Israelis Say Strikes Against Hamas Will Continue

The New York Times

Slides Show: Attacks in Gaza

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December 29, 2008
Israelis Say Strikes Against Hamas Will Continue

By TAGHREED EL-KHODARY and ETHAN BRONNER

GAZA — Waves of Israeli airstrikes destroyed Hamas security facilities in Gaza on Saturday in a crushing response to the group’s rocket fire, killing more than 225 — the highest one-day toll in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in decades.

Israeli military officials said the airstrikes, which went on into the night, were the start of what could be days or even months of an effort to force Hamas to end its rocket barrages into southern Israel. The operation could include ground forces, a senior Israeli security official said.

Palestinian officials said that most of the dead were security officers for Hamas, including two senior commanders, and that at least 600 people had been wounded in the attacks.

After the initial airstrikes, dozens of rockets were fired into southern Israel, where an emergency was declared. Thousands of Israelis hurried into bomb shelters amid the hail of rockets, including some longer-range models that reached farther north than ever before. One man was killed in the town of Netivot, the first death from rocket fire since it intensified a week ago, and four were wounded.

A number of governments and international officials, including leaders of Russia, Egypt, the European Union and the United Nations, condemned Israel’s use of force and also called on Hamas to end the rocket fire. But in strong terms, the Bush administration blamed Hamas for the violence and demanded that it stop firing rockets.

Early Sunday morning in New York the United Nations Security Council issued a statement expressing concern about the escalation of the conflict and calling on both parties for an immediate end to all violence. The statement came after envoys of the 15-member council met for over four hours in a closed session, Reuters reported.

A military operation had been forecast and demanded by Israeli officials for weeks, ever since a rocky cease-fire between Israel and Hamas fully collapsed a week ago, leading again to rocket attacks in large numbers against Israel and isolated Israeli operations here.

Still, there was a shocking quality to Saturday’s attacks, which began in broad daylight as police cadets were graduating, women were shopping at the outdoor market, and children were emerging from school.

The center of Gaza City was a scene of chaotic horror, with rubble everywhere, sirens wailing, and women shrieking as dozens of mutilated bodies were laid out on the pavement and in the lobby of Shifa Hospital so that family members could identify them. The dead included civilians, including several construction workers and at least two children in school uniforms.

By afternoon, shops were shuttered, funerals began and mourning tents were visible on nearly every major street of this densely populated city.

The leader of the Hamas government in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, said in a statement that “Palestine has never witnessed an uglier massacre.” Later, in a televised speech, he vowed to fight Israel. “We say in all confidence that even if we are hung on the gallows or they make our blood flow in the streets or they tear our bodies apart, we will bow only before God and we will not abandon Palestine,” he said.

In Damascus, Syria, Hamas’s supreme leader, Khaled Meshal, said in an interview with Al Jazeera television that he was calling for a new Palestinian intifada against Israel, including the resumption of suicide attacks within Israel for the first time since 2005. Hamas, he said, had accepted “all the peaceful options, but without results.”

Ehud Barak, the Israeli defense minister and chairman of the Labor Party, said the military operation in Gaza would expand and deepen as necessary, adding, “There is a time for calm and a time for fighting, and this is the time for fighting.”

“We wanted to attack military targets while the terrorists were inside the facilities and before Hamas was able to get its rockets out that were stored in some of the targets,” said a top Israeli security official, briefing a group of reporters by telephone on condition of anonymity.

“Right now, we have to hit Hamas hard to stop the launching,” he added. “I don’t see any other way for Hamas to change its behavior. Hamas is not just a terrorist organization. It actually rules Gaza and is well supported by Iran with some of its leadership in Syria.”

Hamas had in recent weeks let it be known that it doubted Israel would engage in a major military undertaking because of its coming elections. But in some ways the elections have made it impossible for officials like Mr. Barak not to react, because the public has grown anxious and angry over the rocket fire, which while causing no recent deaths and few injuries is deeply disturbing for those living near Gaza.

Israeli officials said that anyone linked to the Hamas security structure or government was fair game because Hamas was a terrorist group that sought Israel’s destruction. But with work here increasingly scarce because of an international embargo on Hamas, young men are tempted by the steady work of the police force without necessarily fully accepting the Hamas ideology. One of the biggest tolls on Saturday was at a police cadet graduation ceremony in which 15 people were killed.

Spokesmen for Hamas officials, who have mostly gone underground, called on militants to seek revenge and fight to the last drop of blood. Several compared what was happening to the 2006 war between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, when Israel reacted to the capture and killing of soldiers along its northern border with air raids, followed by a ground attack. Hezbollah is widely viewed as having withstood those assaults and emerged much stronger politically.

The Arab League initially called an emergency meeting for Sunday in Cairo with all the foreign ministers from the member states, but later postponed it to Wednesday to give ministers time to respond.

Governments that dislike Hamas, like Egypt’s, Jordan’s and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, are in a delicate position. They blame Hamas for having taken over Gaza by force 18 months ago in the aftermath of its election victory in the Palestinian Parliament, and they oppose its rocket fire on Israeli towns and communities.

But the sight of scores of Palestinians killed by Israeli warplanes outraged their citizens, and anti-Israel demonstrations broke out across the region.

President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority angrily condemned the Israeli airstrikes. Egypt, worried about possible efforts by Palestinians to enter the country, has set up machine guns along the Gaza border. But on Saturday it temporarily opened the Rafah border crossing in order to allow the wounded to be brought to Egyptian hospitals.

In the West Bank and in some Arab parts of Jerusalem and Israel, Palestinians threw stones, causing some injuries.

Hamas is officially committed to Israel’s destruction, and after it took over Gaza in 2007, it said it would not recognize Israel, honor previous Palestinian Authority commitments to it or end its violence against Israelis.

Israel, backed by the United States, Europe, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority, has sought to isolate Hamas by squeezing Gaza economically, a policy that human rights groups condemn as collective punishment. Israel and Egypt, which control routes into and out of Gaza, have blocked nearly all but humanitarian aid from going in.

The result has been the near death of the Gazan economy. While enough food has gone in to avoid starvation, the level of suffering is very high and getting worse each week, especially in recent weeks as Israel closed the routes entirely for about 10 days in reaction to daily rocket fire.

Opening the routes to commerce was Hamas’s main goal in its cease-fire with Israel, just as ending the rocket fire was Israel’s central aim. But while rocket fire did go down drastically in the fall to 15 to 20 a month from hundreds a month, Israel said it would not permit trade to begin again because the rocket fire had not completely stopped and because Hamas continued to smuggle weapons from Egypt through desert tunnels. Hamas said this was a violation of the agreement, a sign of Israel’s real intentions and cause for further rocket fire. On Wednesday, some 70 rockets hit Israel over 24 hours, in a distinct increase in intensity.

Taghreed El-Khodary reported from Gaza, and Ethan Bronner from Jerusalem. Isabel Kershner contributed reporting from Netivot, Israel, and Robert Pear from Crawford, Tex.

略談西裝控

（因故本篇文章無法顯示全文，請按標題左上方的「完整」閱讀全篇！）

要做劇排報告的服裝設計，所以google一下tuxedo要怎麼畫，結果找到了好多帥哥！！

憂鬱又帶點粗獷的貴族氣息...

Oh my god!! He's looking at me!!!! >///<

據說是 "Western Tuxedo"...

上面這位稍嫌娘了一點，頭髮剪短會更帥

滿分！！！帥爆！！

最後這張好帥啊！！！
完美的剪裁！西裝還是要剪裁合身，分清楚腰線才是重點！
（我喜歡Dunhill的原因 :) Dunhill都走英倫優雅氣質路線，很man又不失氣質啊！）

Dunhill Colonge 新代言人（演 The Tudors 的某位大臣，忘了名字啦）

還是不要禿比較好看的 Jude Law...

一直都覺得我畫男裝比較行，這次服裝設計也不例外......
女裝也是可啦，不過禮服、洋裝就又點生疏了

這時候就想到禮拜五去吃牛排時，沂蓁說到的西裝控話題了 科科
也不是西裝控啦，我只是比較偏好而已；

再說，學院風我也很喜歡啊！！ 英倫風也很好！

英倫搖滾風也很好！騎士風也很好！！

只能說，男士們（女士們？）穿上西裝就整個大加分！！
（只要身材比例不要差太多、男士千萬不要娘就好......）

然後，發現 Dunhill 推出 2009春夏服裝，也是 Jude Law 代言！

禿！！！

椎名林檎

東京事変 - 群青日和

美到炸掉、帥到爆掉！
更重要的是，林檎超有才華！
但是目前仍比較喜歡土屋アンナ一點 科科

椉饏岊

哈哈哈哈哈 我想沒有人看得懂標題是啥鬼吧 ;P
就是

琞蜑尐啦！！！

哇哈哈哈哈

雖然看到一月的行事曆就快噴淚了；
雖然不知不覺得過一年了；
雖然不知不覺得老了......
雖然昨天的東坡詩詞和今天的唐宋明清文都上到很悲傷淒涼的文章......


但今晚讓一切都拋諸腦後！！！！

超開心的啦！！！

謝謝沂蓁的卡片和豬骨力（這啥？......朱古力啦！巧克力的港譯）！！！
謝謝禿禿答應要一起延畢！！！XDDDDD
謝謝妮可邀約！
謝謝心地帶路！
謝謝若瑛照像！

嗨到像醉了一樣，哈哈哈哈哈！！

改天揪團去居酒屋吧～～ 哈哈哈哈哈！！

清華 25 Dec 2008

PS. 塔斯卡利和 Hector 好帥 :DDDDDDD

マリクリスマス！...

私わ西洋人でわありません...



好吧...接下來不知道日文怎麼寫了 :P ...



話說小時候然後老師都一直問大家：

「12/25是什麼日子啊？」

一群小朋友：「聖誕節～～」
老師：「不是喔～～是行憲紀念日～～ 是因為這個才放假的喔～～～」

......重點是，小時候可是放過聖誕節的 XD

所以今天，所謂的平安夜，就會忍不住想要偷懶或慶祝一下

但是.......

應用語言學啊！！！！

為什麼每次在勾習題的時候，教授講的好像很少很輕鬆一樣 ＝., ＝

第一題和第七題都有十幾題是怎麼回事？....



本來一度有想要下課去愛買買個牛排和紅酒然後跑去慧齋煎的念頭，

一想到這個，完美的夜晚瞬間破碎（鏘啷......）



但是這兩個禮拜實在是太操勞...... 每天都賴床，起床跟變胖一樣痛苦



太想要慰勞自己了！！！！



所以下課後就去清夜買了些想了很久的東西當耶誕大餐～～～ :B

前菜：炭烤雞心

主餐：青醬什錦義大利麵

甜點：抹茶蜜糖波堤

飲料：Asahi旬果搾りお酒

就連義大利麵買來硬是要用家裡帶來的漂亮骨瓷盤裝這樣... B)
看起來真的加分不少啊！！！

雞心已經被我偷咬一顆掉了，感覺還是沒有馬場阿姨烤起來的好吃 ;P

波堤嘛...之前就聽說多好吃多好吃這樣，今天終於能一探究竟！...


是真的還滿好吃的啦 ...

抹茶味很夠，也不會太甜，只是三十五塊有點貴
要不是因為有統一的禮券，我也不會那麼花錢 :)

水果酒也是用禮券買的 哇哈哈哈哈哈
所以今天豪華的一餐才花了九十元！！！


酒足飯飽後，翻開應語，正準備要研究一下時，接到Jerry Ting 設計師從SF打來的電話

！！！

第一次接到跨洋電話耶！！而且還趕在 Christmas Eve 的時候！！！
太感動了！！！！我都要哭了！！！！！ O Q

超開心的啦！！多謝 Jerry 啦！！

和Jerry聊完一會兒後，開心地打了這篇文章！


然後.......................... ................................................................

差不多是該去寫應語作業的時候了......＝ .,＝

喔喔喔～～ 看了兩次公演的心得是...！

清華大學外國語文學系09級畢業公演《小偷嘉年華 Thieves' Carnival》

百地（Gustave）和小圓（Hector）超帥的！！！

>////////<

和百地一起上初日真是備感榮幸啊～～ 她還是馬術社前輩呢！！; )

演完小公演後，深深的覺得Macheath（植薾）超帥的！！！

看完大公演後，又深深覺得Hector和Gustave超帥的！！:DD

為什麼大家扮男生都那麼帥氣瀟灑呢？？？（暈）:DDDD

GG了

說我宅也好，反正GG這個詞很適合描述現在的情況

12/15 禮拜一是排戲，排到十一點多，回宿舍洗完澡來拚英國文學報告時已經是十二點半。在腦袋快乾枯的情形啪啦啪啦地寫完；上床睡覺已經是三點。

12/16 禮拜二是小公演。開心的一天，詳情請看前篇。一點多睡吧。

12/17 禮拜三。社團時間。和諮商中心合作結束後坐貴死人的小黃到學校已經是十點。在小吃部開個會...... 一點四十才回到宿舍。上床睡覺已經是三點，然後一堆事情盤旋在腦海，根本沒有馬上睡著。累爆！

12/18 禮拜四。大公演 + 家聚。回到宿舍已是一點多。上床睡覺已是三點。下午翹掉應語第二節去面試。網球年終賽第二回終究還是以 6:4 輸了................... __！男生體力比女生好齁！！到最後我都懶得跑了........... 兩場都輸掉，可是一開始可是都領先咧！！！真的是不甘心！！ˋ皿ˊ

12/19 禮拜五。沒課、請假沒去打工。忙著生出我的口訓演講稿，進度 0%...... 補眠的一天，睡到自然醒已經是一點半了。天啊，這一學期夢寐以求的事！！！到了晚上，為了逃避現實、尋找 final project 和演講稿的靈感（？），

所以和禿禿再去看一次公演..................................

我真的是有病....... 第二次是來挑戰不看字幕的........................................................

GG啦！（抱頭）

好啦，很懺悔又開心的一天、非常的矛盾；因為我當天得知我入取國際志工迦納團了！！！！

Yes We Can！！！！

雖然坦桑尼亞行動失敗，但這次可是任務成功啊！

12/20 禮拜六。總算把演講稿和R&W的draft都印出來（科科，我draft直接拿以前的改一改.......噓！！）。打完了戲劇排演的 final project 的 bibliographies 部分............................. 還有題目.........................（這是什麼鬼？？）

啊！！......這不是等於進度 0% 嗎？？？我這白癡啊！！！

晚上還得知馬術社的大家在湖心亭吃湯圓......................................................................

是有沒有那麼愜意？這不就是我的 style 嗎？？？？禮拜日還就是冬至咧！！！太應景了吧！！...

只可惜，這愜意不屬於我................................................................

I'm doomed..........................!!