Pressure Mounts On Hamas To Negotiate Ceasefire As Gaza Death Toll Tops 300 -- The Guardian
Hamas left isolated by its refusal to accept a truce as death toll rises and UN chief heads for the region to help broker peace
The people of Gaza are facing the bloody consequences of Israel's dramatic escalation of the 10-day conflict and Hamas's intransigence in the face of mounting calls for a ceasefire. As Israel pressed ahead with a ground offensive in Gaza on Saturday morning, the death toll of Palestinians rose above 300, many of them children.
An early morning air strike outside a mosque in the southern city of Khan Yunis killed seven people on Saturday, including a woman, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.
Other raids shortly afterwards killed another four, bringing the total death toll to 307 Palestinians and two Israelis, AFP reported.
With intense fighting forcing tens of thousands of Palestinians to flee their homes, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned that his military were ready for a "significant expansion" of the ground operation he has ordered to destroy Hamas tunnels dug under the border with Israel.
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My Comment: Israel's objectives in this war have been limited and straightforward .... Hamas' objectives have been to continue to launch missiles and to tempt Israeli retaliation. This is not what I call a viable long term policy. And while some are now voicing a need for a ceasefire .... the sad fact is that Hamas (for the moment) is not interested.
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Heading to Middle East to broker peace when one side is Hell Bent on the destruction of Israel???
If it wasn't so SAD it would be Funny!!
What would other countries do if Rockets where fired at cities in there country??
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