Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Israel rejects truce call, pursues bombing Gaza

Israel rejects truce call, pursues bombing Gaza (AP)

AP - Israel resisted mounting international pressure Wednesday to suspend its devastating air offensive against militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza, sending more troops and tanks to the border as signs of an impending ground invasion multiplied. A long column of tanks and other army vehicles, two and three abreast, was strung out along an access road to Gaza. Dozens of tanks were parked in a rain-sodden field on the frontier.