RebeldePorLaPAZ
6th July 2006, 07:31
Palestinian officials and witnesses said at least seven tanks, along with armoured personnel carriers, entered the abandoned settlement of Nissanit, one of Israel's former settlements in northern Gaza, on Wednesday night.
Troops were reported to have earlier taken control of several houses in Bait Hanoun and skirmished with Hamas fighters.
Israel's cabinet had decided on Wednesday to send the military, which had been carrying out small operations in northern Gaza, deeper into the territory to prevent rocket attacks on southern Israel.
The movement by Israeli forces into Nissanit appeared to be part of that new offensive.
An Israeli military spokeswoman denied tanks had been moved to the former settlement sites in Gaza, but said some armoured vehicles were protecting troops in Bait Hanoun.
Five Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles were seen making their way very slowly into the old settlement while two other tanks took up positions atop a nearby hill as bulldozers built sand embankments around them.
On Wednesday, one person was injured by a Palestinian rocket that hit Ashkelon, the Zaka service said.
An earlier rocket fired by Hamas hit a vacant schoolyard. There were no casualties in that attack, but it was the first time that a makeshift rocket had reached so far and threatened a large Israeli population centre.
Full Story from Aljazeera (http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F6C765FE-8EC6-46E4-852E-0EF41E97876F.htm)
We can't stand for this, it's absolutely unacceptable. :angry:
--Paz
Troops were reported to have earlier taken control of several houses in Bait Hanoun and skirmished with Hamas fighters.
Israel's cabinet had decided on Wednesday to send the military, which had been carrying out small operations in northern Gaza, deeper into the territory to prevent rocket attacks on southern Israel.
The movement by Israeli forces into Nissanit appeared to be part of that new offensive.
An Israeli military spokeswoman denied tanks had been moved to the former settlement sites in Gaza, but said some armoured vehicles were protecting troops in Bait Hanoun.
Five Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles were seen making their way very slowly into the old settlement while two other tanks took up positions atop a nearby hill as bulldozers built sand embankments around them.
On Wednesday, one person was injured by a Palestinian rocket that hit Ashkelon, the Zaka service said.
An earlier rocket fired by Hamas hit a vacant schoolyard. There were no casualties in that attack, but it was the first time that a makeshift rocket had reached so far and threatened a large Israeli population centre.
Full Story from Aljazeera (http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F6C765FE-8EC6-46E4-852E-0EF41E97876F.htm)
We can't stand for this, it's absolutely unacceptable. :angry:
--Paz