U.S. President-elect Barack Obama gets out of his SUV before boarding a plane for a 12-day Hawaii vacation at O'Hare airport in Chicago, December 20, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Obama Monitors Mideast Fighting From Hawaii Vacation Spot -- FOX News
Barack Obama's top adviser said Sunday that the president-elect is keeping in touch with the Bush administration on events in the Mideast, as Israel tries to put an end to Hamas strikes from Gaza.
President-elect Barack Obama is closely monitoring the violence in Israel and Gaza and is in contact with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, his top adviser said Sunday.
But David Axelrod refused to offer an opinion on the fighting between Israeli Defense Forces and Hamas terrorists.
"As Hamas began its shelling, Israel responded," Axelrod said on CBS' "Face the Nation." Obama has been in Hawaii on vacation with his family during the holiday.
Hamas terrorists have been firing dozens of rockets and mortars into Israel since it decided earlier this month to abandon a months-long ceasefire with Israel. On Sunday, two rockets struck close to the largest city in southern Israel, Ashdod, some 23 miles from Gaza, reaching deeper into Israel than ever before.
In response to the return to fighting, Israel continued a second day of airstrikes into Gaza. So far, nearly 300 people, a large majority of them Hamas militants, have been killed there.
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My Comment: There is not much that he can do right now. He can only watch and see where the players are when he assumes the Presidency on January 20.
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