"Gaza fight goes on as Israel pulls back"
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's leaders warned that a broad offensive against Islamic militants would continue as Israeli airstrikes and Palestinian rocket attacks persisted into the night.
Hamas proclaimed the Israeli pullback a victory for its fighters. Yet, while defiant in public, the movement's leaders signaled they were trying to work out a truce after nearly a week of escalating combat.
To which Israel will again say "NO!"
Israel's army withdrew its infantry and tanks from the Gaza town of Jebaliya early Monday after more than two days of fighting, leaving a swath of destruction. Roads had been plowed up, cars crushed by tanks and electric poles toppled.
"There's no word to describe this horrible scene. I can say nothing but that God is greater than the aggressors, and God is going to avenge us," said Sami Asliyeh, who lost two female teenage cousins when a shell struck the family home Saturday.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stressed that the offensive would continue.
Fighting in Gaza has killed 121 Palestinians and three Israelis since Wednesday, one of the bloodiest spates of violence in more than seven years of clashes. Palestinian medical officials and the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem said at least half the dead were civilians.
Despite the lopsided toll, Hamas claimed victory, and 20,000 supporters joined a celebration in Gaza City. A symbolic contingent of 10 Hamas militants marched with assault rifles and grenade launchers as the crowd waved green Hamas flags.
Hamas strongman Mahmoud Zahar threatened to strike even deeper into Israel if the offensive resumed. "The battle and confrontation will continue and will expand even further than it has reached," he told the crowd.
But despite the public defiance, Zahar told reporters Hamas was pursuing a cease-fire through an unidentified third party — most likely Egypt. He stressed, however, that Hamas would continue to train its men and develop weapons even under a truce.
Why shouldn't they?
Israel observes no law, obeys no rule, and upgrades their military all the time!
Roughly two-thirds of Israelis support truce talks, and a growing number of Israeli leaders have said the government should consider the idea.
Yeah, but their government is just like AmeriKa's:
Gives its public the HIGH, HARD ONE!!!!
Late Monday, an Israeli missile struck militants firing rockets from the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, killing one man, Palestinian officials said. A second strike in the same area caused no casualties, they said.
Earlier in the day, Israeli airstrikes targeted weapons manufacturing and storage facilities, a Hamas headquarters and police station. A total of six militants were killed. In Jebaliya, Palestinian medical teams found three bodies in rubble after Israeli troops left and medical officials said another three people wounded previously died Monday."FUCK the LYING, LAND-STEALING, MASS-MURDERING, GENOCIDAL NaZionists of Iz-ray-HELL!!!
