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'''Operation Cast Lead''' is a ] air strike operation launched on December 27, 2008, in order to destroy ] military capacities. '''Operation Cast Lead''' is a ] air strike operation launched on December 27, 2008, in order to destroy ] military capacities.


Israel launched airstrikes in Gaza that killed at least 195 and wounded around 350 in answer to Qassam and rockets attacks on southern Israel the past day.<ref name="AFPEgypt">{{cite news|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gISje3ZtebFEs6q9IV02RT6CgfsA|title=Egypt slams Israeli 'murder' in Gaza, summons ambassador|date=2008-12-27|publisher=AFP|accessdate=2008-12-27}}</ref> About 140 of the dead are Hamas militants, according to Hamas officials.<ref name="JTA">{{cite news|url=http://jta.org/news/article/2008/12/27/1001834/israel-launches-major-gaza-air-operation|title=Israel launches major Gaza air operation|date=2008-12-27|publisher=JTA|accessdate=2008-12-27}}</ref> Israeli planes targeted Hamas security and training compounds, as well as weapon storage buildings,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7801292.stm|title=Eyewitness: Chaos in Gaza |last=Aboualouf|first=Rushdi|date=2008-12-27|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-12-27}}</ref><ref name="iht">{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/27/africa/28mideast.php|title=Israeli attack kills scores across Gaza|last=El-Khodary|first=Taghreed|coauthors=Kershner, Isabel|date=2008-12-27|publisher=International Herald Tribune|accessdate=2008-12-27}}</ref> and dropped more than 100 tons of bombs.<ref name="JTA"/> The attacks were in response to recent rocket and mortar barrages from Gaza that caused panic, but only one death.<ref name="iht"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/27/gaza-attacks-analysis-ian-black|title=Israel's hammer blow in Gaza|last=Black|first=Ian|date=2008-12-27|publisher=Guardian|accessdate=2008-12-27}}</ref> ] condemned the attacks and opened up the ] to allow the wounded into ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://topnews.us/content/21577-arab-and-islamic-leaders-condemn-deadly-raids-gaza|title=Arab and Islamic leaders condemn deadly raids on Gaza |last=Sood|first=Manish|date=2008-12-27|publisher=Topnews|accessdate=2008-12-27}}</ref> Egypt also deployed 500 anti-riot police along the border.<ref name="AFPEgypt"/> ] also condemned the acts, calling them a Israel launched airstrikes in Gaza that killed at least 195 and wounded around 350 in answer to Qassam and rockets attacks on southern Israel the past day.<ref name="AFPEgypt">{{cite news|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gISje3ZtebFEs6q9IV02RT6CgfsA|title=Egypt slams Israeli 'murder' in Gaza, summons ambassador|date=2008-12-27|publisher=AFP|accessdate=2008-12-27}}</ref> About 140 of the dead are Hamas militants, according to Hamas officials.<ref name="JTA">{{cite news|url=http://jta.org/news/article/2008/12/27/1001834/israel-launches-major-gaza-air-operation|title=Israel launches major Gaza air operation|date=2008-12-27|publisher=JTA|accessdate=2008-12-27}}</ref> Israeli planes targeted Hamas security and training compounds, as well as weapon storage buildings,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7801292.stm|title=Eyewitness: Chaos in Gaza |last=Aboualouf|first=Rushdi|date=2008-12-27|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2008-12-27}}</ref><ref name="iht">{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/27/africa/28mideast.php|title=Israeli attack kills scores across Gaza|last=El-Khodary|first=Taghreed|coauthors=Kershner, Isabel|date=2008-12-27|publisher=International Herald Tribune|accessdate=2008-12-27}}</ref> and dropped more than 100 tons of bombs.<ref name="JTA"/> The attacks were in response to recent rocket and mortar barrages from Gaza that caused panic, but only one death.<ref name="iht"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/27/gaza-attacks-analysis-ian-black|title=Israel's hammer blow in Gaza|last=Black|first=Ian|date=2008-12-27|publisher=Guardian|accessdate=2008-12-27}}</ref>

"heinous crime and convicted terrorist act."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/27/content_10568841.htm|title=Syria condemns Israeli strikes on Gaza as "heinous crime" |date=2008-12-27|publisher=Xinhua|accessdate=2008-12-27}}</ref>



==International reactions== ==International reactions==

*] condemned the attacks and opened up the ] to allow the wounded into ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://topnews.us/content/21577-arab-and-islamic-leaders-condemn-deadly-raids-gaza|title=Arab and Islamic leaders condemn deadly raids on Gaza |last=Sood|first=Manish|date=2008-12-27|publisher=Topnews|accessdate=2008-12-27}}</ref> Egypt also deployed 500 anti-riot police along the border.<ref name="AFPEgypt"/>


*] also condemned the acts, calling them a "heinous crime and convicted terrorist act."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/27/content_10568841.htm|title=Syria condemns Israeli strikes on Gaza as "heinous crime" |date=2008-12-27|publisher=Xinhua|accessdate=2008-12-27}}</ref> *] also condemned the acts, calling them a "heinous crime and convicted terrorist act."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/27/content_10568841.htm|title=Syria condemns Israeli strikes on Gaza as "heinous crime" |date=2008-12-27|publisher=Xinhua|accessdate=2008-12-27}}</ref>

Revision as of 17:16, 27 December 2008

Operation Cast Lead is a Israeli air strike operation launched on December 27, 2008, in order to destroy Hamas military capacities.

Israel launched airstrikes in Gaza that killed at least 195 and wounded around 350 in answer to Qassam and rockets attacks on southern Israel the past day. About 140 of the dead are Hamas militants, according to Hamas officials. Israeli planes targeted Hamas security and training compounds, as well as weapon storage buildings, and dropped more than 100 tons of bombs. The attacks were in response to recent rocket and mortar barrages from Gaza that caused panic, but only one death.


International reactions

  • Syria also condemned the acts, calling them a "heinous crime and convicted terrorist act."
  • The United States condemned Hamas, saying that "Hamas' continued rocket attacks into Israel must cease if the violence is to stop," but also urging "Israel to avoid civilian casualties as it targets Hamas in Gaza."

References

  1. ^ "Egypt slams Israeli 'murder' in Gaza, summons ambassador". AFP. 2008-12-27. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  2. ^ "Israel launches major Gaza air operation". JTA. 2008-12-27. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  3. Aboualouf, Rushdi (2008-12-27). "Eyewitness: Chaos in Gaza". BBC. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  4. ^ El-Khodary, Taghreed (2008-12-27). "Israeli attack kills scores across Gaza". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2008-12-27. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  5. Black, Ian (2008-12-27). "Israel's hammer blow in Gaza". Guardian. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  6. Sood, Manish (2008-12-27). "Arab and Islamic leaders condemn deadly raids on Gaza". Topnews. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  7. "Syria condemns Israeli strikes on Gaza as "heinous crime"". Xinhua. 2008-12-27. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
  8. "U.S. Condemns Hamas in Midst of Israeli Strikes". FOX. 2008-12-27. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
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