In the third anniversary of war, Israelis prepared for new offensive

As the New Year rolls in, and many are speculating on whether or not Israelis and the west will go to war with Iran, Israelis have confirmed that they are preparing for a large-scale offensive in Gaza.

The timing coincides with the third year anniversary of the aggressive Israeli war against, which resulted in the deaths of over 1400 Palestinians.

Israeli news columnist, Gideon Levy, questions the wisdom of the coming offensive in light of Hamas‘ overtures toward peace with Israelis.

Also, how will the recent ‘Arab Spring’ influence the reaction of Israelis’ neighbours like Egypt, which now has a new and unpredictable leadership?

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A civilian killed, several wounded in an Israeli air-strike

An Israeli airstrike against the Gaza Strip resulted in the death of a civilian and several wounded

 

London, December 27, 2011

A 22-year-old civilian has been killed and 10 others wounded; tow of them suffered serious injuries, by two separate Israeli air-strikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening, medical resources said.

The civilian killed in the strike known as Abdullah al Telbani. He was attacked while driving a motor tricycle towards the north of the Strip.

The two seriously wounded were seating with him. All of them were taken to hospital by paramedics.

Witnesses said that an unmanned Israeli plane attacked the motor tricycle and that was confirmed by a statement of  the spokesman of the Israeli occupation forces.

The indicated that the strike was carried out jointly by two Israeli security apparatuses and that the target had been a squad involved in recent terror activity.

Palestinian officials and activists confirmed that the Strip lives a state of quietness for months and there were no Gaza home-made rocket launches.

The other 7 civilians were wounded by an earlier Israeli F 16 strike which the Israelis said that militants were their target.

Meanwhile, paramedics and other witnesses said that the target apparently was a civilian car and all the wounded were civilians. “That refutes comletely the Israeli claims of targeting militants,” a paramedic said.