Israeli Troops Close In On Gaza City; Livni: "(Israel) Is Not Going To Show Restraint"

[tekisui]

Source: Telegraph

As the conflict entered its third week, airstrikes were intensified and Israeli Defence Force (IDF) troops moved deeper into the outskirts of Gaza City, engaging militants in gun battles.

With Palestinian medics saying the death toll had risen to more than 780, two Hamas rockets hit the Israeli town of Ashkelon.

"Israel is not going to show restraint anymore," Mrs Livni said in an interview in the United States. "It is not a missile against a missile. We are going to attack strongly if they continue."

The IDF killed 15 Hamas fighters some of the most intense close-quarter fighting of the conflict so far, raising the possibility that Israel is preparing for its final push against the militant group's stronghold.

Some of the heaviest clashes took place on a coastal road north of Gaza City, with IDF troops moving to within a mile of the city before pulling slightly back.

Although a few hundred Hamas fighters are believed to have died in the fighting, there are thousands more who are thought to be waiting in urban areas to take on the Israeli ground forces.

Overnight, Israeli aircraft hit more than 40 targets throughout Gaza, including rocket-launching sites, weapons-storage facilities and smuggling tunnels, a military spokesman said.

more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4212956/Israeli-troops-close-in-on-Gaza-City.html

[tekisui]

1. More:

Mads Gilbert, a doctor working at Shifa hospital in Gaza City, told Al Jazeera: "We have been to many war zones, but the special thing is that the 1.5 Gaza population are completely locked in.

"The civilian population has no way to hide. The population density is so high you can not do attacks like this without knowing that you are attacking the civilians.

"Also, the injuries must come from extremely explosive devices. We suspect that Israel is using a new type of high explosive called Dime (dense inert metal explosive).

"We urge the world, stop the bombing of Gaza. Please stop it."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4212956/Israeli-troops-close-in-on-Gaza-City.html

[madrchsod]

2. that`s the point of the operation---destroy gaza city and it`s citizens

turn the whole of gaza into a vast pile of rumble to punish the citizens for electing someone who dared to stand up against their imprisonment.

it`s called collective punishment

[hack89]

3. DIME is designed specifically to reduce the blast radius

thereby reducing the chance of killing civilians.

[tekisui]

5. It is experimental and may cause cancer, due to the inert metals used.

But, yes the blast zone is tighter to minimize the casualties.

[hack89]

6. I have a hard time envisioning a bomb with no bad side effects. nt

[tekisui]

8. How very ture.

[oberliner]

4. The Telegraph is a RW British newspaper

It is jokingly referred to as the "Torygraph"

[LeftishBrit]

7. You are right there!!!