Israel launches attacks in Gaza

[azurnoir]

Israel has carried out an air attack in the Gaza Strip and launched an incursion with tanks and bulldozers across the border.

An Israeli soldier was killed by an explosive device planted on its side of the border near the Kissufim crossing, prompting troops to opened fire into Gaza.

A farmer was killed, Palestinian officials said.

There is now heavy fighting going on in Khan Younis, south of the

The fresh violence comes as US President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, arrives in the region to seek a more permanent truce.

In Washington, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the US supported "Israel's right to self-defense".

"The rocket barrages which are getting closer and closer to populated areas (in Israel) cannot go unanswered," she said in her first news conference at the State Department.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7853803.stm

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. The Arab world needs to put pressure on Hamas

cease fire means a cease fire on both sides

[Crooked Moon]

2. interesting headline

implying that israel "launched attacks" and "opened fire" unprovoked...

[cali]

3. Disappointing statement from Clinton

Couldn't she have come out with something urging both sides to show restraint?

[azurnoir]

4. Maybe she needs to keep up with what is going on

what she is N/A to the situation it was not a "rocket attack". At any rate I knew that a helicopter assault and one dead farmer would not be enough for Israel and the timing is almost impeccable

[peacetalksforall]

5. Israel and the U.S. of America need to get their act together and stop trying

to OWN and RULE the ME.

[uppityperson]

6. dupe, delete please

please ignore my alert to combine and just delete please. Sorry and thank you. I didn't search far enough.

[bemildred]

7. Well, this has worked great so far, why not do it some more? nt

[DogPoundPup]

8. Israel certainly left enough unexploded landmines laying around

in their first incursion of their bloody massacre. I bet if checked out fairly, thie 'explosive device' was one of Israels own. Just replanted.