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October 24th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Crossings between Gaza and Israel were shut down following the exchanges of
fire in the area.
The Israeli military said 60 rockets and mortars were fired by early morning,
and that Israeli aircraft struck Gaza three times. The Popular Resistance
Committees said one of its members died in one of the airstrikes.
One of the rockets hit a house, causing no injuries, and one of the airstrikes
struck a mosque in the southern Gaza village of Khouza for the second time
in several weeks.
Hostilities have been simmering for weeks, and Israel’s defense minister vowed
that his country would not reconcile itself to attacks from Gaza.
Asked if Israel was considering a ground operation in the Palestinian
territory, Ehud Barak told Army Radio that “if we have no choice and
the fire will continue, then they clearly will be hit harder and nothing is
out of the question”.
Much of the fighting has been between Israel and smaller militant groups. But
the military wing of Gaza’s Hamas rulers and a smaller militant group
claimed credit for the rocket and mortar fire Wednesday.
In a statement, Hamas and the Popular Resistance Committees said “these
holy missions come in response to the repeated, continuous crimes of the
enemy against our people, which killed four and injured 10 in the past 48
hours.”
The barrage from Gaza came just hours after Qatar’s ruler accorded Hamas
unprecedented political recognition by becoming the first head of state to
visit the largely shunned Palestinian territory on Tuesday.
The emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, also promised his oil-rich country
would invest hundreds of millions of dollars in construction projects,
something that would help to revive flagging popular support for Hamas by
generating thousands of jobs in the destitute territory of 1.6 million
people.
Israel’s border with Gaza has been largely quiet since a major Israeli
offensive four years ago, but violence has flared sporadically since.
Despite the recent flare-up, neither side appeared interested in a renewal of
large-scale hostilities, and Hamas has largely stayed out of direct
confrontation with Israel since the 2009 war. But it is also under pressure
from various militant groups, including al-Qaida-inspired Salafis active in
Gaza, to prove it remains in confrontation with Israel, whose existence it
rejects.
Source: Agencies
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