Gaza truce under fire as Israel continues offensive
Israeli warplane bombs Gaza-Egypt border as Abbas accuses Israel of not wanting peace.
GAZA CITY - Spiralling violence near Gaza threatened on Thursday to shatter ceasefires that ended a war in the enclave as US envoy George Mitchell headed for talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
Israeli warplanes bombed tunnels on Gaza's border with Egypt and resistance fighters in the coastal strip fired two rockets into Israel.
The attacks, which did not injure anyone, further stoked tensions that have been rising.
Israeli officials, in the midst of an election campaign ahead of February 10 legislative polls, vowed that they would hit back hard at any resistance strike and warned Gaza's borders would remain closed if attacks continued.
Israeli warplane bombs Gaza-Egypt border as Abbas accuses Israel of not wanting peace.
GAZA CITY - Spiralling violence near Gaza threatened on Thursday to shatter ceasefires that ended a war in the enclave as US envoy George Mitchell headed for talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
Israeli warplanes bombed tunnels on Gaza's border with Egypt and resistance fighters in the coastal strip fired two rockets into Israel.
The attacks, which did not injure anyone, further stoked tensions that have been rising.
Israeli officials, in the midst of an election campaign ahead of February 10 legislative polls, vowed that they would hit back hard at any resistance strike and warned Gaza's borders would remain closed if attacks continued.
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