Rockets Fired At Israel Ahead Of Aid Transfer

Just hours before a convoy of humanitarian aid was to be sent to the Gaza Strip, Gaza militants Friday fired a barrage of rockets at southern Israel, putting the transfer in jeopardy, media reports said.Five rockets and two mortar rounds were fired before dawn, but caused no casualties, an Israeli military spokesman said. Violence in and around Gaza has flared since a six-month ceasefire ended on December 19, and escalated dramatically Wednesday when nearly 60 rockets and mortars were fired into Israel.
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Thursday rejected a call for restraint from Egypt and vowed the Jewish state would strike back at the Hamas rulers of the besieged Palestinian enclave.Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made a "last-minute" appeal directly to Gazans to get Hamas leaders to stop the rocket and mortar attacks."Don't let Hamas, which is acting against the values of Islam, put you in danger," he urged. "Stop them. Stop your enemies and ours. Tell them to stop firing on innocent civilians."Meanwhile, it was reported that Israel has begun transferring humanitarian aid into Gaza despite the mortar fire on Israel's southern communities. The army said the first of an expected 90 trucks have started to deliver medicine, fuel, cooking gas and other vital goods to coastal strip. The move comes ahead of an expected Israeli incursion into Gaza to stop rocket launchings from the coastal strip.Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak decided late Thursday to open the Kerem Shalom and Sufa crossings Friday to allow the transfer of humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip as part of its policy of avoiding a humanitarian crisis there.

What is wrong with the Israeli's? They are under fire from the very people that they are sending aid to. They are sending aid as the rockets and mortars are falling. Why? Just let these people starve and die. They are waging jihad against Israel and the West will not believe this.