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By Drog (Canada), Section Israel
The Israeli Defence Force has invaded the Gaza Strip and arrested eight Hamas cabinet ministers and officials, in response to the kidnapping of 19-year-old Israeli tank gunner Cpl. Gilad Shalit.
Three bridges in the Gaza Strip have been bombed for the stated purpose of restricting the movement of the hostage takers and the hostage.
From Wikinews:
In other operations a helicopter attack on a power station in Gaza plunged large portions of the Gaza Strip into darkness. While Israeli troops and armored vehicles, lead by bulldozers, also moved into Gaza near a disused international airport. "Fight your enemies, who came to their deaths. Grab your rifles and resist," said Nizar Rayan in a radio message to Palestinian militants. Despite this exhortation, there were no immediate reports of casualties or conflicts. "We have no desire to remain in the Gaza Strip," said Israeli National Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, on Israel Radio, although he did not give a timetable for the operation. "We want to bring our boy home, that's all." The Popular Resistance Committees threatened to kill an Israeli settler, kidnapped in the West Bank. The body of an 18-year-old Israeli settler, kidnapped while hitchhiking in the West Bank, has been found in Gaza today; he was slain by a Palestinian militant group in response to the Israeli invasion. Israel has also kidnapped dozens of Hamas MPs and ministers and is holding them hostage presumable as part of either a trade or as a tit for tat reaction. Sources
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