{"id":708842,"date":"2010-04-04T23:12:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T03:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-8175016637054583025"},"modified":"2010-04-04T23:12:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T03:12:15","slug":"israel-threatens-to-escalate-attacks-on-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/708842","title":{"rendered":"Israel Threatens to Escalate Attacks on Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Israeli Defense Forces struck the Palestinian area in Gaza on April 1, 2010.<\/a>
Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

Israel Threatens To Escalate Attacks On Gaza<\/p>\n

Israel has warned a widescale military operation against Gaza could follow a string of air strikes, which injured three Palestinian children.<\/p>\n

The strikes, on the western part of Gaza City, came in response to rocket attacks from Hamas-controlled Gaza into southern Israel.<\/p>\n

Foreign Office sources expressed concern at the threat of intensifying hostilities and urged the two sides to show restraint.<\/p>\n

Sky News Middle East correspondent Dominic Waghorn said the violence reflected a steady increase in tension in the region.<\/p>\n

Almost 20 rockets were fired out of Gaza last month, one of them killing a Thai farm worker in southern Israel,” Waghorn said.<\/p>\n

Two Israeli soldiers were killed in a border clash a week ago, and there were air strikes overnight.<\/p>\n

Now Israel’s deputy prime minister Silvan Shalom is threatening an escalation in Israeli military activity if the rocket fire does not stop.”<\/p>\n

Hamas claims it has been trying to restrain the rocket fire among its own militants and other groups.<\/p>\n

Israel said whether or not that is true, it still holds Hamas responsible for peace in the strip.<\/p>\n

The latest air strikes were launched against Hamas targets, Waghorn said.<\/p>\n

Hospital officials said the Israeli aircraft left three Palestinian children wounded by flying glass.<\/p>\n

Witnesses and Hamas officials claimed air strikes blew up two caravans near the town of Khan Younis, while another missile was reported to have hit a cheese factory in Gaza City, setting it on fire.<\/p>\n

Helicopters struck twice in the central refugee camp of Nusseirat, destroying a metal foundry.<\/p>\n

An Israeli military spokesman said the attacks targeted two weapons-manufacturing plants and two arms caches.<\/p>\n

An Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip early last year was designed to counter Hamas rocket attacks.<\/p>\n

Sources at the Foreign Office said: “We are concerned by today’s strikes and the escalation of violence in Gaza and Southern Israel over the past week. We call on all parties to show restraint.<\/p>\n

We encourage Israelis and Palestinians to focus efforts on negotiation and to engage urgently in US-backed proximity talks.”
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