The level of violence in Gaza is unprecedented. The Israeli aerial and land offensives against Hamas targets are inflicting heavy civilian casualties, widespread destruction and tremendous suffering for the entire region.
Ban Ki-moon • U.N. Secretary General, in another call for immediate cease-fire in Gaza. Israel’s security council votes today on a cease-fire plan. • source
Right now, I’m determinedly positive, but I’m not completely unrealistic. The chances of the arrival of a savior are not great.
David McCumber • Managing editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which will likely close if it doesn’t find a buyer in the next 60 days. McCumber is starting a dialogue with the community online in an attempt to shed light on the possible shuttering of a big-city newspaper • source
Residents brought them to the hospital in a civilian car, they put them all in the trunk because their bodies were mangled. We identified them a little after separating their bodies in the morgue.
Hospital administrator Adham Hakim • on a series of civilian casualties from fighting in the Gaza Strip; Israel has come under fire for the high number of civilian deaths since the fighting campaign started. • source
Look at the conditions in Gaza: more and more, it resembles a big concentration camp.
Cardinal Renato Martino • president of the Council for Justice and Peace and a right hand man to Pope Benedict XVI; Israel obviously condemned the marks. • source
On top of everything else … On the 13th day of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, a series of rockets came from southern Lebanon, bombing parts of northern Israel. No one has stepped forward to admit to the attack. source
On top of everything else … On the 13th day of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, a series of rockets came from southern Lebanon, bombing parts of northern Israel. No one has stepped forward to admit to the attack.
A violation of a peace agreement Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora condemned the attacks, claiming they violated a 2006 peace agreement that Israel signed with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia. source
There are no words to adequately apologize for this mistake or for the hurt it may have caused.
Brig. Gen. Reuben D. Jones • Army adjutant general, on a series of letters sent to the families of soldiers killed in Iraq or Afghanistan. The letters sent to families include the phrase “Dear John Doe.” • source