The Bombings

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/world/middleeast/03mideast.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

     This article was about the week long offensive that Israel has been on.  Hamas targets in Gaza have been bombed.  While the bombings were taking place, Israel allowed hundreds of foreigners to leave.  Subsequently, many people fear that Israel is planning to launch a ground invasion.  "Israel has vowed to press its offensive until there is no more rocket fire out of Gaza." 

     People are worried that the conflict will continue to escalate.  Approximately four hundred and thirty Palestinians have been killed and another twenty two hundred have been injured since the bombings began last week.  The United Nations has estimated that twenty five percent of the people killed were civilians.  Many of the foreigners who are leaving are married to Palestinians.  Said one Ukranian woman who is married to a Palestinian, "I want to come back when the situation allows it."