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'Holocaust' Strikes Will Intensify, Warns Israel

Posted Feb 29, 08 7:49 AM CST in World 

(Newser) – As Israeli air strikes continued to hit Gaza targets overnight, a top Israel official warned that If Hamas continues to fire rockets at Israel, they "will bring upon themselves a bigger holocaust because we will use all our might to defend ourselves." The rare use of the word usually reserved for Nazi genocide came from the country's deputy defense minister, as long-range missile attacks by Hamas on the city of Ashkelon have led Israel to step up its offensive in Gaza.  

At least 30 Palestinians, about half of them civilians, have been killed in the past two days, and Israel has instituted an early warning system in Ashkelon after a Hamas rocket struck an apartment block there, injuring a teenage girl. Israel's three biggest political parties are backing an invasion of the Gaza Strip, and several members of parliament have said they will back a ground offensive that might involve reoccupation, reports Haaretz.

Sources BBC, Haaretz (Israel)

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Israelis inspect the damage to an apartment after a rocket fired by Palestinians militants in the Gaza Strip hit the town of Ashkelon, Israel, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)   (Associated Press)
A Palestinian policeman walks in the rubble left after an Israeli air strike destroyed a Palestinian Workers Union building used by the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza City, Friday, Feb. 29, 2008. Since...   (Associated Press)
Covered in dust from the explosion, injured Palestinians arehelped after an Israeli missile strike on a building used by the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza City, late Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Hatem...   (Associated Press)
An injured Palestinian youth is carried into hospital after an Israeli missile strike on a building used by the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza City, late Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)   (Associated Press)
An Israeli man stands next to grafitti showing a rocket and the words "No Gazans, No Rockets," on a walll in the southern Israeli town of Sderot, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. Israeli aircraft struck a series...   (Associated Press)
An Israeli army artillery piece is moved into postion on the back of a truck on Israel's border with the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/ Tsafrir Abayov)   (Associated Press)
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