Israel continues to pound Hamas targets

BBC:

Israeli air raids have pounded the Gaza Strip for a third day, hitting key sites linked to militant group Hamas.

Gaza's interior ministry and Islamic University were the latest targets.

Hamas says 300 Palestinians have died since Saturday, while the UN says 56 civilians are dead. In Israel, a second person was killed by a militant rocket.

Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Israel was not fighting the people of Gaza but was in "a war to the bitter end" with Hamas, which has ruled it since 2007.

Israel has massed forces along the border and has declared the area around the narrow coastal strip a "closed military zone".

Correspondents say the move - in addition to the call-up of thousands of reservists - could be a prelude to ground operations, but could also be intended to build pressure on Hamas.

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Dozens of centres of Hamas strength, including security compounds, government offices and tunnels into Egypt, have been hit since Israel started its massive bombing campaign on Saturday morning.

As dawn broke on Monday, witnesses said a powerful explosion struck the interior ministry.

Earlier, a raid destroyed a science building at the Islamic University in Gaza - a centre of support for the Islamist militant group that controls the narrow coastal strip. Many top Hamas officials graduated from there.

Also hit was a house near the abandoned home of a senior Hamas leader in the southern town of Rafah.

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Hamas assets are being destroyed in a systematic way. This could be costly to Iran which is one of the few countries that might help the death cult rebuild. The attrition of the assets will also have an effect on Hamas's ability to respond if Israel crosses the border.

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  1. Marylou9:52 AM

    I hate that this is happening and innocents on both sides are being killed in the crossfire; however, I have been to Israel and have seen the work of Hamas and it is devastating. I have also seen Patestinians living in peace with Israeli's who do not want this going on. I think Israel has had no choice but to try to strike back.

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  2. Marylou9:57 AM

    I hate that this is happening, but I have been to Israel and have seen the devastation toward innocent Israeli's while I was there. Innocents on both sides will suffer, but I believe Israel has to strike back. I also saw Palestinians and Israeli's living together in peace; it is too bad the "regular folks" around the world can't run the world.

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