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Palestinian Militants Call for Attacks on Israel
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=12B5EC8:3919ACA Statement comes
after a missile strike late Tuesday by Israel that left three
Palestinian children dead in Gaza Strip





A wounded child is wheeled into the Shifa hospital in Gaza City after
an Israeli missile strike in the crowded Jebaliya refugee camp in
northern Gaza Tuesday June 20, 2006Palestinian militant groups have
called for more attacks against Israel, following a missile strike
late Tuesday by Israel that left three Palestinian children dead in
the Gaza Strip. There was more violence, Wednesday, after Israeli
troops shot and killed a Palestinian gunman in the West Bank town,
Nablus.

Israeli troops say they opened fire on two Palestinian gunmen in
Nablus, killing one. The man was identified as belonging to the
Al-Aqsa Martys Brigade - an offshoot of Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas' Fatah Party.

The same group is calling for revenge attacks against Israel following
a botched Israeli assassination attempt, Tuesday that targeted Al-Aqsa
militants traveling in a car in a heavily populated part of the Gaza
Strip. The men jumped out of the car before it was struck, but three
children who were playing nearby were killed. At least a half-dozen
other children were also wounded. The strike came just after Israeli
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a Jerusalem audience that Israel could
step up its military activities in Gaza, in retaliation for continuing
Palestinian rocket fire at the Israeli town, Sderot, along the Gaza
border.

The Israeli prime minister says Israel will not relent in its
objective to bring security to its Gaza border.

Tuesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appealed to Palestinian
militants to stop firing rockets into southern Israel and honor a
cease-fire put in place more than a year ago between Israel and
Palestinian groups. In the past, similar appeals have been largely
ignored. Mr. Olmert and Mr. Abbas are scheduled to hold what officials
describe as a "breakfast meeting" on the sidelines of a conference
this week in Jordan. Officials from both sides say no substantive
talks are planned.

Israeli military officials say they regret Tuesday's civilian deaths;
but that ultimate responsibility for the violence lies with
Palestinian militants. Tuesday's air strike was the second in a week
to kill Palestinian civilians. In a separate incident, earlier this
month, seven members of a Palestinian family were killed in an
explosion on a beach in Gaza, during an Israeli artillery bombardment
of a nearby area. However, Israeli officials say they were not
responsible for the deaths.


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