Syria doesn't even elicit a yawn yet the latest fight in Gaza is going to blow the ME shitpot? How fucked up is that?
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)Turkey has called the Syrian military's actions savagery and demanded the government enact reforms. They flew Qatari financed weapons to the rebels through their territory. This was all supported by the US, of course.
Exactly what kind of equivalence are you demanding here? Do you want them to run guns to the rebellion in Gaza now? Or did you make that comment without really understanding the Syrian civil war in the first place?
I don't support any violent escalation, of course.