Special report: Israel launches Gaza
assault
Special
report: Internal situation in
Palestine
GAZA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
on Tuesday urged, for the first time, to attack American targets and interests
in the Middle East.
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A Palestinian carries a boy after he was
wounded during shelling by Israeli tanks at Beit Hanoun town in the
northern Gaza strip, Nov. 8, 2006. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
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The threat
came in a statement released by al-Qassam Brigades, a military wing of Hamas,
following the death of 19 Palestinians in Israeli artillery shelling in northern
Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun in the day.
"America provides political and logistical cover for the crimes
committed by the Zionist occupation and it must be blamed on Beit Hanoun
massacres prior to the occupation," said the statement.
It called on Arab and Muslims to "teach the American enemy
unmerciful lessons they will not forget."
In the past, Hamas, which now leads the government, has said
that their battle was only with Israel and their borders are inside Israel and
the Palestinian territories.
In the meantime, al-Qassam brigades also vowed to respond to the
killings in Beit Hanoun.
Wednesday's strikes came after 24 hours of the Israeli
withdrawal from the town. Over the past week, more than 63 Palestinians have
been killed so far in Israeli incursion in Beit Hanoun.
Related:
Beit Hanoun turned into ruins after
Israeli offensives
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A Palestinian woman carries her wounded
son after shelling by Israeli tanks at Beit Hanoun town in the northern
Gaza strip, Nov. 8, 2006. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
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BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Suffusing with smell
of burnt gunpowder, the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun was turned into
ruins after a bloody six-day Israeli assault against the coastal strip. >>
At least 18 killed in Israeli
shelling
GAZA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least 18 Palestinians, all
civilians, died from the Israeli shelling in a residential neighborhood north of
Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, early Wednesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry
said.
Seven children and four women were among the dead and 13 of the
dead were from the same family, Khaled Radi, a health ministry official said. At
least 40 more were wounded, all civilians, he added. >>
