Gaza: The Carnage Continues
By Sameh A. Habeeb
29 December,
2008
Gaza Today
Victims of Israeli air raids
are 312 while wounded are up to 1000.
-Around 80 air raids took place in Gaza strip from the early morning of Sunday till 7pm in the evening. Around 300 air raids in the last 2 days.
-Trauma spreads across Gaza residents especially children due to the loud noise of the heavy bombing of F16s.
-Israeli air forces bombarded 40 targets across the strip including civil and security buildings.
-Israeli F16 bombarded 2 mosques in Khan Yonis City.
-Apache Helicopters hit commercial shops at Jabalia town leaving many children injured.
-Israeli F16 bombarded a house of a Hamas key leader east of Khan Yunis City.
-Israeli F16s raided south of Rafah destroying more than 40 tunnels.
-One Palestinian and Egyptian solider killed in exchange of fire in Rafah City. Many Palestinians tried to cross the borders with Egypt but failed due to excessive presence of Egyptian forces.
- Rafah Crossing still closed and casualties unable to leave for Egypt to get treatment.
-More troops, tanks and heavy guns arrived on Gaza borders. Israel vows to ground invasion soon. Israel calls up 6500 reserve soldiers for the military operation in Gaza.
-Around 24 homemade light rockets fired from Gaza hit the bordering areas of Gaza. The rockets hit Asklon and Ashdod leaving a few wounded.
-Air raid killed a man and a woman in Al zaytoun area at the centre of Gaza City.
-Six Israeli heavy missiles launched by F16 destroyed "Al Safina security Bulidng" which was previously the compound of Palestinian intelligence in Gaza.
-Around 40 civic targets were hit today by Israel. Some of the targets where houses and some others are charities.
-Israel hits mobile targets such as motorcycles and cars in Gaza. Therefore, people are confined to their houses.
-Israeli heavy bomb hit Al-Shati Refugee camp Police station. Some civilians injured in the densely populated camp.
-Air raid destroyed Al shija'ya police station early in the morning.
-Israeli air raids destroyed a truck carrying fuel in Rafah City causing a fire which destroyed around 20 t0 30 houses early in the morning on Sunday.
-Israeli Air force destroyed Al Saraya security compound leaving some of the prisoners dead and causing extensive damage to the compound.
-Many workshops destroyed due to Air raids in Gaza and Mid areas.
-OXFAM organization announced inability of running their functioning due to the Gaza attack.
-Demonstrations
across the West Bank leaving 2 Palestinians dead.
-Jordanian lawmakers burnt Israeli flag in the parliament while Lebanese
protesters tried to break into the Egyptian embassy in Bairout. Protests
took place in the Arab countries of Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Syria and
Iraq.
Meantime,
heavy shelling and air raids at Jabalia Camp!
10 Bombings in Khanyonis City!
