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Hamas, Israel to Complain to UN About Raids

   VOA News 22 December 2010

   The  Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers say they will file a complaint with the
   United Nations against Israeli air raids on the Palestinian territory.
   Hamas  spokesman  Taher  al-Nunu  said  Wednesday  they are contacting
   several countries to "explain the aggressive behavior" of Israel.
   The comment comes hours after Israel submitted a complaint to the U.N.
   about  what  it  calls  an  "escalation of terrorist attacks" from the
   Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
   Israeli ambassador to the U.N. Meron Reuben said a spate of rocket and
   mortar  attacks  from  Gaza  into  southern Israel have occurred since
   mid-December.   In  his  letter,  he urges U.N. Secretary-General Ban
   Ki-moon, the Security Council and the international community to "send
   a clear and resolute message" that the attacks are unacceptable.
   Israel's  Foreign Affairs Ministry made the letter public Wednesday, a
   day  after Israel said a Kassam rocket exploded near a kindergarten in
   the  Ashkelon  area  of  southern  Israel as parents were dropping off
   children.  The blast wounded a teenage girl.
   Israeli  warplanes carried out at least seven air strikes in Gaza late
   Monday  and  Tuesday, wounding at least two people.  Israeli military
   officials  said  they carried out the strikes after at least 10 mortar
   rounds were fired from Gaza into Israel.
   Israel blames Hamas for the incidents in its letter to the U.N.Â

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP.
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