Mas'ha Camp against the Apartheid wall (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} masha_camp) wrote,@ 2008-12-28 20:32:00 |
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Massacres Continued in Gaza
Gaza - Ma’an News - Shells hit Gaza tunnels Sunday evening, killing two and injuring 22.
The blasts also prompted hundreds to race for new gaps in Egypt's border wall. Refugees were met with Egyptian security forces, who used force to repel the crowds.
Airstrikes damaged the border wall between Egypt and Gaza and at least 40 smuggling tunnels, which bring food and fuel into the coastal area. Much of the fuel caught fire during the attacks and large fires broke out along the border.
The chaos provided cover for hundreds of tunnel workers and Rafah residents to attempt an escape from the bombarded strip. But early reports indicated that no Palestinians actually made it over the border wall.
The strikes marked the 36-hour point in Israel's "Operation Cast Lead," which has seen nearly 300 killed and over 1,000 injured.
The tunnels, about a quarter of which are now destroyed, are the only means by which Gazans have to obtain food, fuel and other necessities. Israel has closed the strip's crossings for all but a week and a half since its 4 November invasion of the area that effectively marked the end of a truce that began 19 June.
Hospitals ran out of medical supplies shortly after the violence escalated and Israeli airstrikes demolished a medical supply warehouse and fuel supply container on Sunday, leaving no reserves for injured Gazans.
Gaza - Ma’an News - Shells hit Gaza tunnels Sunday evening, killing two and injuring 22.
The blasts also prompted hundreds to race for new gaps in Egypt's border wall. Refugees were met with Egyptian security forces, who used force to repel the crowds.
Airstrikes damaged the border wall between Egypt and Gaza and at least 40 smuggling tunnels, which bring food and fuel into the coastal area. Much of the fuel caught fire during the attacks and large fires broke out along the border.
The chaos provided cover for hundreds of tunnel workers and Rafah residents to attempt an escape from the bombarded strip. But early reports indicated that no Palestinians actually made it over the border wall.
The strikes marked the 36-hour point in Israel's "Operation Cast Lead," which has seen nearly 300 killed and over 1,000 injured.
The tunnels, about a quarter of which are now destroyed, are the only means by which Gazans have to obtain food, fuel and other necessities. Israel has closed the strip's crossings for all but a week and a half since its 4 November invasion of the area that effectively marked the end of a truce that began 19 June.
Hospitals ran out of medical supplies shortly after the violence escalated and Israeli airstrikes demolished a medical supply warehouse and fuel supply container on Sunday, leaving no reserves for injured Gazans.
