December 27, 2008

After announcements that a decision whether to increase the military attack on the Gaza Strip would be made tomorrow, Sunday, Israeli forces instead launched a major operation today.

The Israelis killed 150 Palestinians with more expected to die. The Israeli government says it is just the beginning. (Ed. Note: At the time of our republication of this report, the number of dead are now over 200 and rising. - LMB) 

Bodies of Palestinian Policemen killed in the Israeli airstrike

Bodies of Palestinians are seen at
Shifa hospital in Gaza December 27, 2008

Bodies of Palestinian Policemen killed in the Israeli airstrike


In this image taken from APTN video, Palestinian men carry
two injured children into hospital after Israeli aircraft struck.

Palestinians lift a wounded woman to a vehicle after
Israeli air force attacked Gaza City December 27, 2008.

Palestinians help a wounded man after Israeli air force
attacked Gaza City December 27, 2008.

Palestinians transport the body of a Palestinian after
Israeli air force attacked Gaza City December 27, 2008.

A Palestinian is rushed to hospital after he was
wounded in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City.

A wounded Palestinian woman is rushed into
hospital in Gaza City December 27, 2008.

Palestinians help a wounded man after
Israeli air force attacked Gaza City December 27, 2008

Bodies of Palestinians are seen at
Shifa hospital in Gaza December 27, 2008.

An explosion from an Israeli missile strike
in the northern Gaza Strip



Smoke and fire are seen after an Israeli air strike
in the northern Gaza Strip December 27, 2008

Palestinians inspects a destroyed Hamas police compounds following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008.

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli air strike
in Rafah, a town in the southern Gaza Strip.

The leg of a Hamas policeman is seen between the rubbles following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008

Smoke rises after an Israeli bomb exploded in Beit Lahiya
in the northern Gaza Strip December 27, 2008.

A Palestinian rescue worker inspects damage on a Hamas police compounds following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli air strike
in the southern town of Rafah.

A Palestinian man cries over the body of his son
following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008.

Palestinian medics recover the body of a dead woman from the rubble of a destroyed Hamas police compound following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008

A Hamas policeman asks for help as others try to recover
a body from a destroyed Hamas police compounds
following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008

A Palestinian Hamas policeman inspects the destroyed
former office of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.

Bodies of Palestinians are seen at Shifa hospital
in Gaza December 27, 2008

Palestinians run for cover following an Israeli missile strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008.(AP)

A wounded Hamas policeman lies on the ground following
an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008.

The body of a Hamas police officer is transported
to hospital in Gaza City December 27, 2008.

Bodies of Palestinians are seen at
Shifa hospital in Gaza December 27, 2008

A Palestinian woman wounded in Israeli missile strikes
is helped into the emergency area at Shifa hospital
in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. (AP)

Palestinians gather at the site of a security compound used
by the Islamic group Hamas following an Israeli missile strike
in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008.