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Israel has warned that it could launch a fresh military assault on the Gaza Strip if Hamas does not stop rocket and mortar attacks from its territory. The Israeli military has said that almost 20 rockets have been fired into Israel in the past month, including one that killed a Thai farm worker. "We won't allow frightened children to again be raised in bomb shelters and so, in the end, it will force us to launch another military operation. "I hope we can avoid it, but it is one of the options we have, and if we don't have a choice, we will use it in the near future." |
About 1,400 Palestinians were killed when Israel launched its last offensive on the Gaza Strip in December 2008. Ten Israeli soldiers and three civilians also died over the 22-day period of the assault. The Israeli military said Friday's air raids had targeted weapons manufacturing and storage facilities in the central Gaza Strip, in Gaza City in the north and the southern part of the Palestinian enclave, all in response to rockets fired from the territory. "The IDF [Israeli military] will not tolerate any attempt to harm the citizens of the State of Israel and will continue to operate firmly against anyone who uses terror against it," the Israeli army said in a statement. But witnesses and Hamas officials said that Israeli missiles hit two caravans near the town of Khan Younis and a cheese factory, while helicopters attacked a metal foundry in the Nusseirat refugee camp. He also blamed "the international community and the Arabs" for failing "to do anything about the situation in Gaza". "The absence of the international community and the Arabs has allowed the Israelis to escalate the situation," he said. | ||
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