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Israel Issues Emergency Call Up Of Reservists For Gaza Ground Campaign

The operation, called “Pillar of Defense”, has been launched by the Israel military.

Many of the buildings in downtown Gaza City are on fire after being attacked by Israeli warplanes, RT’s Arabic correspondent Saed Swerky reports on Twitter.

The IDF says all options are on the table in Gaza, including a ground operation

Israel has started emergency call up of reservists, while saying they are preparing for a ground
invasion of Gaza, RT`s Tom Barton reports from Israel. The strikes caused extensive damage to
the long-range missile capabilities and underground weapons storage facilities, the IDF said on
Twitter.
 
The Gaza Education Ministry has announced a suspension of study at Gaza schools and
universities due to heavy fire by Israel.

Big explosion occurred near home of Hamas leader, Mahmoud Zahar, Al Arabiya reported. The
death toll from the strikes has risen to nine with some 20 wounded, the Red Cross says.

Jabari was traveling in his vehicle in Gaza City when his car was struck, AP reports, citing
witnesses. Reports say Jabari, his son and three other people were killed in the strike.

An Israeli strike also targeted Raad Atar, another senior Hamas military wing commander, but he
survived, Israeli Ynet reports.

The assassination has “opened the gates of hell,” the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed
wing of Hamas, were quoted by AFP as saying. The militants vowed to ”continue the path of
resistance.”

The IDF stated on its website that it has launched a “widespread campaign on terror sites and
operatives in the Gaza Strip” and Jabari was its first target.  He’s the highest ranking Hamas
official to be killed since 2009, when Israel conducted ground offensive against Gaza.

“The purpose of this operation was to severely impair the command and control chain of the
Hamas leadership, as well as its terrorist infrastructure. This was a surgical operation in
cooperation with the Israeli Security Agency, that was implemented on the basis of concrete
intelligence and using advanced capabilities,” the statement said.

The crackdown follows the recent escalation of violence in the region. The conflict broke out
last week when Palestinian militants attacked at an Israeli military jeep.

Israel responded with retaliatory attacks, to which the Gaza Strip replied with heavy rocket fire at
southern Israel.

Jabari is the most senior Hamas official to be killed since Operation Cast Lead in Gaza four
years ago. He is believed to be behind the notorious abduction and detention of Israeli soldier
Gilad Shalit, who was held hostage for more than four years until being released last year as part
of a hostage swap deal.

US blames Hamas for Gaza violence

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US blames Hamas for Gaza violence
Posted: 16 November 2012 0136 hrs

WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday blamed Hamas for the explosion of violence in
Gaza after salvoes of rockets were fired into Israel in retaliation for the killing of the group's
military chief.

"We strongly condemn the barrage of rocket fire from Gaza into Israel, and we regret the death
and injury of innocent Israeli and Palestinian civilians caused by the ensuing violence," White
House spokesman Jay Carney said.

"There's no justification for the violence that Hamas and other terrorist organizations are
employing against the people of Israel," he added, saying it "does nothing to help the
Palestinians."

He called on Hamas leaders to stop "these cowardly acts immediately to allow the situation to
de-escalate."

Carney's statement, given to reporters aboard Air Force One as President Barack Obama traveled
to New York, followed a telephone conversation the night before between Obama and Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

During that conversation, Obama called on his counterpart in Israel to "make every effort to
avoid civilian casualties," while stressing Israel's right to defend itself from Hamas' attacks, the
White House said.

The two leaders agreed that Hamas needed to stop attacks on Israel to allow the situation to de-
escalate, the statement said, putting the blame for the outbreak of violence squarely in the hands
of the Islamist movement.

Seven Palestinians and three Israelis were killed in a wave of unrelenting cross-border fighting
on Thursday as the Jewish state pressed a vast air offensive on Gaza.

Operation Pillar of Defence, Israel's biggest military campaign against Gaza in nearly four years,
began on Wednesday with the targeted killing of top Hamas commander Ahmed Jaabari, which
triggered a major flare-up in and around the tiny Palestinian enclave which is home to 1.6
million Palestinians.
- AFP/fa