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Israel kills five Gaza militants in air strike and ground confrontation

Israel kills five Gaza militants in air strike and ground confrontation

Israeli forces killed five Palestinian militants in Gaza on Tuesday, following a rocket attack and a rare cross-border raid on Israel. The violence comes a day after Israeli navy commandos stormed a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, leaving nine people dead.

By News Wires (text)
 

REUTERS - Israel killed five Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, three in an air strike after a rocket attack on Israel and two in a separate ground confrontation, Palestinian rescue workers said.

The Israeli army confirmed its aircraft had fired at militants in Gaza, and that two gunmen were killed after breaching Israel's border fence with the coastal territory, but it had no further comment on the air raid.

A spokesman for the militant Popular Resistance Committees said three of the group's members had been killed in an Israeli air strike over the northern Gaza Strip, one of them a field commander.

Islamic Jihad identified the two men killed in the other incident as members of their group.

Before the Israeli air strike took place, militants fired two rockets from coastal Gaza, both striking near the city of Ashkelon and causing no casualties, a military spokesman said.

The violence came a day after Israeli marines stormed a Turkish-backed aid flotilla destined for Gaza, in a confrontation that left nine people dead.
 

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reconsider our unilateral support for Israe

As an American it is time that we reconsider our unilateral support for Israel. This attack on the flotilla was an act of piracy and barbarism, and another in a long and painful line of international crimes perpetrated by the Israeli state under the guise of protecting itself. America is even now shedding its blood because of this Israeli support. Iran today is developing nuclear weapons to counter the hidden nuclear weapons that everyone knows Israel has. As an American I want to know what Israels nuclear capability is and what they intend to do with it. America has to understand that if Israel were to use the nuclear weapons at its disposal it is entirely possible that the world could be engulfed in annihilation. We are not going to alienate the entire world from us for one rogue state much longer. A first response to this incident should be the stoppage of all monies supplied to Israel. Secondly, there should be no more vetoes in the security council that legitimately condemn Israeli actions against her own people and neighboring states. As an influential country it rests upon our shoulders to be fair and balanced in our dealings with the international community. It is time to stop being influenced by a disproportionately small number of voices in America that have Israel’s concerns in mind over those of the United States in particular. If we forced greater cooperation from Israel, we would see some positive progress in our own respect as it concerns how we are perceived, and Israel would realize that its barbaric actions would not be tolerated and could have consequences. There is nothing in the past that warrants this favored state status that Israel enjoys and it is now greatly apparent that we must seriously consider Israels position to us and to others.

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