http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-11/netanyahu-says-israel-will-restore-quiet-in-gaza-showdown.html
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to resist international pressure in deciding how to shut down rocket fire from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip as the death toll in the Palestinian enclave topped 100.
“We are weighing all options and preparing all options,” Netanyahu said yesterday in a televised news conference, as the military called up 33,000 reserve soldiers in advance of a possible ground incursion into Gaza. Israeli aircraft have led the attack against Gaza rocket squads, which caused the first Israeli civilian casualties of the week’s conflict yesterday when a missile struck a gas station in Ashdod, injuring three.
At least 121 Palestinians have been killed in the air attacks, with hundreds wounded, according to the official Palestinian Wafa news agency. The United Nations aid agency in the region said reports indicate 28 children are among the dead. Netanyahu said his supreme objective was to “restore quiet” to Israel’s communities and “no international pressure will keep us from acting.”
A ground offensive would send casualties higher, and world leaders have sought to steer Netanyahu away from an invasion. Hundreds of civilians and more than 1,000 Gazans in all were killed when Israel last invaded Gaza in January 2009. Israel evacuated the territory in 2005 after a 38-year occupation.
The violence is straining the Palestinian health system, and the World Health Organization is appealing for $60 million dollars to help prevent its possible collapse.
“Doctors and nurses have worked around the clock in the past four days. They never sleep,” emergency medical services chief Ashraf al-Qedra said at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. “We’re afraid that with the ongoing siege and the ongoing deterioration of services we provide to the people, more will die.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to resist international pressure in deciding how to shut down rocket fire from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip as the death toll in the Palestinian enclave topped 100.
“We are weighing all options and preparing all options,” Netanyahu said yesterday in a televised news conference, as the military called up 33,000 reserve soldiers in advance of a possible ground incursion into Gaza. Israeli aircraft have led the attack against Gaza rocket squads, which caused the first Israeli civilian casualties of the week’s conflict yesterday when a missile struck a gas station in Ashdod, injuring three.
At least 121 Palestinians have been killed in the air attacks, with hundreds wounded, according to the official Palestinian Wafa news agency. The United Nations aid agency in the region said reports indicate 28 children are among the dead. Netanyahu said his supreme objective was to “restore quiet” to Israel’s communities and “no international pressure will keep us from acting.”
A ground offensive would send casualties higher, and world leaders have sought to steer Netanyahu away from an invasion. Hundreds of civilians and more than 1,000 Gazans in all were killed when Israel last invaded Gaza in January 2009. Israel evacuated the territory in 2005 after a 38-year occupation.
The violence is straining the Palestinian health system, and the World Health Organization is appealing for $60 million dollars to help prevent its possible collapse.
“Doctors and nurses have worked around the clock in the past four days. They never sleep,” emergency medical services chief Ashraf al-Qedra said at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. “We’re afraid that with the ongoing siege and the ongoing deterioration of services we provide to the people, more will die.”
A convoy of Israeli Merkava tanks roll near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 11, 2014.
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