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Israeli Air Strike Again Kills
Palestinian Civilian

By Ian Fisher & Steven Erlanger

Published: June 21, 2006

JERUSALEM, June 21 - A
Palestinian woman was killed today in Gaza after a pair of Israeli
missiles veered off target, one of them slamming into a house. It was the
latest in a series of botched air strikes that have killed a dozen Palestinian
civilians in the last eight days. 

The strike, which also injured a
reported 13 people in the southern town of Khan Yunis, came a day after
another strike killed three Palestinian children, whose bodies were
paraded today before burial through Gaza streets seething with angry
citizens. 

The botched strikes have swelled
into an early crisis for the new Israeli government, and particularly for
Amir Peretz, the dovish defense minister who nonetheless has pledged a
tough line on Palestinian militants who have been firing homemade rockets
from Gaza into Israel. 

Earlier in the day, before the
latest strike, Mr. Peretz faced strong criticism in the Knesset from
leftist and Arab members, one of whom demanded his resignation over the
civilian deaths.

Weapons for the enemy of the enemy?

From Al Jazeera

Hamas to demand arms supply probe
By Motasem A Dalloul in Gaza

Friday 23 June 2006, 5:38 Makka Time, 2:38 GMT

Hamas says Fatah security forces have received 3,000 rifles

A request by Hamas to investigate recent reports of arms being supplied to Palestinian factions will top the agenda of a forthcoming Palestinian Legislative Council convention, officials say.

The concerns of Hamas increased after Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, confirmed he had ordered the first shipment of arms to Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, to assist him in his "war against Hamas".

Official Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said that he believed an inquiry was urgent particularly since Abbas failed to respond to the Islamic resistance movement's queries.

"We ask for an urgent PLC probe … what is the nature of the weapons? What is the need for them? Who has sponsored them at the time the people suffer a serious aggressive siege?" Abu Zuhri said in a prepared statement given to Aljazeera.net.

read more at ASl Jazeera
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