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David Guttenfelder The Associated Press
"GAZA SUMMER RAIN"
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Masked Hamas militants prepare to hold a press conference in Beit
Lahiya, northen Gaza Strip to discuss the kidnapping of Israeli soldier
Gilad Shalit in July 2006. The people of Gaza started 2006 by electing
the militant group Hamas into power in January. The U.S., E.U, and
Israel led an international blockade, severing ties and aid to the
group which has called for the destruction of the Israeli state. By
summer, the Gaza strip was left without many basic needs, salaries
of civil servants went unpaid, and the internal security degenerated
and open violence spilled the streets. Masked militants stepped up
rocket attacks into Israeli territory and on June 25 kidnapped an
Israeli soldier. Israel responded with a ground invasion into Gaza
coined 'Operation Summer Rain' which killed scores and wrecked the
infrastructure. When Israel made their summer foray into Lebanon to
battle Hezbollah fighters, the world's attention shifted away from
the Palestinian territory that sparked the regional bloody summer.
The daily brutal battles with Israel continued and does so to this
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