On the 7th Day...Resistance in Gaza Increasingly Active

 
2-1-2008
As the "Israeli" aggression against Gaza enters its seventh day, Palestinian resistance rockets continued to pound occupied territories. More than 10 rockets have been fired early Friday on the eastern occupied territories. In the meantime, the city of Tel Aviv started to take precautionary measures against possible rocket attacks.

Three settlers were injured in Friday's attacks, two of them in a Grad rockets attack on Askalan and another in Sderot as two Qassam rockets hit the western Negev settlement. Another Qassam rocket hit the Netivot area.

Palestinian resistance fighters on Thursdays rained "Israeli" settlements and major cities with a barrage of more than 50 rockets reaching as far as Ashdod and Beer Sabaa, 40 Kilometers away from the Gaza border, including two military bases. The "Israeli" military confirmed the northern Negev city of Askalan and Sdot Hanegev regional council were hit with seven consecutive rockets by Palestinian resistance fighters in the Gaza Strip within few minutes, three of which exploded in residential areas of Askalan.

Rockets continued exploding over the course of Thursday afternoon in Ashdod, Askalan, Beersheba, cities previously considered out of the range of Gaza rockets.

Despite air raids, drones and bad weather conditions, the Palestinian resistance has been able to launch an average of 70 rockets at "Israeli" settlements on daily basis. The retaliatory attacks have so far killed four "Israeli"s including one soldier and injuring three dozen "Israeli"s more, some seriously. The "Israeli" media is adopting a blackout policy, as it did during the 2006 war in Lebanon, to hide the real impact of Palestinian rockets on settlements.

HAMAS DENIES IT CONDITIONALLY ACCEPTED EU TRUCE PROPOSAL

In the meantime, a top Hamas official denied the resistance movement had conditionally accepted an EU truce proposal, saying a bogus statement had been fabricated.
"It is a false statement devoid of any truth," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhum said. "It was disseminated by hostile parties in order to raise doubt as to Hamas' positions. I have not made any statements on this topic."

A statement by the European Union released after a foreign ministers' meeting in Paris on Tuesday began with a demand for an "unconditional" stop to Hamas rocket attacks.

HAMAS CALL FOR MARKING ‘DAY OF WRATH'

Hamas movement called on Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem to mark a "Day of Wrath" on Friday and demonstrate against the "Israeli" offensive on the Gaza Strip. The movement called for massive marches following Friday prayers.