Gaza Archived Message Posted by Mary on August 16, 2020, 8:08 am 'In response the army said “IDF fighter jets and aircraft struck a number of Hamas military targets in the Gaza Strip”. It said the targets hit included “a military compound and underground infrastructure” belonging to Hamas. Israel has also closed its Kerem Shalom goods crossing with Gaza and reduced the territory’s permitted Mediterranean coastal fishing zone, in response to the recent balloon launches. Despite a 2019 truce backed by the UN, Egypt and Qatar, the two sides clash sporadically with rockets, mortar fire and incendiary balloons. Gaza has a population of two million, more than half of whom live in poverty, according to the World Bank. Hamas “is responsible for all events transpiring in the Gaza Strip and emanating from it, and will bear the consequences for terror activity against Israeli civilians”, the IDF said. Khalil al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official, accused Israel on Saturday of not honouring an informal truce to ease the blockade it has imposed on Gaza since Hamas took it over in 2007. He told Hamas al-Aqsa TV that the Palestinian people in Gaza were experiencing slow death by the blockade.' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/16/israel-continues-airstrikes-on-gaza-in-retaliation-for-hamas-balloon-bombs Message Thread: Gaza - Mary August 16, 2020, 8:08 am Re: Gaza - Raskolnikov August 16, 2020, 8:43 am Re: Gaza - Mary August 16, 2020, 11:01 am A rare moment of newsreader dissent (NZ, 2010) - Morrissey August 17, 2020, 6:44 am Re: A rare moment of newsreader dissent (NZ, 2010) - Mary August 17, 2020, 8:03 am well said Rask, another reminder of how atrocious the graun is on Israel/Palestine (nm) - Ian M August 17, 2020, 10:37 am   Searching