Gaza: 13 killed as Israel expands air-strikes

Israeli air-strikes and artillery fire struck Gaza nine times April 8, killing eight, and bringing the total number of dead over the past 24 hours to thirteen, some half of them civilians. A mother and daughter, and elderly man were killed in two separate strikes near Khan Younis, a fourth—identified as an al-Qassam Brigades fighter—was killed near Gaza City, and two unidentified men was killed when a shell hit his home east of Gaza City. A statement from the Israeli Defense Forces acknowledged civilian casualties, saying that the military “regrets that the Hamas terrorist organization chooses to operate from within its civilian population, using it as a ‘human shield’.”

The Israeli military reported “heavy rocket and mortar fire,” emanating from Gaza Friday afternoon. A later statement said a total of five mortars and eight projectiles had been fired from Gaza on Friday. DFLP fighters claimed to have fired two projectiles at targets from the northern Gaza Strip. A statement said the fire was a “response to Israel’s lack of commitment to the truce [and its] continuing of shelling of our unarmed people.” In the early evening, Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades said fighters launched six projectiles and three mortars on an Israeli military post east of Rafah. (Maan News Agency, April 8)

See our last post on the struggle in Gaza.

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  1. your days are numberd
    your days are numberd
    pretty soon jew zionist pig you will not even be able walk down a street anywere in the world without being killed off
    your days are numberd

    1. More “non-existent” anti-Semitism
      Of course the above post completely violates our Posting Policy, but we will leave it there anyway as an indicator of the current political climate on the left-wing blogosphere. Or perhaps this is “legitimate criticism of Israel”?

      1. “legitimate criticism of Israel”?
        zionism is racism, plain and simple as that, jews aren’t the problem
        the zionist ideology is.
        it is no differn’t than what the nazi’s proclaimed
        “master race”!!!
        it’s all a pile horse pucky
        people are starting to wake up and see what israel truely is “a terrorist state”!!
        funded by the war criminal USA

        hope this clairifies my point

        1. Oh, so now your death threat was a “point”?
          “jews [sic] aren’t the problem”? Is that why you called me a “jew zionist pig” (sic) and told me my “days are numberd” (sic)?

          1. listen im not going to get drawn out into an argument with you
            listen im not going to get drawn out into an argument with you
            if your a zionist as far as im concernd you deserve what ever you get from anyone you get it from.

            and i will be there on the front lines with the rest of the human race ready to pound zionism right into the ground and into dust for good.

            and good riddance to bad rubbish!.

            1. Satire is redundant
              I was attempting parody when I asked if this troll’s Jew-baiting death threat was “legitimate criticism of Israel.” And now that really is what he is falling back on! Trolls have no shame.

              I am the one who has been “drawn into an argument” with you, racist troll.

              1. one thing when dirty fucks
                one thing when dirty fucks like you have no leg to stand on, your filth love to distort words
                you are more than likely a front for the dirty little cowards child killers like mosad
                lol…. your a joke and not a very good one at that
                i wont be coming back to this site again
                but if you are ever in Canada let them know i would just love to meet you face to face

                1. What words did I “distort” exactly?
                  “your days are numberd” (sic)? (Repeated three times)

                  “pretty soon jew zionist [sic] pig you will not even be able walk down a street anywere [sic] in the world without being killed off”?

                  “you deserve what ever [sic] you get from anyone you get it from”?

                  Do you wish to explain how I am misinterpreting these racist death threats?