Palestinian Govt. Prepares Emergency Plan

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The new Hamas-led Palestinian government has prepared an emergency plan for its first three months of rule, which it plans to discuss at its first Cabinet meeting Wednesday, the deputy Palestinian prime minister said.

The new ministers need to find ways to make up for millions of dollars in foreign aid the international community is expected to withhold from the Palestinians, largely because of Hamas' refusal to recognize Israel and renounce violence.

Since taking power last week, leaders of the Islamic militant group have increasingly softened their statements, but have stopped short of meeting the international community's demands.


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Israel, meanwhile, has stepped up military strikes against Gaza in response to the firing of homemade rockets from the coastal strip on Israeli border communities.

On Tuesday, Israeli war planes fired three missiles into a largely abandoned security compound near the Gaza City office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli tanks fired shells into a residential area from which the army said rockets were fired. One Palestinian was killed and seven were wounded in the tank attack.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5734799,00.html

I bolded the parts that I thought may slip the notice of some folk :)