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    Gaza militants offer ceasefire as attacks continue

    By IBRAHIM BARZAK - Associated Press | AP – Sun, Oct 30, 2011

    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Gaza Strip militant group spearheading a recent campaign of rocket barrages into Israel offered on Sunday to cease fire if the Israeli military would do so as well. Israel said it did not want the violence to escalate but warned it would not hesitate to defend itself.

    The rocket fire has provoked retaliatory Israeli airstrikes, and on Saturday, nine militants and an Israeli civilian were killed in some of the worst violence in the area in months. The exchange of fire continued overnight, with Palestinians firing 10 rockets into Israel in the early hours of the morning, and Israeli aircraft targeting six militant sites in Gaza, the military said. No casualties were reported by either side.

    Egypt had been mediating truce efforts over the weekend, and late Sunday morning, the Islamic Jihad militant group said it was ready to halt its attacks if Israel would halt its air strikes.

    "When all jet fighters leave the skies of Gaza we will stop firing rockets," said Dawud Shehab, a senior member of Islamic Jihad.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not formally address the Islamic Jihad offer. In a statement carried on Israel Radio, he said his country "does not want things to deterioriate", but would defend itself against anyone who would attack it.

    Defense officials said the Israeli military was holding back in an effort to keep the violence from escalating further. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss military operations.

    The latest round of violence was set off by a rocket attack earlier in the week.

    Both sides, meanwhile, had braced for further strikes.

    As a precautionary measure, Israeli officials closed schools in southern communities within 25 miles (40 kilometers) of Gaza, as well as Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba and several colleges, which were to have begun their academic year on Sunday, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. Police brought in reinforcements from other areas of the country.

    More than 1 million Israelis live within the range of rockets possessed by Gaza militants.

    In Gaza, militants who had been emboldened to remove their masks and emerge from their hideouts following a high-profile prisoner swap with Israel earlier in the month disappeared from the streets again. And the territory's ruling Hamas movement scaled back its police deployment, apparently afraid that police positions would be targeted by Israeli aircraft.

    Hamas militants are not believed to be involved in the attacks, which were claimed by smaller factions. But Israel holds Hamas ultimately responsible for all violence against it emanating from the territory.

    ___

    Amy Teibel in Jerusalem contributed to this report.

     
    • Tony Tiger
      Tony Tiger  •  6 mths ago
      We want a do over until we get back to our missle launchers!!!
    • AFCBAC
      AFCBAC  •  6 mths ago
      We need a cease fire while we resupply.
      Same old thing over and over.
    • Chris
      Chris  •  6 mths ago
      Gaza police were taken off the streets for fear of attack. I wonder if the NYPD, or the FDNY considered taking them off the street because we were being attacked by Muslims during 9/11.... Muslims are cowards.
      • jim
        jim 6 mths ago
        you are right Chris they hide like roaches behind women and child in war.
        these are not men, but not women or child, women and child are more brave than any muzie man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Stonebird2112
      Stonebird2112  •  Chicago, United States  •  6 mths ago
      So hamas doesn't have the balls to stop islamic jihad from launching rockets or they are just indifferent. I love that they want a ceasefire instead of peace. Kind of says a lot about their mindset. When will muslims get rid of their vehement islamists that continually espouse this retarded rhetoric? I bet they don't have the balls to do that either.
    • Chris
      Chris  •  6 mths ago
      The article states that there are 1 million Israelis within militant missiles' range. And they manage to kill 1. EPIC FAIL. And the terrorists get curred down again by Israel. Militants bomb, Israel bombs better, terrorists say, "Ok, we will stop..." And then take their police off of the streets for fear of being a target. What a bunch of cowards.
      • Chris
        Chris 6 mths ago
        Kick their butts, Israel.
    • gamey doubletake
      gamey doubletake  •  Lewistown, United States  •  6 mths ago
      I don't think I am allowed to write the words which come into my head when I hear the silly excuses of these Militants. The "watered down" version is that they are stupid violent idiots. Children with toy guns that unfortunately fire real bullets when they have their spastic immature tantrums of hatred. (For last 40 years?????)
      • ☼☺
        ☼☺ 6 mths ago
        Plagiarism will get you no where. This is exactly what the British said about Zionist terrorists before they took root and wrested control over the land that would one day become their planned breakaway state, Israel.
    • John
      John  •  6 mths ago
      who cares what this weak-loser muslims do. Israel is there to stay, a democratic oasis in the middle of a polygamist-pedophile arab world
    • dcb4357
      dcb4357  •  Vincennes, United States  •  6 mths ago
      arab daily routine; get up, wash hand, say prayers, curse jews, eat beans and fart, blame jews, beat wife for showing forearm, blame jews, go do whatever you do to get some money to buy beans, hang out on the street corner, talk about how you want to kill jews, say prayers, eat more beans with your falafel, and taboule, go shoot some rockets at jews, run from the scene before the air strikes, curse jews, go home, beat wife, eat more beans, watch tv and see where the rockets landed, curse jews, say prayers, go out and have intercourse with theneighbor's nephew, curse jews, say prayers, go to bed and dream about killing jews. zzzzzzzz.
      • DarylD
        DarylD 6 mths ago
        LOL.. Made my day. :D
      • WiseOne
        WiseOne 6 mths ago
        Forgot to say watch Turkish Gay Porn on TV---bahahaha
    • Man.
      Man.  •  6 mths ago
      Islam is the enemy of the free world
      • Joex
        Joex 6 mths ago
        Yee it is! One Word Order enemy # 1
        New peaceful movement on the horizons it is calls Boycotters, join us. Number one our Enemy is unfair, bias corporate media owned by One Word Order, Media puppeteers like Rupert Murdoch. Stop watching and listened them. The moment we are going shut them down we are going to be half way to the freedom. We have to put a pressure on their financiers and sponsors without a sponsor they are finish. We are mast Email and make phone calls to their sponsors and make them to pull out there sponsorships. My Brothers we are majority, we are 99%. Only in our united movements we can save our country, freedom and bring back prosperity to our salves and our children’s future. We can stop redistribution of wealth from medal class to super reach and there crony’s evil unties American Corporation. Yes we can make changes in our society to secure and save our great country our freedom and future from evil One World Order invaders. My friends we don’t need leadership or financiers like Tea/Beggars have “Koch Brother” we don’t have to bring guns and life ammunition to our protest to gain respect from policemen and GOP like Tea/Beggars dead. We can achieve our goals peacefully on our Owen. Our future in our hands we have the best Weapon name Boycotts. Boycotts will destroy greedy and Evil Corporation. We can stop One World Order parasites take control over our life’s freedom our country and the Word. My Brothers start spreading news make phone calls send Email messages to OWO sponsor and their cronies. Our Boycott masts start with clothing down our accounts in the big Wall Street Banks and open them in local small community banks and credit Unions. All Rupert Murdoch media empire: City Corp, Fax and Friends and more, Koch Brothers companies: Vanity Fair, Dixie paper, Brawny and more.
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      • Poorboy
        Poorboy 6 mths ago
        You must be a nut cause FOX NEWS delivers the truth and the LIBERALS GIVE US LIES.
    • Temujin
      Temujin  •  Philadelphia, United States  •  6 mths ago
      keep going, Israel!
    • Jeff
      Jeff  •  6 mths ago
      Do not forget the FOGEL family!
      Gaza residents from the southern city of Rafah on Saturday March the 11th. poured out on the streets to celebrate the terror attack in West Bank settlement of Itamar, in which five family members were murdered in their sleep.
      The members of the family have been identified as:
      Udi, 36,
      his wife Ruth, 35,
      and their children:
      Yoav, 11,
      Elad, 4
      and Hadas, 3 months.

      We will never forget them.
      The family is survived by their three additional children.

      Residents handed out candy and sweets, one resident saying their joy
      "It is a natural response to the harm settlers inflict on the Palestinian residents in the West Bank."

      They did the same after 9/11 terrorist attack on America.
    • Susan
      Susan  •  Washington, United States  •  6 mths ago
      militants = Morons - without an airforce to compete with Israel, it's a lost cause.
    • Lam Impotent
      Lam Impotent  •  6 mths ago
      Lets have a cease fire while we regroup.
    • Gil
      Gil  •  6 mths ago
      The Palestinians are cowards like their muslim brothers. they launch rokets on civilians and hide in hospitals and mosques for fear of reprisal. Muslim cowards
    • Zoey
      Zoey  •  6 mths ago
      The Palestinians have never honored a cease fire. Their so-called leaders agree to cease fire but the rockets still fly into Israel and land on schools, hospitals and places of worship. There is only one way for Israel to have peace and that is to wipe out the rocket launching terrorists. Peace through strength is the only way.
    • Pinoy American
      Pinoy American  •  6 mths ago
      It's like a boxing match where the losing side calls for a timeout everytime he get beat up. I would just go for the knockout. This is going way too old.
    • Steve
      Steve  •  6 mths ago
      "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." - Thomas Jefferson
      I know who's side this great patriot would be on.
    • Temujin
      Temujin  •  Philadelphia, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Cast Lead II........that's what is called for.
    • Man.
      Man.  •  6 mths ago
      The Quran is an anti semitic book.
      The Koran connects genocide to the end times: “The last hour will not come before the Muslims fight the Jews and the Muslims kill them, so Jews will hide behind stones and trees and the Stone and the tree will say ‘O Muslim, ‘O servant of God! There is a Jew behind me; come and kill him.’” Muhammed called Jews “the descendants of apes and pigs.”

      Religion of peace.. yeah right!
    • Lance
      Lance  •  6 mths ago
      Just like those kids at the San Francisco Zoo who teased that tiger in its pen. Then the tiger jumps the wall and kills. OOPS!!
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