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Death toll rises to 310 in Gaza, Turkish FM calls

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Death toll rises to 310 in Gaza, Turkish FM calls
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Aralık 29, 2008 08:57

The massive Israeli bombardment of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip has so far killed 310 Palestinians, medical officials said Monday. Israeli FM Tzipi Livni telephoned Turkish counterpart to inform him on the events.

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"We have been compiling a list of civilian casualties from medical and hospital sources," said Christopher Gunness, spokesman for the UNRWA agency. "We have 51 confirmed civilian casualties including women and children," AFP quoted him as saying.

The air strikes have also wounded more than 1,400 people, medical officials said.

Israeli warplanes pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for a third consecutive day on Monday and the Jewish state prepared to launch a possible invasion.

Israel, which stepped up the air strikes after dark on Sunday, said it launched the campaign on Saturday in response to almost daily rocket and mortar fire that intensified after the Islamist Hamas group ended a six-month ceasefire a week ago.

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Mark Regev, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said the military action would go on until the population in southern Israel "no longer live in terror and in fear of constant rocket barrages".

"(The operation could) take many days," military spokesman Avi Benayahu was quoted by Reuters as saying.

"CLOSED MILITARY ZONE"
Israel declared areas around Gaza a "closed military zone", citing the risk from Palestinian rocket fire.

This could help Israel mount a ground assault against Hamas, following three days of air strikes that have caused chaos, turned some buildings to rubble and left hospitals struggling to cope.

In the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, a rocket launched from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip killed one person, the second such fatality in Israel since Saturday.

Israeli tanks were deployed on Gaza's edge, poised to enter the densely populated coastal enclave of 1.5 million Palestinians. Olmert's cabinet approved a call-up of 6,500 reservists, a government official said.

Hamas remained defiant and the group's spokesman Fawzi Barhoum urged Palestinian groups to use "all available means, including martyrdom operations" -- a reference to suicide bombings in Israel.

Israel unleashed on Saturday a massive air campaign against Hamas targets in retaliation to ongoing rocket fire from its Gaza Strip stronghold, one of the most densely populated places on earth.

BABACAN TALKS TO LIVNI
Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan spoke to Livni who telephoned to inform him on events in Gaza Strip. During the conversation, Babacan expressed Turkey's concerns over the developments, the Anatolian Agency reported.

"A number of civilians lost their lives in the operation and it caused an outrage both in the Turkish public opinion and in the international community. The ongoing blockade would lead to more humanitarian problems,” Babacan told his Israeli counterpart.

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"We are concerned that recent developments could have a negative impact on the security of the entire region. We call on Israel to put an end to the air strikes and give diplomacy a chance," he added.

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