Israeli Warplanes Bomb Gaza a Week Before Meetings of the UN's General Assembly Begin

Israeli Warplanes Bomb Gaza Strip

Meetings of the General Assembly of the United Nations will begin in New York on September 13. Palestinian statehood is expected to be a main topic on the agenda.

September 6, 2011

Press TV - Israeli warplanes have bombed central Gaza Strip, despite a ceasefire agreement between Tel Aviv and the democratically-elected Hamas government in the blockaded territory.
There has been no immediate report of casualties from Gaza following the overnight attack, AFP reported on Tuesday. UPDATE: One Palestinian has been killed and two others injured in an Israeli airstrike on the besieged Gaza Strip, medical sources say.

On August 22, a ceasefire was agreed to by Hamas and Tel Aviv, but it has not stopped the Israeli regime from launching further deadly airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, leading to more Palestinian casualties.

Israel has increased its attacks on the Palestinian territory in recent months, killing and wounding scores of individuals in the impoverished Gaza.

Hamas has criticized Tel Aviv for violating the January 2009 treaty, which ended the 22-day Israeli war against Gaza.

Hamas also says that it has decided to raise the issue of repeated Israeli violations at the UN, as it gives rise to the "threat of further aggression against the Palestinians."

Since the end of the Gaza war in 2009, a large number of Palestinians have been killed or wounded in Israeli air attacks on the besieged coastal strip. Many Palestinian structures have also been destroyed in the raids.

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