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It appears the conflict will continue until Israel accomplishes her missions in Gaza which may expand to include the disarming and dismantling of Hamas. Hamas, it appears, is OK with that. Me too:
Hamas has said it will not stop fighting until it wins international guarantees that a crippling border blockade of Gaza will be lifted. Israel and Egypt had imposed the closure after Hamas seized Gaza in 2007, defeating forces loyal to Abbas. Over the past year, Egypt has further tightened restrictions, shutting down hundreds of smuggling tunnels under the Egypt-Gaza border that had provide crucial tax income to Hamas. The closure of the tunnels drove Hamas into a severe financial crisis.
Israel has said it is defending its citizens against attack from Gaza by hitting Hamas rocket launchers, weapons storage sites and military tunnels under the Gaza-Israel border.
Israel said its troops will not leave Gaza until they have demolished the tunnels which have been used by Hamas to sneak into Israel to try to carry out attacks.
The military said Palestinian militants fired at least 64 rockets Tuesday at Israeli cities.
Meanwhile, the U.N. refugee agency for Palestinians said it found a cache of rockets hidden inside of one of its schools. It said the school was closed for the summer and was not being used as a shelter.
"We condemn the group or groups who endangered civilians by placing these munitions in our school", agency spokesman Chris Gunness said. "This is yet another flagrant violation of the neutrality of our premises."
It marked the third time since the Gaza war began that the U.N found weapons hidden in one of its schools.
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It appears the conflict will continue until Israel accomplishes her missions in Gaza which may expand to include the disarming and dismantling of Hamas. Hamas, it appears, is OK with that. Me too:
Hamas has said it will not stop fighting until it wins international guarantees that a crippling border blockade of Gaza will be lifted. Israel and Egypt had imposed the closure after Hamas seized Gaza in 2007, defeating forces loyal to Abbas. Over the past year, Egypt has further tightened restrictions, shutting down hundreds of smuggling tunnels under the Egypt-Gaza border that had provide crucial tax income to Hamas. The closure of the tunnels drove Hamas into a severe financial crisis.
Israel has said it is defending its citizens against attack from Gaza by hitting Hamas rocket launchers, weapons storage sites and military tunnels under the Gaza-Israel border.
Israel said its troops will not leave Gaza until they have demolished the tunnels which have been used by Hamas to sneak into Israel to try to carry out attacks.
The military said Palestinian militants fired at least 64 rockets Tuesday at Israeli cities.
Meanwhile, the U.N. refugee agency for Palestinians said it found a cache of rockets hidden inside of one of its schools. It said the school was closed for the summer and was not being used as a shelter.
"We condemn the group or groups who endangered civilians by placing these munitions in our school", agency spokesman Chris Gunness said. "This is yet another flagrant violation of the neutrality of our premises."
It marked the third time since the Gaza war began that the U.N found weapons hidden in one of its schools.
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