Monday, January 12, 2009

Endgame? Not likely anytime soon ..

In the CSM, here
"...For Hamas, there appears to be an ideal by which – as part of a cease-fire – the Palestinian militant group will be able to declare itself victorious in reaching all of its demands, including an opening of all crossings into Gaza and an end to the economic blockade enforced by Israel and others in the international community.
But Hamas continued launching rockets (17 at last count Sunday) at various cities in southern Israel on Sunday, hitting Beersheba, Sderot, and other small communities.Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, ....."Hamas is no longer in the same position to launch rockets at Israel," Ms. Livni said. In one of the fiercest ground battles so far, Israeli troops battled Palestinian gunmen in a suburb of Gaza City Sunday, the Associated Press reported. In the fighting in the Sheikh Ajleen neighborhood, Hamas and Islamic Jihad said they had ambushed Israeli soldiers..."
A Palestinian boy wounded during Israel's offensive is carried into Shifa hospital in Gaza. Israeli forces edged into the Gaza Strip's most populous area on Sunday, killing at least 27 Palestinians in an offensive stepped up in defiance of international calls for a ceasefire

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