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Israel's war against Hamas/Gaza. The 14th day (for updates, see below):

1. Latest news and related articles

..by Al-Jazeera:
☞ Israel resumes deadly Gaza attacks

..by Guardian (UK):

☞ Medical teams find 'unbelievable' horror amid rubble

☞ Israel and the west will pay a price for Gaza's bloodbath

☞ Israel criticised over 'shocking incidents'

..by y.net (IL):

☞ Olmert: Gaza op goals yet to be obtained

☞ IDF: Don't stop op now!

☞ UN: IDF shelled evacuated civilians

..by Haaretz (IL):

☞ Israel's three alternatives for the future of the Gaza war

☞ IDF sources: Conditions not yet optimal for Gaza exit

2. Hamas vs. the Palestinians in Gaza

PIC (Hamas' propaganda site) wrote y'day in an "editorial": "For years, we have been warning that Israel is psychologically and morally  capable of carrying out a holocaust or a genocide against the Palestinian people."

My question: Why the Palestinian "ordinary" citizens got no shelters? While the leadership of Hamas and the other "resistance" organisations (IJ, PRC..) can hide out since almost two weeks in save places (a well-fortified tunnel system digged across the entire Gaza Strip)..

Last Thursday the IAF killed in an attack Nizar Rayyan, one of Hamas' "key leaders".. Only few hours later Hamas has already threatened to avenge Rayyan's death. Because Hamas described the assassination as a "the crossing of red lines"

My question: Why wasn't Dec. 27, the first night of the IAF attacks (in the following few hours almost 200 Palestinians were killed..), "the crossing of the red lines"

Well, I think the answer is (or should be) clear...

3. Tomorrow's (Sat., 1.10) "Palestine Solidarity Demonstration":

4. Updates

4.1. UN Resolution 1860

The resolution adopted Thursday night by the United Nations Security Council calls to cease fire immediately..

Here are the nine clauses of Resolution 1860 calling for a ceasefire in Gaza:

 
1. The Security Council stresses the urgency of and calls for an immediate, durable and fully respected ceasefire, leading to the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.

2. The Security Council calls for the unimpeded provision and distribution throughout Gaza of humanitarian assistance, including of food, fuel and medical treatment.

3. The Security Council welcomes the initiatives aimed at creating and opening humanitarian corridors and other mechanisms for the sustained delivery of humanitarian aid.

4. The Security Council calls on member states to support international efforts to alleviate the humanitarian and economic situation in Gaza, including through urgently needed additional contributions to UNWRA and through the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee.

5. The Security Council condemns all violence and hostilities directed against civilians and all acts of terrorist.

6. The Security Council calls upon member states to intensify efforts to provide arrangements and guarantees in Gaza in order to sustain a durable ceasefire and calm, including to prevent illicit trafficking in arms and ammunition and to ensure the sustained reopening of crossing points on the basis of the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access between the Palestinian Authority; and in this regard, welcomes the Egyptian initative, and other regional and international efforts that are underway.

7. The Security Council encourages tangible steps towards intra-Palestinian reconciliation including in support of mediation efforts of Egypt and the League of Arab States as expressed in the 26 November 2008 resolution, and consistent with Security Council Resolution 1850 (2008) and other relevant resolutions.

8. The Security Council calls for renewed and urgent efforts by the parties and the international community to achieve a comprehensive peace based on the vision of a region where two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, live side by side in peace with secure and recognized borders, as envisaged in Security Council Resolution 1850 (2008), and recalls also the important of the Arab Peace Initiative.

9. The Security Council welcomes the Quartet's consideration, in consultation with the parties, of an international meeting in Moscow in 2009.

4.2. Israel's first reaction..

..by Foreign Minister T. Livni: "Israel has acted, is acting, and will continue to act only according to its calculations, in the interest of the security of its citizens and its right to self defense."

..by Vice Premier Minister Eli Yishai: "The world has turned into Haniyeh and Hamas' lobbyist. It's no matter for concern if this resolution stays on paper, our interest is all that matters."

.. by PM E. Olmert: "Israel has never allowed any outside source to determine its right to defend its citizens. The IDF will continue to act to defend the citizens of Israel and carry out the missions laid before it in the operation."
☞ UNSC’s resolution meaningless: Military push needed (y.net)

4.3. Hamas' first reaction..

..by Musa Abu Marzouq, the deputy head of its political bureau: "We have three conditions for any peace initiative coming from any state.
First, the aggression of the Israelis should stop. All of the gates should be opened, including the gate of Rafah between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. Finally, Israel has to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
But we are not saying we will stop firing rockets from the Gaza Strip to Israel (!!) - we are only talking about stopping the aggression from the Israelis against the civilian population in the Gaza Strip."