"2 Hamas officials say truce with Israel won't be extended; Sides trade fire ahead of pact's expiration today" by Ibrahim Barzak, Associated Press | December 19, 2008
GAZA CITY - Two Hamas officials said the Islamic group would not extend a six-month truce with Israel as militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets at southern Israel and the Jewish state hit back with airstrikes yesterday....
Yup, always Hamas' fault there is no peace and always poor, poor, beleagured Israel responding. Whose being blockaded and starved again?
Gaza militants fired 11 rockets and six mortar shells toward Israel yesterday. Israel's military launched at least two airstrikes on rocket squads... It was not clear whether this was Hamas's final word, however. The group, which rules Gaza, has been issuing contradictory statements this week about extending the truce.
Translation: HAMAS wants PEACE!
There was a chance the lull could be restored despite recent violence. Both sides appeared to be jockeying for position, trying to improve the terms of the truce, but a single attack by either side causing significant casualties could spark a larger conflict....
So when is the Israeli false flag?
"Militants in Gaza Strip fire 4 rockets into Israel" by Associated Press | December 20, 2008
JERUSALEM - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired four rockets into southern Israel yesterday, as Hamas formally announced the end of its unwritten, often-breached truce with Israel.
The Israeli military said two rockets were fired yesterday morning, and two more after sunset. It said troops guarding Israeli farmers in fields adjoining Gaza also came under sniper fire from across the border. No injuries were reported.
In a statement posted on its website, Hamas said Israel had breached agreements by imposing an economic blockade on Gaza, staging military strikes into the densely populated coastal strip and continuing to hunt down the militant group's operatives in the West Bank....
--more--""Israel strikes Gaza, killing one militant
GAZA CITY - An Israeli airstrike against a Palestinian rocket squad killed a militant yesterday, the first death in Gaza since Hamas formally declared an end to a six-month truce. Palestinians fired 10 rockets and at least 23 mortar shells from Gaza into Israel, the Israeli military said. The militant was killed in an airstrike in northern Gaza (AP)."
They made my point for me, didn't they?
