7 And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. This must take place, but the end is not yet.
8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains.
9 “But be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them. Mark 13:7-9
Source: CNN.com
At least 275 people have died, and 600 others have been wounded in Gaza since Israeli air strikes began, Gaza Palestinian medical sources said Sunday.
At least three people have died in attacks Sunday morning, the sources added.
The Israeli airstrikes against Hamas targets in Gaza continued, as United Nations Security Council members “expressed serious concern” and called for “an immediate halt to all violence.”
The Security Council president, Croatian Ambassador Neven Jurica, read the short statement after a four-hour-long emergency meeting that ended early Sunday.
Among the targets hit Sunday morning were Gaza City’s main police station, according to a Gaza-based journalist.
CNN’s Paula Hancocks, standing on the Israeli side of the border, also witnessed three large blasts, followed by black plumes of smoke rising on the horizon in Gaza at about 8:15 a.m. (1:15 a.m. ET).
It was not immediately clear what those three strikes were targeting.
An Israel Defense Forces spokesman confirmed the raids were continuing Sunday, bringing to 210 the number of Hamas targets hit since the operation began Saturday morning.
Hamas militants have launched more than 110 rockets into Israel since Saturday morning, one of them killing an Israeli woman when it landed on a home, the IDF spokesman said.
Palestinian envoy Riyad Mansour, before entering the U.N. Security Council meeting Saturday, said he sought a condemnation from the U.N. of the deadly violence.
“There is no justification for punishing 1.5 million in the Gaza Strip because of the actions of a few,” he said.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has called the airstrikes a response to escalating rocket attacks against southern Israel.
In the past few weeks, an estimated 200 rockets have fallen inside Israel.
Yet Hamas blamed Israel for the artillery exchange, accusing it of violating a cease-fire intended to stem violence in the region.
The Egypt-brokered cease-fire between Hamas and Israel expired December 19.
Barak said the Israeli attacks would continue as long as necessary until Hamas militants were ready to “change their behavior.”
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Hypocrisy in Action:
Where were Egypt, Russia, OIC, EU, Britain, Sarkozy, US & Austria when Hamas was pounding Israel with daily barrage of rockets?
http://muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com/2008/12/hypocrisy-in-action.html
this is bullshit.
fuck israel