Israel launches Christmas Eve strikes on Gaza
- 9 years ago
Originally published on December 25, 2013
In the biggest attack on Gaza in close to a year, Israel's army and air force launched a wave of strikes on targets that were said to include a terrorist training camp and sites said to be concealing weapons.
IDF jets bombed targets, army tanks launched shells and infantry soldiers fired anti-tank missiles in a large-scale coordinated attack on sites across the narrow Gaza Strip.
Six people in Gaza were reportedly wounded, and Reuters reports that a three year-old girl was killed by possible a tank shelling on what Gaza said was a refugee camp.
These Christmas Eve attacks came just hours after a 22 year-old man, identified in the Jerusalem Post as Salah Shukri Abu Latyef, was shot in the chest and killed as he worked on repairs along the border fence that completely encloses Gaza.
The strikes, as well as other sporadic border flare ups between Israel and Gaza and Israel and Lebanon, are leading some to question if the United States' latest Middle East peace initiative is dead.
Gaza is ruled by Hamas, a political group with an armed wing that has been listed by the U.S. as a terrorist organization. While violence has lessened between Israel and Palestinians in the West Bank, which is ruled by the more moderate Fatah party led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas-run Gaza is still the staging site for frequent rocket attacks on Israel. Israel's defense force, the IDF, has also regularly retaliated for any such attacks, often with air strikes.
--------------------------------------------------------
Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off.
Check out our official website: http://us.tomonews.net/
For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:
In the biggest attack on Gaza in close to a year, Israel's army and air force launched a wave of strikes on targets that were said to include a terrorist training camp and sites said to be concealing weapons.
IDF jets bombed targets, army tanks launched shells and infantry soldiers fired anti-tank missiles in a large-scale coordinated attack on sites across the narrow Gaza Strip.
Six people in Gaza were reportedly wounded, and Reuters reports that a three year-old girl was killed by possible a tank shelling on what Gaza said was a refugee camp.
These Christmas Eve attacks came just hours after a 22 year-old man, identified in the Jerusalem Post as Salah Shukri Abu Latyef, was shot in the chest and killed as he worked on repairs along the border fence that completely encloses Gaza.
The strikes, as well as other sporadic border flare ups between Israel and Gaza and Israel and Lebanon, are leading some to question if the United States' latest Middle East peace initiative is dead.
Gaza is ruled by Hamas, a political group with an armed wing that has been listed by the U.S. as a terrorist organization. While violence has lessened between Israel and Palestinians in the West Bank, which is ruled by the more moderate Fatah party led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas-run Gaza is still the staging site for frequent rocket attacks on Israel. Israel's defense force, the IDF, has also regularly retaliated for any such attacks, often with air strikes.
--------------------------------------------------------
Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off.
Check out our official website: http://us.tomonews.net/
For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel: