Troops battle Hamas in Gaza cities as Israel spurns truce bids »

Posted By tehranchik 6 months ago in Political News

Israeli troops battled Hamas fighters in major cities of overcrowded Gaza on Tuesday as Israel spurned appeals to halt a war on the Islamists that has killed at least 580 Palestinians.

Israeli tanks firing cannons and backed by helicopter gunships rolled into the southern city of Khan Yunis in the pre-dawn hours, to be met by return fire from Hamas and other militant groups, witnesses said.

The incursion came as Israeli infantry and Hamas gunmen exchanged fire inside Gaza City and at the edges of Deir al-Balah and al-Bureij in the centre of the territory, witnesses and medics said.

Israeli strikes hit two separate schools run by the United Nations in the Gaza Strip Tuesday morning, killing at least five Palestinians, medics and UN officials said.

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    most_reasonable6 months ago

    The Israelis are sending phone messages to the arabs in GAZA to get out of the way of danger, while the HAMAS are firing from the midst of the population to get as many innocents killed as possible.

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