Israel has called on the Security Council to issue a "clear and resolute" message against rockets fired into its territory from the Gaza Strip, in a letter to the United Nations body that was made public on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Israel launched a series of airstrikes against what it said were tunnels, training sites and weapons facilities in the Gaza Strip, followed by mortar shells on Monday and rocket fire on Tuesday morning. Israeli fighter jets wounded two Palestinian fighters and caused damage to a number of buildings
"The incidents of the past several days are part of an escalation of terrorist attacks emanating from Gaza that target Israeli civilians, towns, and military personnel," said the letter signed by Meron Reuben, Israel's UN ambassador. "Israel holds the de facto authority in the Gaza Strip completely responsible for all of these incidents, which are carried out in clear violation of international law. In response to such attacks, Israel has exercised and will continue to exercise its right to self-defense."
"The Security Council, the Secretary-General, and the international community must send a clear and resolute message that these attacks are unacceptable," Reuben wrote. "In addition, the Security Council must give appropriate attention to the smuggling of arms into Gaza, which continues to fuel violence and instability in our region."
[ 22/12/2010 - 06:48 PM ]
NAZARETH, (PIC)-- The Israeli government filed an official complaint with the UN against what it called Palestinian "military attacks" against Israeli targets, holding Hamas responsible for the rockets fired from Gaza Strip.
The government in a message to the UN Secretary General on Tuesday night asked for a condemnation of the firing of those rockets and mortar shells, describing them as in "violation of the international law".
The message ignored the fact that a number of citizens in the Strip were killed and wounded over the past couple of days as a result of bloody raids by the Israeli air force.
The message fell in line with the usual Israeli foreign ministry public relations ploy, which tries to deceive the world public opinion into believing that Israel was the victim while in fact it was the one indugled in state terrorism against the Palestinian people.
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