GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli helicopter fired three missiles into a Gaza town on Saturday wounding two people, local witnesses and medics said.
And so it happened. This time there is no question about who or what caused the explosion.
The Palestine News Network published a more detailed report on the same incident:
Palestinian security sources said that the first missile hit a building in Jabaliya Refugee Camp north of Gaza City. The Abu Laban family owns the building where one woman and a child were injured...
The second missile was fired at a house in Gaza City’s Al Zeitoun neighborhood belonging to the Abu Assi family in which the Israelis claim they are making homemade projectiles...
Palestinian security sources added that the third missile attack targeted another house in Gaza City where members of Al Qassam Brigades, the armed resistance wing of Hamas, live. One of the residents suffered injuries and is hospitalized.
ABC News published a story from the Associated Press that included comments from the Israeli military:
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told security chiefs in a meeting that "the ground of Gaza should shake" and that he wanted to exact a high price from Palestinians everywhere, not just Hamas. He promised a "crushing" response, including airstrikes, targeted killings and arrest raids, participants said afterward.
A fact now reappearing is the nature of the struggle between Israel and the Palestinians. They are at war. Not just through military and militant means, but also a war of words. While the U.S. media remains concerned with the plight of hurrican victims, we should not turn a blind eye to the strife that persists in a distant land called Palestine.