- Title: MIDDLE EAST: More Israeli air strikes on Gaza - at least two dead
- Date: 3rd March 2008
- Summary: (BN02) KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (MARCH 03, 2008) (REUTERS) - FOURTH AIRSTRIKE - PEOPLE RUNNING TOWARDS AREA WHERE MISSILE STRIKE HIT A BUILDING FOR THE OFFICES OF PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DEPUTY MEMBERS OFFICE AMBULANCE ARRIVING AT SITE PEOPLE AT ENTRANCE OF OFFICE DAMAGE TO OFFICE RESCUE OFFICIAL SEARCHING THROUGH OFFICE SIGN READING 'PALESTINE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, DEPUT
- Embargoed: 18th March 2008 12:00
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- Topics: War / Fighting,International Relations
- Reuters ID: LVAE91ISGLSN9A7AWXK7OX1H53M5
- Story Text: Israeli aircraft hit new targets in the Gaza Strip early Monday, killing two militants and wounding at least three others.
Israeli aircraft hit new targets in the Gaza Strip early on Monday morning (March 03), killing two militants.
The Israeli government had vowed to press home an offensive despite appeals from Washington and elsewhere for an end to violence.
Four workshops and an office used by Hamas were blasted overnight, officials of the Palestinian Islamist movement said.
Two groups of fighters from militant organisations were also struck by missiles. In each attack, one man was killed and several wounded, medics and Hamas officials said.
Israel says it is targeting sites where Hamas and its allies make, store and fire the rockets which have disrupted life in Israeli border towns over the past year and more. One rocket killed an Israeli civilian on Wednesday, the first since May.
Since then 107 Palestinians have been killed, among them up to 60 civilians, including women and children.
The scale of the retalitation has provoked an outcry from Palestinians and fellow Arabs and condemnation at the United Nations and elsewhere.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who lost control of Gaza to his Hamas rivals in June, announced on Sunday (March 02), he was suspending peace talks with Israel.
Washington promptly urged an end to violence and a resumption of the negotiations launched recently under the sponsorship of President George W.
Bush.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due to arrive for previously scheduled talks with Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday (March 04). But, after 25 more rockets landed on Sunday, Israel said it would continue its offensive. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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