"Arini predicted a "catastrophe" if Israel renews its military operations, which have killed some 37 people and wounded dozens more since last Tuesday.

"The day they struck the interior ministry (Friday) we had 50 wounded people and performed more than a dozen operations. If there are more military operations we will not be able to do anything. It will be a catastrophe."

Patients with less urgent conditions are also fearful. Samia Suheir, 23, is connected to a dialysis machine that will stop if the electricity gives out.

The blockade has already forced her to cut her visits to the hospital to twice a week from three times, but soon the machine may stop altogether.
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"Arini predicted a "catastrophe" if Israel renews its military operations, which have killed some 37 people and wounded dozens more since last Tuesday.

"The day they struck the interior ministry (Friday) we had 50 wounded people and performed more than a dozen operations. If there are more military operations we will not be able to do anything. It will be a catastrophe."

Patients with less urgent conditions are also fearful. Samia Suheir, 23, is connected to a dialysis machine that will stop if the electricity gives out.

The blockade has already forced her to cut her visits to the hospital to twice a week from three times, but soon the machine may stop altogether.

"The electricity crisis affects everything," her mother Fadia al-Hatum says. "We live in Gaza City but we have to take a taxi to get here, and soon there won't be any."

"We have to keep her medicine in the refrigerator,"

she says, adding that they have had no electricity in their house for a week. "

...France 24

"Bread lines formed in some areas late Sunday night after the power station shut, and by Monday morning most bakeries had closed their doors. The few that remained drew massive crowds, with dozens of people crowding the sidewalks.

"I have 12 kids and there is no bread in the house. My daughter's family had some, but she'll run out soon too," said one woman who asked not to be named, who had been standing outside in the early morning cold for nearly three hours.

"There is no electricity, just candles. The children were scared of the dark. They don't know what is happening."

Almost all public transportation across the territory has come to a halt, with the minibuses and taxis on...

"Bread lines formed in some areas late Sunday night after the power station shut, and by Monday morning most bakeries had closed their doors. The few that remained drew massive crowds, with dozens of people crowding the sidewalks.

"I have 12 kids and there is no bread in the house. My daughter's family had some, but she'll run out soon too," said one woman who asked not to be named, who had been standing outside in the early morning cold for nearly three hours.

"There is no electricity, just candles. The children were scared of the dark. They don't know what is happening."

Almost all public transportation across the territory has come to a halt, with the minibuses and taxis on which most Gazans depend grounded for lack of fuel.

Wasn't George Bush in Israel just a short time ago talking about the 'bright' prospects of an Israeli Palestinian peace deal? He obviously didn't go outside his hotel room.
As for Hitler. History repeats itself
In order to secure a majority for his NSDAP in the Reichstag, Hitler called for new elections. On the evening of 27 February 1933, a fire was set in the Reichstag building. Hitler was swift to paint an alleged Communist uprising on the wall, and convinced President Hindenburg to sign the Reichstag Fire Decree. This decree, which would remain in force until 1945, repealed important political and human rights of the Weimar constitution. Communist agitation was banned.
A False Flag Attac...

Wasn't George Bush in Israel just a short time ago talking about the 'bright' prospects of an Israeli Palestinian peace deal? He obviously didn't go outside his hotel room.
As for Hitler. History repeats itself
In order to secure a majority for his NSDAP in the Reichstag, Hitler called for new elections. On the evening of 27 February 1933, a fire was set in the Reichstag building. Hitler was swift to paint an alleged Communist uprising on the wall, and convinced President Hindenburg to sign the Reichstag Fire Decree. This decree, which would remain in force until 1945, repealed important political and human rights of the Weimar constitution. Communist agitation was banned.
A False Flag Attack.
Israel Suffered the Holocaust, and learned nothing.

The Israelis are taking a beating too. You don't hear of them moaning and groaning

Please explain. Your not talking about a number of holes in building in reply to 20 deaths? Arm the Gazans with the same American weapons and make it a fair fight if war is your game. Hizbollah showed how its gone. The IDF is still trying to get it's nerve back after scurrying out of Lebanon leaving bodies behind. The moaning and groaning could be heard in the White House.

Much of this is probably Palestinian propaganda. After all, they adore Hitler.

Have you even a smidgen of evidence? Very swiftboat-like. Accuse you opponent of what you are most guilty yourself. Like asking Ke...

The Israelis are taking a beating too. You don't hear of them moaning and groaning

Please explain. Your not talking about a number of holes in building in reply to 20 deaths? Arm the Gazans with the same American weapons and make it a fair fight if war is your game. Hizbollah showed how its gone. The IDF is still trying to get it's nerve back after scurrying out of Lebanon leaving bodies behind. The moaning and groaning could be heard in the White House.

Much of this is probably Palestinian propaganda. After all, they adore Hitler.

Have you even a smidgen of evidence? Very swiftboat-like. Accuse you opponent of what you are most guilty yourself. Like asking Kerry to prove his degree of heroism while the AWOL c-in-c boozed up at home!!! Who learnt the value of propaganda from the Nazis? Easy, the new Nazis.

"They adore Hither". What on earth? Are you old enough to be on an adult site? Evidence of whatever it is you intend to mean.

Righthand Read real news and you will find them bragging up Hitler. At least the US will air much of their dirty laundry in public.It has been proven that many of the Muslim claims of atrocities were staged. I have yet to see Israelis putting women and children in front of an assault

I can only surmise that you are a total novice . Twice now you have made contentions allegations without any attempt to support your point. It's not for me to guess that you mean. The onus is on you to attempt to support your notions.

The FIRST shelling of Qana took place on April 18, 1996 in Qana, Lebanon, when Israeli artillery attacked a UN compound in the village where 800 L[b]...

Righthand Read real news and you will find them bragging up Hitler. At least the US will air much of their dirty laundry in public.It has been proven that many of the Muslim claims of atrocities were staged. I have yet to see Israelis putting women and children in front of an assault

I can only surmise that you are a total novice . Twice now you have made contentions allegations without any attempt to support your point. It's not for me to guess that you mean. The onus is on you to attempt to support your notions.

The FIRST shelling of Qana took place on April 18, 1996 in Qana, Lebanon, when Israeli artillery attacked a UN compound in the village where 800 Lebanese civilians had taken refuge there to escape the fighting, of whom 106 were killed and around 116 others injured. Four Fijian United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon soldiers were also seriously injured.

The incident took place amid heavy fighting between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hezbollah during "Operation Grapes of Wrath". Israeli, U.N. and U.S. officials accused Hezbollah of using civilian refugees as human shields by opening fire from positions near the UN compound. A United Nations military investigation later determined it was unlikely that Israeli shelling of the U.N. compound was the result of technical or procedural errors.

The incident has been widely referred to as a massacre (for example, by Human Rights Watch and the BBC) or, since the 2006 Qana airstrike, as the first Qana massacre.


...was this staged?

...or was this staged?

The 2006 Qana airstrike was an attack by the Israel Air Force on a three-story building in the small community of al-Khuraybah near the South Lebanese village of Qana on July 30, 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War in which 28 civilians were killed, about half being children. The move came amid increasing calls for a cease-fire in the conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas.

Initial media reports stated that more than 50 people, including 37 children, had died, though later reports revised this to a lower figure of 28, including 16 children, with 13 people reported missing. Residents dug through the rubble with their hands, searching for survivors as...

...or was this staged?

The 2006 Qana airstrike was an attack by the Israel Air Force on a three-story building in the small community of al-Khuraybah near the South Lebanese village of Qana on July 30, 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War in which 28 civilians were killed, about half being children. The move came amid increasing calls for a cease-fire in the conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas.

Initial media reports stated that more than 50 people, including 37 children, had died, though later reports revised this to a lower figure of 28, including 16 children, with 13 people reported missing. Residents dug through the rubble with their hands, searching for survivors as bodies were removed. Video broadcast by Arab TV showed the bloodied bodies of women and children who appeared to be wearing nightclothes.

The airstrike was carried out using two bombs, at least one of which was precision guided, which were dropped in the hour following 1am on July 30, The 2nd bomb was dropped 5 to 15 minutes after the first. The aerial attack killed members of the Shalhoub and Hashem families who had used an underground garage below a three-story apartment building as a shelter during the bombing. Initial news reports state that the families were asleep when the two bombs were dropped on their building. While Israel had directed residents of South Lebanon to flee the conflict, roads out of the area were also subject to Israeli bombardment. One of the eight survivors of the blast said that attacks on the roads out of Qana discouraged the two families from leaving.

The Christian Science Monitor reported that further airstrikes and artillery attacks, which destroyed several houses in Qana, delayed the rescue response.Sami Yazbuk, the head of the Red Cross in Tyre, told The Guardian that the first call about the bombing was received at 7am. He said that previous shelling on the road to Qana had delayed the arrival of Red Cross.

Human Rights Watch

According to Human Rights Watch on 2 August, the initial estimate of 54 persons killed was based on a register of 63 persons who had sought shelter in the basement, and the rescue teams first having located only nine survivors. However, it was later established that 22 had escaped the basement and that 28 bodies had been recovered, of whom 16 were children. There were still 13 people missing, and locals feared they were buried in the rubble.

Human Rights Watch also added that its own researchers, who visited Qana on July 31, the day after the attack, did not find any destroyed military equipment in or near the house. They reported:

"Similarly[b]...

Human Rights Watch

According to Human Rights Watch on 2 August, the initial estimate of 54 persons killed was based on a register of 63 persons who had sought shelter in the basement, and the rescue teams first having located only nine survivors. However, it was later established that 22 had escaped the basement and that 28 bodies had been recovered, of whom 16 were children. There were still 13 people missing, and locals feared they were buried in the rubble.

Human Rights Watch also added that its own researchers, who visited Qana on July 31, the day after the attack, did not find any destroyed military equipment in or near the house. They reported:

"Similarly, none of the dozens of international journalists, rescue workers and international observers who visited Qana on July 30 and 31 reported seeing any evidence of Hezbollah military presence in or around the home. Rescue workers recovered no bodies of apparent Hezbollah fighters from inside or near the building."