"Transcript |
Israel is continuing to pound the Gaza Strip with air strikes amidst fears
that Israel could soon launch a ground invasion into Gaza. Israeli troops, tanks
and armored personnel carriers are now massing near the Palestinian territory.
Earlier today, 85 missiles exploded within 45 minutes in Gaza City, sending
black pillars of smoke. At least 21 Palestinians have died in the most recent
round of violence, while three Israelis died on Thursday. Israel said it
launched 150 air strikes overnight, while Palestinians fired a dozen rockets
into Israel. Israel has started to draft 30,000 reserve troops in a sign the
assault may soon widen. Among the casualties of Israeli violence was the
11-month-old son of a BBC Arabic journalist, Jihad
Misharawi. Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil traveled to Gaza today to
condemn the Israeli attack. For more, we get a report from Rafah by Palestinian
journalist Mohammed Omer, who says, "One thing that we ought to talk about here
is the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. This is a situation of
targeting a population of civilians, exactly like Israel is shooting in a
fishbowl. And there is no shelter, and there is nowhere to run for the general
population. Gaza is living in a very dire situation." We also speak with Gershon
Baskin, the founder of the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information,
who was the initiator of the secret talks between Israel and Hamas for the
release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit...."
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