No end in sight to bloody battle in Gaza

Globe and Mail by Orly Halpern | Dec. 28, 2008 (News Report)

Israeli warplanes hammered smuggling tunnels, a central prison, a university and a government compound Sunday in day two of its aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian death toll rose to more than 300, making this the bloodiest weekend in fighting between Israelis and Palestinians since the 1967 war – and there is no end in sight.

Israeli soldiers, tanks, and armoured personnel carriers began to mass around Gaza Sunday ... Full Story »

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 by Marsha Iverson - Dec. 29, 2008

Halpern reports on the facts and captures the human costs as well, while maintaining a more or less objective view in a succinct narrative.

Given its brevity, this piece is one of the best quick overviews I've seen on this issue.

The UN Security Council and European leaders called on both Israel and Hamas to stop attacks. But the United States stayed silent Sunday, after declaring on Saturday that Hamas was to blame for provoking Israel’s strikes with daily barrages of rockets.

According to Muawiya Hassanein, head of Emergency Services at Gaza’s Ministry of Health, Gaza’s largest hospital cannot wash linens or run its kitchen to feed patients because there is not enough electricity. Israel has blocked almost everything from entering and exiting Gaza since Hamas took over Gaza from rival Palestinian forces in June of 2007. With rockets fired from Gaza almost daily, Israel tightened the blockade last month preventing most humanitarian aid from entering, although more than 100 trucks were allowed in just before the strikes began Saturda

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