[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15389]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HAMAS ATTACKS ON ISRAEL

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                            HON. GENE GREEN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 16, 2012

  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise to bring to this 
chamber's attention the on-going attacks taking place in Israel.
  Over the past several days, Hamas militants in Gaza have launched a 
concerted offensive against Israel, our partner in peace in the region.
  Nearly 350 rockets have landed in Israel from Gaza in the past three 
days. Three Israelis were killed in a rocket attack on Thursday.
  Yesterday and today, warning sirens rang in Tel Aviv, Israel's 
largest city, for the first time since the Gulf War.
  As the right of any country to protect its people from attacks, such 
as Turkey has taken in recent weeks in response to Syria's civil war, 
Israel has initiated Operation Pillar of Defense to halt the rockets 
being launched from Gaza. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has 
already announced that 30,000 reservists would be called up to help 
protect innocent civilians from these attacks.
  I condemn these heinous attacks on innocent Israeli civilians and ask 
our country to support action to bring these terrorist actions to a 
swift and immediate end.

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