Israeli troops reinforce presence in northern Gaza

Monday August 27, 2007 13:06 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli army troops reinforced Sunday their presence in northern and eastern Gaza Strip by moving numerous tanks and armored vehicles into army posts in the areas, Palestinian media sources reported.

an Israeli tank in northern Gaza / photo archive

Eyewitness said that the army reinforcement has been coincided with Israeli warplanes gunfire towards nearby Palestinian houses, causing a state of panic to residents.

Israeli army has stepped up recently its attacks on targets in the costal region, killing several Palestinians including children, in what Israel called a crackdown on Palestinian homemade rockets attacks on nearby Israeli towns.

Concurrently, some Israeli officials were reportedly calling for a massive Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, in a bid to undermine Palestinian resistance groups involving the deposed governing Hamas in Gaza. .

The deposed Hamas-led government took over Gaza in June, ending an internecine infighting with the rival Fatah party, led by the ‘moderate’ Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.

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