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The US State Department has condemned the recent rocket attacks on Israel and called upon the responsible parties to cease aggression immediately.
"The United States strongly condemns the ongoing barrage of rocket attacks by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad from Gaza upon innocent civilians and their communities across Israel. We call on those responsible for the violence to cease this aggression immediately. We stand with Israel and fully support its right to self defence against these abhorrent attacks," Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement released late Saturday.
The statement added that as noted in the State Department Travel Advisory, US citizens should "exercise caution and remain alert to emergency situations" in the area.
Tensions in the Gaza Strip escalated early Saturday when Israeli military said they detected dozens of rockets fired from the area. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) responded by hitting Hamas and other targets.
Late Saturday, Israel said that at least 250 rockets were fired from Gaza over the past 24 hours.
Comment: Always starting the story in the middle. It is almost ALWAYS the rocket attacks which are the retaliatory attacks, not the Israeli responses. The Israelis have been murdering children, medics, journalists and unarmed civilians every Friday for the past year or so. No word of condemnation from the U.S. State Department there. But when groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad (reprehensible as they, too, may be) respond, it is those mostly impotent retaliations that get all the condemnation. Hamas and Islamic Jihad have actually been remarkably restrained in their retaliations against the Israelis. They know the Israelis have a much better PR strategy, and the Gaza protesters have been trying to show the world their plight and their resolve by peacefully protesting and getting killed in the process. Many ordinary people can see what's going on. But the U.S. is and will continue to be Zionist-occupied territory for the foreseeable future. The IDF can do no wrong, no matter how much they lie, cheat, steal, torture, and murder.
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Comment: Always starting the story in the middle. It is almost ALWAYS the rocket attacks which are the retaliatory attacks, not the Israeli responses. The Israelis have been murdering children, medics, journalists and unarmed civilians every Friday for the past year or so. No word of condemnation from the U.S. State Department there. But when groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad (reprehensible as they, too, may be) respond, it is those mostly impotent retaliations that get all the condemnation. Hamas and Islamic Jihad have actually been remarkably restrained in their retaliations against the Israelis. They know the Israelis have a much better PR strategy, and the Gaza protesters have been trying to show the world their plight and their resolve by peacefully protesting and getting killed in the process. Many ordinary people can see what's going on. But the U.S. is and will continue to be Zionist-occupied territory for the foreseeable future. The IDF can do no wrong, no matter how much they lie, cheat, steal, torture, and murder.
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