Bismillah [IslamCity] Prophet Mohammad by Dr K S Ramakrishna Rao - Part 1
Dr K. S. RAMAKRISHNA RAO, an Indian Professor of Philosophy in his booklet, Muhammad, The Prophet of Islam calls him the PERFECT MODEL FOR HUMAN LIFE. Prof. Ramakrishna Rao explains his point by saying: PART l (of 3) The personality of Muhammad, it is most difficult to get into the whole truth of it. Only a glimpse of it I can catch. What a dramatic succession of picturesque scenes! There is Muhammad, the Prophet. There is Muhammad, the Warrior; Muhammad, the Businessman; Muhammad, the Statesman; Muhammad, the Orator; Muhammad, the Reformer; Muhammad, the Refuge of Orphans; Muhammad, the Protector of Slaves; Muhammad, the Emancipator of Women; Muhammad, the Judge; Muhammad, the Saint. All in all these magnificent roles, in all these departments of human activities, he is alike a hero. God's Messenger said, If anyone among you is secure in mind in the morning, healthy in body, and has food for the day, it is as though the whole world has been brought into his possession. Prophet's advice for Eating In eating, apportion a third of your stomach to food, another third to water, and leave the last third empty. The bowl most distasteful to God is a full stomach. What I fear concerning my community is a large paunch, oversleep, idleness and the lack of certainty. 'Cleanliness is half of faith (Iman). Do not lean and eat. Wash both hands up to the wrists before eating Do not find fault with the food. Remove your shoes before eating. When eating, sit with either both knees on the ground or one knee raised or both knees raised. Eat with the right hand. Whilst eating one should not remain completely silent Drink water in 3 breaths removing the utensil from the mouth after each sip . Do not drink directly from the jug or bottle. One should pour the contents into a glass first and then drink The best drink in this world and the hereafter is water, when you are thirsty drink it by sips and not gulps, gulping produces sickness of the liver. Don't eat until you are hungry. The blessings of food lie in washing hands before and after eating.
Bismillah [IslamCity] World powers urge Arabs to honor Palestinian pledges
By Arshad Mohammed and Adrian Croft Fri May 2, 3:18 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - World powers called on Friday on Arab states to honor their financial and political pledges to help the Palestinians in their U.S.-backed Middle East peace effort with Israel. ADVERTISEMENT if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['e1rFFtG_fzU-']='U=13bqibius%2fN%3de1rFFtG_fzU-%2fC%3d661338.12657926.12978715.1442997%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d5349314'; The Quartet of Middle East peace mediators, which comprises the European Union, Russia, the United Nations and the United States, also called on Israel to freeze all settlement building and to dismantle outposts erected since March 2001 to prevent the collapse of the peace talks. The Quartet called for all donors to follow through on pledges made ... The Quartet encouraged the Arab states to fulfill both their political and financial roles in support of the Annapolis process, it said after talks in London. U.S. President George W. Bush announced the resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority with fanfare at a November 27 conference in Annapolis, Maryland but the negotiations have since yielded no visible progress. Arab diplomats and foreign policy analysts suggest that the absence of tangible headway has disheartened Arab states, who are deeply skeptical of Bush's goal of achieving a peace deal by the end of this year. Let's remember this is not about the United States, this is ... for the Palestinian people, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said when asked if Arab doubts about the U.S. peace push has made them reluctant to contribute. Clearly if you made a pledge, you ought to fulfill it, she added at a news conference before Quartet members were to meet with Arab states including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said the Palestinian Authority's need for money would grow more acute in the second half of this year and that donors need to step up with budget support. We believe it is a real challenge for the motivation of the donor community that they need to see ... progress on the political track, he added. According to U.S. figures, of $717.1 million in budget aid for the Palestinians promised by Arab League members, only $153.2 million has been delivered, all of which came from three countries: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Algeria. In contrast, other donors -- chiefly the United States and European nations -- have disbursed $502.1 million of the $834.9 million they pledged, the U.S. figures showed. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said Kuwait had announced on Friday it would allocate $80 million of the $300 million it pledged in December as budget support. Fayyad said he was pleased because Kuwait had previously indicated all the money was to be used for development projects. SHIFT ON GAZA The Quartet also voiced deep concern over humanitarian conditions in Gaza, where Israel tightened its blockade after the Islamist Hamas movement seized power from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's more secular Fatah in June 2007. The major powers called for a shift in strategy toward Gaza, backing Egyptian efforts to broker an informal truce between Israel and Palestinian militants and to ease the embargo. Israel says the blockade is aimed at stopping rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas and other militant groups. Shortages of fuel, power and basic goods have strangled Gaza's economy and created a humanitarian crisis for its 1.5 million people. Fayyad said progress in the peace process continues to be slow. He said Israeli settlement building undercut the peace talks and Israeli raids on areas under Palestinian control undermine the Palestinian Authority's security forces. An Arab diplomat said many countries in the region were losing hope that Bush's peace effort was making headway. There is a sense of frustration that there aren't tangible dividends, said the diplomat, who asked not be named. Speaking as she flew to London, where she will also have talks on Iran and Kosovo, Rice said the two sides were making progress in their negotiations despite the public doubts. The fact that one can't see churning under the water I think has led people to believe that there is nothing --- no progress is being made, Rice said. And I just think it's not right. I think they are making progress. She added: I think it is far too early to start (having) any sense of despair about the end of the year. Rice was due to take part in a three-way meeting with Fayyad and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Friday before going to Israel and the Palestinian territories this weekend. (Writing by Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Charles Dick) j786SURAH22
Bismillah [IslamCity] Fears for jailed Brotherhood leader
Ikhwanweb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Ikhwanweb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fears for jailed Brotherhood leader Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 19:34:10 -0400 Fears for jailed Brotherhood leader Bill Law , BBC - United Kingdom Friday, May 2, 2008 Zahraa al-Shater is worried. Her father Khirat al-Shater, second in command of the Muslim Brotherhood, has just been sentenced by a military tribunal to seven years in jail for belonging to a banned organisation and giving funds to the brotherhood. He was among 25 leading members given sentences of up to 10 years. Khirat suffers from high blood pressure and diabetes, his daughter told me, and he has been refused treatment. He is not allowed to go to any hospital, and when the prison allowed him for once to go to the hospital the security officers stopped the doctor from examining him. She fears he will not live out his sentence. Politically-motivated case The Egyptian government did not comment on the allegation. But another political activist Ayman Noor - who like Zahraas father suffers from diabetes - has been refused treatment. His wife, Gameela Ismail told the BBC earlier this year that months after doctors had recommended urgent surgery to save the sight in one eye her husband was still awaiting treatment. Zahraa, a 32-year-old mother of four, also learned on 15 April that her husband Ayman Abd al-Ghani was given a three-year sentence by the same tribunal. This was after a civilian court had acquitted the two of all charges, saying there was no case against them. But in a country where hundreds of Muslim Brothers were arrested in advance of municipal elections earlier this month and where there has been a wave of strikes, protests and unrest, Zahraa believes the case was politically-motivated from the beginning. The civilian court acquitted them and they were released but the police re-arrested them moments after the verdict. The civilian courts didnt give [President] Hosni Mubarak the verdict he wanted, so he handed them to the military court to get the verdict he wanted, Zahraa says. Seeking peaceful change She also says that when the wives and family members arrived at Haikstip military base on the outskirts of Cairo to hear the sentencing they - as well as the defendants lawyers - were denied access to the tribunal. Some of the women were beaten, she told me. The Egyptian government has long considered the Muslim Brotherhood a violent and dangerous organisation. The Brotherhood has been officially banned since a 1954 assassination attempt on then President Nasser. For several years, though, the Brotherhood has insisted it advocates only peaceful change. Zahraa rejects the attempt to portray the organisation as a terrorist group: This is false. What terrorism action did the Muslim Brothers do? They [officials] have no evidence for what they are saying. They want to crush any organised political opposition because the Muslim Brotherhood is the greatest political opposition against the government. No hope But Zahraa says it is difficult for the families. We cant explain to our children why the women are being beaten in the streets and why the government is taking the fathers who are the good models in their lives. It is very hard to explain to them that being patient is not being passive. We try to tell them that we must be peaceful people. But - seeing what is happening to us - I feel we are living in a forest and we have no right to defend ourselves. The families can appeal the verdict of the military tribunal within two months of sentencing. But when asked if she has any hope her husband and father will be released Zahraa simply says No. - ABDUL WAHID OSMAN BELAL - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
Bismillah [IslamCity] Sami al-Hajj, Anzar Shah Kashmiri , Islam's Women Scholars, Obama-Wright Controversy
Assalam O Alaikum FYI Sami al-Hajj Hits out at US Captors Dazeylin, Freedetainees.org 02 May, 2008 12:52:00 AL JAZEERA cameraman Sami al-Hajj has hit out at the US treatment of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military prison where he was held for nearly six and a half years. Saying that rats are treated ... Full story Islam's Women Scholars YOGINDER SIKAND 02 May, 2008 12:44:00 ONE indicator of the development of a society is its female literacy rate and, related to this, the number of its female scholars. On both these fronts, India's Muslims are among the lowest of all the communities in the country. ... Full story Lessons from the Media-Generated Obama-Wright Controversy EL-HAJJ MAURI' SAALAKHAN 02 May, 2008 00:32:16 A GOOD friend of mine, Reverend Graylan Scott Hagler - National President of Ministers for Racial, Social and Economic Justice of the United Church of Christ, and Senior Minister of the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington, DC -sent me ... Full story Obituary: Hazrath Moulana Anzar Shah Kashmiri (r.a.) DAILY MUSLIMS 02 May, 2008 00:00:00 IT is with utmost grief for us that a great 'Alim and Muhaddith of our time, Hazrat Moulana Anzar Shah Kashmiri (r.a.) - son of the great luminary, Moulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri (r.a.), departed this temporary abode at around on ... Full story Who Is Tariq Ramadan? YOUSEF DRUMMOND 02 May, 2008 00:00:00 IT would not be unfair to say that the Muslim Ummah today is undergoing a social transition throughout Europe - one that seeks to participate effectively as citizen and as Muslims. As citizens within European nation-states, Muslims co-exist peacefully ... Full story On Important Issues in Contemporary Islamic Thought SHAH ABDUL HALIM 02 May, 2008 00:00:00 DR. Taha Jabir Al-Alwani, former President of International Institute of Islamic Thought, U. S. A., is an eminent Islamic scholar, jurist and specialist in Usul. He is also founder-member of the Council of the Muslim World League, a member of ... Full story Zimbabwe for Unity Government? DR.ABDUL RUFF COLACHAL 01 May, 2008 23:02:29 LATEST indications reveal that Zimbabwe is heading for a Unity government. After a long wait in obtaining the final victors in the polls, it seems, some mediators in Zimbabwe are negotiating for a unity government by the national parties, both ruling ... Full story Several Part-Time Positions Open: Muslim Community Perceptions of Policing Practices NEWS RELEASE 01 May, 2008 22:57:31 MAJOR cities, including New York have been the focus of counter-terrorism investigations post 9/11. These investigations may have consequences for public and community perceptions of law enforcement strategies, and community willingness to comply with and cooperate with law enforcement. A ... Full story Jawed Anwar Editor Publisherfiles.php?file=sami-al-Hajj_843261136.jpgleft_navi_arrow.giffiles.php?file=spacer.giffiles.php?file=Anzar-Shah-Kashmiri_576303661.jpg
Bismillah [IslamCity] Good Bayaans
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Bismillah [IslamCity] must the women of Gaza wear a Burka now ??
The world is at the edge of a famine crisis or a least at the edge of a huge food shortage... Why ?? Because some wise people decided to feed the cars before , or instead of , feeding the people... Gaza is already in a famine crises or at least of a huge shortage of everything , including food Why ?? Because Israel is inhumane , and never was anything better than that and while the Egyptian regime is either coward or a traitoror both. The International law allows to any country to intervene in another , if and when Human-rights are in acute danger. I guess that mass-hunger plus no electricity , plus no fuel, plus no medicament's and no drinking water...must be more than enough for Egypt to intervene regardless of its Peace agreement with Israel, or any other argument or treaty. I do not mean to send its rusted-Tanks , but just to open the borders for shopping if not for donations...and humanistic-help I remember George Bush in Iraq , or the NATO in the Balkans intervening for less arguments , let alone for the false arguments. They intervened in Afghanistan even for to deliver the women from their own Burkawhich,by the way, they still wear !! What about Gaza ?? must the women of Gaza wear a Burka now , so that the NATO may come to them with electricity and drinking water ??? and medicament's...? Eng. Moustafa Roosenbloom Sales manager for Pharmaceutical companies third of May 2008 - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email.
Bismillah [IslamCity] US eats 5 times more than India per capita
*Now, Bush blames India for rising food prices* 3 May 2008 WASHINGTON: Prosperity in countries like India is good but it triggers increased demand for better nutrition which in turn leads to higher food prices, US President George W Bush said. The comments come close on the heels of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's controversial statement that apparent improvement in the diets of people in India and China and consequent food export caps is among the causes of the current global food crisis. ** *US eats 5 times more than India per capita* 4 May 2008, 0100 hrs IST,Subodh Varma,TNN http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/US_eats_5_times_more_than_India_per_capita/rssarticleshow/3008449.cms Even as the world spins into a global food crisis, a popular theory — voiced by the likes of US President George W Bush and secretary of state Condoleezza Rice — is that the Chinese and Indians are responsible. The 'logic': due to zooming incomes, they are eating more, causing worldwide shortages. But is that true? Due to their huge populations, countries like India and China may appear to consume gigantic amounts of food. But the real elephant in the room that nobody is willing to talk about is how much each person gets to eat. And the answer will shock many. Total foodgrain consumption — wheat, rice, and all coarse grains like rye, barley etc — by each person in the US is over five times that of an Indian, according to figures released by the US Department of Agriculture for 2007. Each Indian gets to eat about 178 kg of grain in a year, while a US citizen consumes 1,046 kg. In per capita terms, US grain consumption is twice that of the European Union and thrice that of China. Grain consumption includes flour and by conversion to alcohol. In fact, per capita grain consumption has increased in the US — so actually the Americans are eating more. In 2003, US per capita grain consumption was 946 kg per year which increased to 1046 kg last year. By way of comparison, India's per capita grain consumption has remained static over the same period. It's not just grains. Milk consumption, in fluid form, is 78 kg per year for each person in the US, compared to 36 kg in India and 11 kg in China. Vegetable oils consumption per person is 41 kg per year in US, while Indians are making do with just 11 kg per year. These are figures for liquid milk, not for cheese, butter, yogurt and milk powders which are consumed in huge proportion in the more advanced countries. A significant proportion of India's population is vegetarian, and so, this is all the food that they get, apart from vegetables and pulses. But the source of carbohydrates and fats is mainly derived from food grains and oils. As far as meat consumption is concerned, the US leads the world in per capita consumption by a wide margin. Beef consumption, for example, is 42.6 kg per person per year, compared to a mere 1.6 kg in India and 5.9 kg in China. In case you are thinking that perhaps Indians might be going in for chicken, think again. In the US, 45.4 kg poultry meat is consumed every year by each person, compared to just 1.9 kg in India. Pork consumption is negligible in India, while it is a major item elsewhere. In the European Union, 42.6 kg pork is consumed per person every year, while in the US, 29.7 kgs are consumed. Pork is a staple for Chinese, and so over 35 kg are consumed per person per year. And, we are not talking about various other types of meat, like turkey. All these comparisons are for powerful economies, whether of the west or the east. But the story would not be complete without mentioning the plight of Africa, where foodgrain consumption in 2007 was a mere 162 kg per year for each person, or about 445 grams per day. Don't forget they are not getting any meat or milk products out there. Perhaps, it is time to include the lifestyle choices of the West in the whole feverish debate on how to tackle the global food crisis. These figures are collated by the US Department of Agriculture. US per capita grain consumption rose from 946 kg in 2003 to 1046 kg last year. India's per capita consumption remained static in this period. *US, EU responsible for 'explosive' food prices: UN* *29 Apr 2008* http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/File_US_EU_responsible_for_explosive_food_prices_UN_/rssarticleshow/2993499.cms ** NEW YORK: The US and the European Union have taken a criminal path by encouraging use of food crops to produce bio-fuels and thus contributing to an explosive rise in global food prices, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food has said. Jean Ziegler held fuel policies pursued by the US and the EU to be main causes for the current worldwide food crisis. Last year, the US used a third of its corn crop to create bio-fuels, while the European Union is planning to have 10 per cent of its need supplied by bio-fuels, he said and called for a for a five-year moratorium on the production of bio-fuels. Ziegler also
Bismillah [IslamCity] -Pope Affirms Zionist Noahide Laws- Brother Nathaniel Kapner speaks
[EMPIRE VAMPIRE Tattler] Close Ranks Spiritually - Spread Out Tactically ~ Find the Enemie's Agents ~ Know the Enemy, for Your Safety bits of wisdom from: Stepping through the Minefields: notes from: Wisdom of the Armchair General Give the Emerging POLICE STATE New WORLD ORDERLIES a PARTIAL - BIRTH ABORTION ! ~ ~ ~ Stand Up for Our CONSTITUTION - or We ALL LOSE IT ! ~ by Cyber Thomas Jefferson = http://www.realjewnews.com/?p=193 Pope Affirms Zionist Noahide Laws In NYC! http://www.trueorthodox.com/pictures/poppy1.jpg POPE AFFIRMS ZIONIST NOAHIDE LAWS IN NYC! By Brother Nathanael Kapner - Copyright © 2008 All Articles May Be Reproduced Only With Authorship of Br Nathanael Kapner Link To Real Jew News JEWS HAVE FOUND AN ALLY in Pope Benedict XVI. Following in the steps of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, who officially recognized modern day Jews as the Chosen People of God Here, Pope Benedict is fulfilling the same role of pandering to the Jews. In his recent visit to America from April 15-20 2008, Pope Benedict met with representatives of the Jewish community on the eve of the Jewish Passover on April 18 2008 at 5 PM Here and reiterated that they are Gods chosen - of which any thinking Sunday School student would easily refute Here! The Pope said: Shalom! It is with joy that I come here just a few hours before the celebration of your Passover to assure you of my prayers as you recall the wonders God performed in liberating His *chosen people.* Here In a Bilateral Commission Meeting between the Vatican delegation and the Chief Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen in Jerusalem in 2007 Here an agreement was made which recognized that Jewish tradition emphasizes the Noachide Covenant as containing the universal moral code which is incumbent upon all humanity. (Cf Genesis 9). So then? Not only are Jews absolved by the Vatican of their guilt for crucifying the Messiah Jesus now Pope Benedict recognizes their leadership since they are the Chosen People of God and that the Noahide Laws are Jewish tradition. Hence who will ultimately be the moral authority that governs the so-called Noahide Laws? Jews, thats who. Anti-Christian Jews! http://www.trueorthodox.com/pictures/sanrule.jpg It is paramount to note that on March 20 1990 President George Bush Sr signed into law a Congressional Resolution on the so-called Noahide Laws entitled House Joint Resolution 14 Public Law 102-4 Here Here Here. This Congressional Act potentially gives the Jews the legal right to imprison and condemn to death Christians as idol worshippers according to the 1st Article of the Noahide Laws which considers the worship of Jesus Christ as idolatry for worshipping a false god HERE. The Jews call this article of the 7 Noahide Laws, Avodah Zarah, enunciating it as a commandment: Do not worship false gods as idols Here. The bottom line is that this ultimately means the international imposition of the Noahide Laws by Jews. And these Noahide Laws, which potentially can condemn Christians to death, will be governed by the Zionists who are given ownership over these laws by both the Vatican and the US Government. Indeed, the ancient Jewish Sanhedrin that condemned the Lord Jesus Christ to death was recently reinstituted in Israel Here Here. And the newly-instituted Sanhedrin wasted no time in arrogating to themselves governance over the Gentiles vis-à-vis the Noahide Laws Here. We must all do everything in our power to stop the Anti Christian Jews with their wicked Noahide Laws now before its too late! _ For More See: Pope Bows To The Jews Click Here And Christians NOT Jews Are Gods Chosen People Click Here And: Jews Are Not The Chosen People Click Here And: Jews Are Guilty Of Deicide Click Here CLICK: Brother Nathanael Street Evangelist! Please Help Support This Site! (Many Expenses) Please Help Support This Site! (Many Expenses)[input] Or Send Your Contribution To: Brother Nathanael Kapner; PO Box 170; Dillon CO 80435; Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
Bismillah [IslamCity] must we keep on driving endlessly on that Round-about ?
Very soon the Zionist will celebrate and we shall only commemorate . The evil celebrates , and the victims commemorate. The Ottoman Empire let them in when the British empire has sent then away. We sat and watched them disembarking on our beaches not knowing that they have had weapons in their hand-luggage's . We welcomed some of them as co-peasants not knowing that they have planted our uprooting far in advance. We welcomed some of them as refugees not knowing that they shall make us the future refugees. We offered them hospitality and humanity not knowing that they shall offer us back ethnic-cleansing . Today we are the ,so-called, Terrorists and they are our chosen-invaders-occupiers-robbers-jailers . What shall we do for the next 60 years must we keep on driving endlessly on that same Round-about called the Peace-initiative or called the Road-map ?? Raja Chemayel I stopped the driving ! 4TH of May 2008 - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email.
Bismillah [IslamCity] IslamiCity Bulletin - 4/30/2008 - Qualities of an Exemplary Leader
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Bismillah [IslamCity] Palestinians burying a mother and four children
Gazan Mother and 4 Children Killed Suhaib Salem/Reuters
Palestinians burying a mother and four children who died Monday as they were
eating breakfast in the northern Gaza Strip.
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By ETHAN BRONNER
Published: April 29, 2008
JERUSALEM A Palestinian mother and her four young children were killed in
northern Gaza on Monday during an Israeli operation against militants there,
and a dispute quickly arose over exactly how they had died.
Skip to next paragraph The New York Times
The Israelis said they shot a missile from the air that hit two armed men who
were carrying heavy explosives, which blew apart the familys house behind
them. Palestinian witnesses said they believed an Israeli tank shell or a
missile from a drone flew into the small house, killing the four as they were
eating breakfast. Two other children from the same family were badly wounded
and hospitalized.
The killings prompted vows of revenge and seemed likely to complicate
Egyptian efforts to mediate a cease-fire between Hamas, the militant Islamist
group that rules Gaza, and Israel.
Shortly afterward, seven rockets and nine mortars were fired at southern
Israel from Gaza. No one there was wounded, although a building was damaged.
Dr. Muawiya Hassanein, director of emergency medical services in Gaza, said
at least 10 were wounded in Gaza from the fighting.
Outside the destroyed Gazan house, where the Abu Maatak family lived, in the
town of Beit Hanoun, pots, childrens clothes and shoes lay scattered on the
ground. The scene was shown repeatedly on Palestinian and other Arab television
channels, along with photographs of the swathed dead bodies, including that of
a baby, lying on metal trays in a Gaza morgue.
The dead were identified by relatives as Rudayna and Hana Abu Maatak, ages 6
and 3, sisters; their brothers Saleh, 4, and Mousad, 15 months; and their
mother, Miyasar, the youngest of three wives of Ahmed Abu Maatak, 70, who said
he had gone to the market when the missile hit.
Palestinian security officials said several Israeli tanks, armored vehicles
and bulldozers backed by helicopters stormed Beit Hanoun early on Monday.
Militant groups said in separate leaflets sent to reporters that they
confronted the Israeli forces with bombs and grenades, adding that Israeli
soldiers and Palestinian militants exchanged fire.
Maj. Avital Leibovich, the Israeli militarys chief spokeswoman for the
foreign news media, said that while the army was still investigating, an
initial inquiry showed that several Israeli armored personnel carriers had
entered the area of Beit Hanoun in what she described as a routine search for
rocket launchers, snipers and terrorists.
Two heavily armed men approached the Israelis, she said, leading an Israeli
aircraft to fire a missile at them, killing them. On their backs, she said,
were rucksacks apparently holding large amounts of explosives, which caused the
nearby house to tumble and kill those inside. She said the analysis was based
partly on images taken from the air.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak blamed Hamas. We see Hamas as responsible for
everything that happens there, for all injuries, he said while on a tour of an
Israeli weapons factory, Israeli radio reported. The army is acting and will
continue to act against Hamas, including inside the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, a bitter rival of Hamas,
condemned the killing of the mother and her four children. It said in a
statement that the Israeli army escalation in Gaza would harm the efforts to
agree on a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians.
After Hamas took over Gaza last June in a battle with forces from Fatah,
which now leads
