'Israeli air strikes' target Gaza

[AbuUsama]

'Israeli air strikes' target Gaza

10:15 GMT, Saturday, 27 December 2008



Residents in the Gaza Strip say Israeli F-16 bombers have launched a series of air strikes into the territory.

Multiple explosions sounded in several places in and around Gaza City, they said. Early reports spoke of dozens of people injured and several killed.

Palestinian sources say Israeli missiles targeted security compounds in the heart of Gaza City belonging to the militant group Hamas.

A truce between Israel and Palestinian militants expired last week.

There was no immediate word on the explosions from the Israeli military.

Offensive planned?

Early casualty reports suggested the death toll from the air strikes would be high: medics in Gaza told the AFP news agency that 18 people had been killed.

Unconfirmed reports from local journalists in Gaza said as many as 200 people may have been injured, says the BBC's Paul Wood in Jerusalem, although there is no way to verify this figure immediately.

Our correspondent says the air strikes are the most intense Israel has launched against Gaza for some time, and may indicate that a ground operation is imminent.

Israeli security officials have been briefing about the possibility of a ground offensive into Gaza for some days now.

They have suggested that a new operation could be launched against Palestinian militants who fire rockets at targets inside Israel.

But it had been expected that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would not authorise any operation until Sunday at the earliest.

Source :http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7800985.stm

[AbuUsama]

Inna-Lillahi-Wa Inna Ilaihi Raji'un

Yaa Allah Protect all muslims from gaza
Yaa Allah Protect all muslims from gaza
Yaa Allah Protect all muslims from gaza



Hasbunallahu wa ni'mal-wakeel

[abu~Adil as somali]

in lillahy waa inaa lahu laraji3oon

the pictures and the videos of the dead bodies on al jazeraa are so hard to look out...ya mahmood abaas u still shake the hand of the man who killing your people...have the people of the west bank washed their hands of their brother in gaza...the arabs have,the muslims have, and now their own brothers and sisters in the west bank are doing the same...

[Rakan]

al-Jazeera is reporting that more than 120 have been martyred.

In one of the compounds, the bodies of more than a dozen uniformed security officers were seen lying on the ground. One officer, who had survived, raised his index finger in a show of Muslim faith and defiance.

[AbuUsama]

Israeli missiles target Gaza



Saturday, December 27, 2008
13:32 Mecca time, 10:32 GMT

Israel has launched air strikes on Hamas installations in Gaza City, killing at least 40 people and causing heavy damage, according to officials and witnesses.

At least 30 missiles were fired at targets on Saturday, with initial reports saying that there were at least 100 casualties.

"I'm afraid we have at least 40 dead," Islam Shahwan, Hamas police spokesman, said.

Shahwan said that a police graduation ceremony was hit as it was being held in Gaza City.

Mamoud Abbas, the Palestinian president and leader of Fatah in the West Bank, condemned the "aggression" in Gaza.

The unprecedented number of simultaneous strikes were described as "massive" by the AFP news agency.

There was no immediate comment from Israel.

However, it follows the decision by the Israeli security cabinet to increase reprisals for cross-border rocket attacks against Israel, and the breakdown of a six-month-old Israel-Hamas truce earlier this month.

Hamas ended the ceasefire saying that Israel had not entered into the spirit of the truce by preventing vital food and medical supplies into the Gaza Strip.

Several Hamas police compounds were said to have been hit.

Ayman Mohyeldin, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza, said: "A series of explosions were heard over Gaza City.

"From where we are there are at least seven different clouds of smoke from the strikes.

"We are seeing some casualties being evacuated in cars."

Mohyeldin said that Hamas, who rule the Gaza Strip, was being held responsible by Israel for any attacks from the territory into Israel, even if they are undertaken by other Palestinian factions.

Jacky Rowland, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Jerusalem, said that Israel's decision to strike at this moment was down to Hamas withdrawing from the ceasefire and the intensified rocket fire coming from the Gaza Strip in recent days.

"In one day [in the past week] we saw 80 rockets ... which is a huge upsurge," she said.

Source :http://english.aljazeera.net/news/mi...451509662.html

[Rakan]

[AbuUsama]

here are some pictures

[AbdulMatin]

innalillahi wa inna ilaihi raaji'oon

may Allah grant victory to the believers
may Allah have mercy upon the believers

http://www.aljazeera.net/Channel/Livestreaming

[AbuUsama]

At least 120 killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza: Hamas radio

1 hour ago

JERUSALEM (AFP) — At least 120 people were killed across the Gaza Strip as a result of massive Israeli air strikes on Saturday, 70 inside Gaza City and the rest elsewhere across the enclave, Hamas radio reported.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...btD3TGyTe3dKtQ

[AbuUsama]

http://www.aljazeera.net/Channel/Livestreaming