Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Jan. 8, 2009. Over 600 Palestinians have been killed and more than 2,700 others wounded in Gaza since the so-called Operation Cast Lead began on Dec. 27.(Xinhua/Wissam Nassar)Gaza Truce Hopes Fade As Israel Approves Intensified Attacks -- Times Online
It was the briefest of reprieves. Within minutes of the three-hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ending at 4pm, gunfire was heard around the edges of Gaza City. Less than half an hour later, an Israeli war plane blew up a car killing a Palestinian man and his three children, medics said.
For a few hours though, shell-shocked and hungry Palestinians scrambled into the streets to buy whatever they could get their hands on, as tentative hopes for a more lasting ceasefire grew.
Israel said it “welcomed” an Egyptian proposal for a truce with Hamas, the Islamist rulers of Gaza, yet its security cabinet voted nonetheless to push ahead with its deadly ground offensive while it hammered out the details with international envoys.
It also gave the army permission to step up the operation to a full-scale invasion of Gaza’s surrounded cities, but said this did not necessarily mean the urban combat stage of the war was imminent. “They have to know this has been approved and it’s a threat hanging over their heads,” an Israeli official said.
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More News On The Israel Hamas War
FACTBOX-Developments in Gaza fighting, Jan 8 -- Reuters
Hamas vows not to surrender in Gaza -- International Herald Tribune
Hamas Pulling Back Into Crowded Cities, Beckoning Israelis -- Washington Post
Hamas Using 'Underground City' to Launch Attacks on Israel -- Daily Telegraph
Israel Warns Residents Along Gaza-Egypt Border of Air Strikes -- VOA
Israel launches strikes on 60 Gaza targets -- CNN
Israeli bombardment pounds Gaza -- Al Jazeera
Red Cross Reports Grisly Find in Gaza -- Washington Post
Hamas executes 'collaborators', restricts Fatah movement -- Haaretz
Israel Approves Tougher War on Hamas -- Agence France-Presse
ICRC: Israel delayed access to wounded for days -- Yahoo News/AP
Israeli troops kill U.N. truck driver at Gaza crossing -- McClatchy Newspapers
Palestinian PM: Gaza carnage a new catastrophe -- Reuters
Diplomacy And Truce Talks
Israelis arrive in Egypt for cease-fire talks -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Can Egypt Broker Truce in Gaza Once Again? -- Christian Science Monitor
2 Israeli officials arrive in Cairo for talks -- International Herald Tribune
Gaza Solution Splits UN Members -- Washington Times
World Reaction And Observations On The Israel Hamas War
WFP Welcomes Israel's 'Humanitarian Recess' in Gaza -- Voice of America
West Bank feels remote from Gaza fighting -- Yahoo News/AP
Israel Finds More Sympathy in Europe -- Christian Science Monitor
Gaza War Role Is Political Lift for Ex-Premier -- New York Times
AP Gaza reporter finds hometown in rubble -- Yahoo News/AP
Israeli Media Focus on Hamas Rockets -- Los Angeles Times
Arab Media Portray Palestinians as Courageous Victims -- Los Angeles Times
Editorials, Commentaries, And Opinions
Hamas' Palestinian Victims -- Washington Times editorial
Diplomacy Must Include Hamas -- Financial Times
Escalation and Quagmire in Gaza -- Japan Times
We Need a Truce in Gaza’s War of Words -- The Times opinion
Our Humanity Has Failed Us in Gaza -- Daily Telegraph opinion
Israel Should Get Out of Gaza, Now -- Jerusalem Post
An Unnecessary War -- Washington Post opinion
The Gaza Boomerang -- New York Times opinion
Fatah Mulls Its Next Move -- Newsweek
The Gaza Blame Game -- Los Angeles Times
The Jews Face a Double Standard -- Wall Street Journal opinion
Can Israel Survive Its Assault on Gaza? -- Time Magazine
Israel in the Balance -- National Review opinion
The Gaza Blame Game -- Los Angeles Times opinion
A Passing Victory -- New York Post opinion
Win by Aerial Assault? It's Pie in the Sky -- The Times
Media's Balancing Act in Gaza War -- National Review
Who Are the Real Nazis? -- National Review opinion
Israel Rolls the Dice in Gaza -- Washington Times opinion
Will Hamas Emerge Stronger? -- Los Angeles Times opinion
UN Is Aiding and Abetting Hamas -- Forbes
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