Israel Responds To Long-Range Rocket Attacks By Sending Food And Medicine Into Gaza (Plus: Gaza Markets Still Bustling) [Video]
Palestinian civilians are being put to death by Palestinian courts for helping Israel prevent terrorism. Hamas is firing rockets into the heart of Israel for the second week in a row and hitting Israeli homes. Even Olmert admits that Hamas ended the ceasefire - pretty obvious given this film of Hamas soldiers trying to hit Israeli schools and hospitals:
Thirty trucks bearing humanitarian supplies including food and medicine will be permitted to enter the Gaza Strip on Monday via the Kerem Shalom crossing. The decision to allow the shipment was made during a late night consultation in the defense establishment.
That's how it used to happen in Auschwitz right? Or in Apartheid South Africa? Or in whatever moronic demonizing comparison anti-Israel partisans are making this week? Speaking of which:
Hamas in Gaza put a network of about 1,000 tunnels that pass under the Egypt-Gaza border on display this weekend, and invited journalists to take pictures and interview the tunnels' owners. Pictures posted on a Hebrew website specializing in Arab news showed a bustling market in Rafiah (Rafah) filled with goods of all kinds, from food to electronics, apparently belying the claims of dire shortages. Rafiah is located in southern Gaza, on the border with Egypt... Meanwhile, news sites in the Islamic world and elsewhere showed Gazan children in the dark, holding candles, and quoted an Amnesty International (AI) press release which blasted Israel for a policy of "collective punishment."
Not just Amnesty - the UN has spent the last few days repeatedly condemning Israel for sealing the Gaza border. Which might make sense - minus the obsessive focus and repetition - except for how Gaza markets are overloaded with goods:



There are a few more pictures worth checking out behind the original link - even if this isn't exactly news.
References:
* Palestinian accused of cooperating with Israel sentenced to death [JPost]
* Hamas fires heavier rockets at Israel [Reuters]
* Kassam lands in courtyard of Sderot home; shock victims reported [JPost]
* Israel kills four militants in Gaza as rockets continue (Roundup) [M&C]
* Olmert: Hamas rockets violate cease-fire [JPost]
* Palestinian Rocket Squad Targets Israeli Civilians [photonh2o / YouTube]
* 30 trucks bearing food and medicine to be transferred to Gaza [JPost]
* Gaza Market Bustling with Wares as Hamas Pleads 'Starvation' [A7]
* UN Secretary-General slams Israel for closing Gaza crossings [JPost]
* New Data Confirms Old Data: Blaming Israel For Gaza's Medical Collapse Is A Vicious Lie [MR]
Previously:
* Palestinians Intentionally Creating Humanitarian Crises In Gaza By Refusing To Accept Israeli Fuel
* Hamas Creates Humanitarian Crisis By Stealing Fuel For Terrorism, Preventing Israeli Gas Shipments, And Cutting Off Gaza Civilians. Again. (Plus: International Press, Human Rights Groups Blame Israel. Again)
* UN Set To Blame Israel For Intentional, Hamas-Engineered Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza








