ISRAEL: Israel moves more troops to border with Gaza

Record ID: 396931

  • Title: ISRAEL: Israel moves more troops to border with Gaza
  • Date: 30th December 2008
  • Summary: SDEROT, ISRAEL (DECEMBER 30, 2008) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) RESIDENT OF SOUTHERN ISRAEL SAYING: "At last, the weight is off our minds, the residents of Sderot. We have had to suffer this for eight years. It's about time they put some order into this mess. We hope our forces will be safe." (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) RESIDENT OF SDEROT SAYING: "They (Hamas) just live with
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  • Location: Israel
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVABURGJMHR5NATPDN5AM82OWE3X
  • Story Text: Two Israelis killed after Palestinian rocket attacks fired from Gaza, as Israeli tanks continue to mass on border.
    Residents of southern Israel are voicing fears of growing cross-border violence with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip after rocket attacks killed two on Monday night (December 29).
    As Israeli tanks and soldiers continued to mass along the volatile border, streets in the southern Israeli town of Sderot were empty as residents tried to avoid being hit by Palestinian rockets.
    During the night, Israeli warplanes killed 10 Palestinians in attacks that targeted Hamas government buildings and other symbols of the Islamist group on the fourth day of the fiercest air offensive in Gaza in decades.
    Israeli missiles flattened five ministerial buildings and a structure belonging to the Islamic University in Gaza City, witnesses said.
    Rocket fire from Gaza at Israel intensified immediately after Hamas declared the end of an Egyptian-brokered, six-month-old truce on December
    With six weeks to go to an election that polls suggest the hawkish right-wing Likud party will win, Israel's centrist government says the offensive aims to put a stop to the rockets.
    Four Israelis have been killed by rockets since the offensive began four days ago, including three on Monday.
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