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Israeli army launches Gaza strike Three of 6 suspects confess to killing Palestinian teen By Daniel Estin
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says it has launched what could be an extended offensive on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip to quell rocket attacks against Israel, striking at least 50 sites in the Palestinian territory. Israelli Army spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner says the military attacked four houses belonging to militants, concealed rocket launchers, and other sites early Tuesday. Most of the sites were targeted in airstrikes, and three were attacked from the sea. Lerner says the army will gradually increase attacks on Gaza, and is recruiting reservists for a potential ground invasion. He says Israel seeks to “strike Hamas” and end the rocket fire. The army says about 300 projectiles were fired from Gaza at Israel in recent weeks, including 80 rockets on Monday. The army ordered Israelis in the country’s south to stay indoors.. Gaza health official Ashraf Al-Kedra said at least nine Palestinian civilians were brought to a Gaza hospital. The latest violence came as Israel pressed forward with its investigation of six Jewish youths suspected of abducting and killing a Palestinian teenager, and Israeli leaders sought to calm an emotional debate over whether the country’s politically charged atmosphere led to the gruesome crime. An Israeli official said three of the youths had confessed to the attack.
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Defense Forces spokesman, had said the army was moving more infantry forces to the Gaza border and had received authorization to mobilize up to 1,500 reservists. The deaths of the Hamas militants had made a “substantial influence” on the situation, he said. “There is a potential of deterioration due to their death. Therefore the IDF has to continue to reinforce capabilities in the south, with the potential that things could escalate further,” he said. Israeli security officials had Israeli soldiers carry equipment near the Israel Gaza border Monday. As tensions mount, Israeli has mobilized 1,500 mili- said late Monday that Israel was tary reservists. TSAFRIR ABAYOV/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS leaning against a massive operation and would likely increase the pressure gradually with Tensions have been high fired at Israel from Gaza startstronger and more numerous since three Israeli teenagers ing shortly before midnight and retaliatory attacks. kidnapped June 12 in the West into early Tuesday, and an addiThe increased rocket fire folBank were later found dead, tional rocket was intercepted lowed the killing of Mohammed followed by last week’s slaying above the Israeli town of Sderot, Abu Khdeir, a 16-year-old Palesof the Palestinian youth in what close to the border with Gaza. tinian boy from east Jerusalem many suspect was a revenge Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, a who was abducted and burned attack. Throughout the unrest, senior military official, gave a to death last week. Gaza militants have launched special interview in Arabic to Israeli officials Sunday more than 200 rockets and mor- Al-Jazeera, warning that Hamas announced the arrests of six tars into Israel, including close would bear the consequences Jewish youths in the killings. to 100 on Monday alone. for the escalation. Abu Khdeir’s death triggered Israel has responded with Among the dead were six several days of violent protests dozens of airstrikes, but has not Hamas militants who Israel in Arab areas of Jerusalem and been able to halt the attacks. said were killed in an accidental northern Israel as Palestinians Eight Palestinian militants were blast in a tunnel packed with accused Israeli extremists of killed in fighting Monday, the explosives. Hamas, the Islamic killing the boy to avenge the highest death toll yet. militant group that controls earlier deaths of the Israeli The army said at least Gaza, vowed revenge, saying teens. An Israeli official said 70 rockets were fired at Israel “the enemy will pay a trementhree of the youths had confrom Gaza on Monday, includdous price.” fessed to the crime and even ing 40 launched in a single hour Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, an Israel re-enacted it for authorities. after nightfall, setting off air raid sirens up to 50 miles from Gaza, the military said. Twelve rockets were intercepted by rocket-defense batteries, it added, while the others Angie’s List “Grade: A” landed in open areas. It was the deepest penetration of rocket Call the roofers that your family and strikes in the current round of friends have trusted for over 30 years. fighting and raised the likelihood of an even tougher Israeli Matthew Berning, Santa Fe’s #1 Estimator response. 39 Bisbee Court #7 | Santa Fe, NM 87508 The army later said that eight 505-982-6256 • www.mcpartlonroofing.com more rockets and mortars were
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Ghani leads in Afghan presidential runoff election, early results show KABUL, Afghanistan — Former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani is leading his rival, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, in a presidential runoff that would mark Afghanistan’s first transfer of power through the ballot, according to preliminary results released Monday by election authorities. The Independent Election Commission announced that Ghani, an ethnic Pashtun, had secured 56 percent of the vote, while Abdullah, who is popular among the Tajik community, won 43 percent. The tallies are not final, however, pending an official investigation of nearly 2,000 polling stations suspected of registering fraudu-
lent ballots, the commission said. Also Monday, IEC Chairman Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani said both campaigns had agreed on four criteria proposed by the United Nations that would allow for a broader inspection encompassing 7,000 polling centers, or about 3 million votes. Fazl Rahman Orya, a spokesman for the Abdullah campaign, said that it rejects the IEC’s figures. Abdullah has accused election officials of widespread vote-rigging in favor of Ghani, and he announced shortly after the June 14 runoff that he did not recognize the ballot-counting process as legitimate. The Washington Post
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DONETSK, Ukraine — After Ukrainian forces’ seizure of a key rebel stronghold in the east, the major cities of Donetsk and Luhansk could be the next focus of major fighting. Three bridges on roads leading to Donetsk were blown up Monday — possibly to hinder military movements, though the rebels claim it was the work of pro-Kiev saboteurs. As nerves fray over the prospect of fighting in the sprawling cities, Russia urges Europe to put pressure on the government to end the fighting, but takes no overt action. Rebels in Ukraine and nationalists at home have called for the Kremlin to send in troops to protect the pro-Russia insurgents, but President Vladimir Putin, wary of more sanctions being imposed by the West, has resisted. Separatist fighters driven out of the city of Slovyansk and other eastern towns by the Ukrainian army over the weekend are regrouping in Donetsk, a major industrial city of 1 million where pro-Russia rebels have declared independence as the Donetsk People’s Republic. Pavel Gubarev, the region’s self-described governor, had promised “real partisan war around the whole perimeter of Donetsk” before thousands of supporters at a rally Sunday. Ukrainian authorities meanwhile say their strategy is to blockade Donetsk and the rebelheld city of Luhansk, the two largest cities in the separatist east, in order to cut off rebel supply lines. Civilians would be allowed to leave and seek aid elsewhere, national security council spokesman Andrei Lysenko said Monday, according to the ITAR-Tass news agency. Battles between Ukrainian forces and the separatists have left over 400 people dead and thousands homeless since the uprising began in April.
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