Palestinian, Israeli air strikes continue after failed truce
- 10 years ago
Gaza residents woke up to scenes of destruction Tuesday morning.
Rubble and debris litter the ground, after Israeli air strikes continued overnight.
This, after an Egyptian-proposed truce failed to halt Hamas rocket attacks.
The Hamas' armed wing rejected the ceasefire, saying its battle with Israel would "increase in ferocity and intensity".
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HAMAS SPOKESMAN SAMI ABU ZUHRI SAYING:
"We in Hamas movement did not receive from any side regarding the aggression in Gaza - we only heard about these proposals in the media. These suggestions have no value because they were not proposed to the movement and nobody discussed it with the movement before. To end the fighting, before reaching the conditions of the resistance, we refuse it. We will not stop the fighting before they accept all the conditions of the Palestinian resistance. "
Rocket damage was seen in a city west of Jerusalem, though no casualties were reported there.
Israeli
Rubble and debris litter the ground, after Israeli air strikes continued overnight.
This, after an Egyptian-proposed truce failed to halt Hamas rocket attacks.
The Hamas' armed wing rejected the ceasefire, saying its battle with Israel would "increase in ferocity and intensity".
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HAMAS SPOKESMAN SAMI ABU ZUHRI SAYING:
"We in Hamas movement did not receive from any side regarding the aggression in Gaza - we only heard about these proposals in the media. These suggestions have no value because they were not proposed to the movement and nobody discussed it with the movement before. To end the fighting, before reaching the conditions of the resistance, we refuse it. We will not stop the fighting before they accept all the conditions of the Palestinian resistance. "
Rocket damage was seen in a city west of Jerusalem, though no casualties were reported there.
Israeli