April 29 Headlines
Tuesday
HA’ARETZ
1. IDF WILL CHECK ROCKET FIRE WHICH CAUSED KILLING OF MOTHER AND HER FOUR CHILDREN IN NORTHERN GAZA STRIP.
Palestinians: IDF fired at family's home; the army: Jet fired on armed Palestinians and explosive devices which they carried killed the civilians.
2. Because of Gaza Strip blockade
ISRAEL TRYING TO AVOID CONDEMNATION BY CONFERENCE OF PA DONOR NATIONS.
3. AMOS 3 LAUNCHED INTO SPACES.
Communications satellite takes off from Kazakhstan and enters Earth's orbit.
4. DEFECTING PENSIONERS AGREE TO REPRESENT GAYDAMAK IN KNESSET; GLAZAR STAYS PUT AND WILL BE APPOINTED DEPUTY MINISTER.
MA’ARIV
1. CHICKEN [PRICES] ALSO TAKING OFF.
2. IMBROGLIO.
Air strike against two armed terrorists during Givati operation in Beit Hanoun ends in death of mother and four children. Hamas threatens revenge, UN quick to condemn, but IDF explain: Bomb carried on terrorists' bodies caused explosion.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. Hamas: Israel to pay for killing of mother and her four children.
IDF: WE WILL NOT APPOLOGIZE. HAMAS IS RESPONSIBLE.
Palestinians: IDF shell killed innocents. IDF: Fire at wanted [terrorists] caused deadly explosion of large bomb.
[MAKOR RISHON-HATZOFEHunavailable for today.]
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SUMMARY OF EDITORIALS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot says that yesterday's incident in the Gaza Strip, in which members of the Muatak family were killed, "was an operational – not moral – mishap," and asserts that, "Those who intentionally and regularly shoot at our civilians cause that their civilians will be mistakenly killed from time to time. Perhaps it is neither just nor aesthetic but these are the facts of life. We express regret; we do not apologize."
Haaretz discusses the pending amendment to the child custody law, and concludes that it will only be possible to discuss canceling this after removing the basic discrimination between the sexes in a way that enables women to wage a legal battle for divorce from an equal starting point.
The Jerusalem Post opines that there is no reason to panic about the rising price of rice and other food staples. The editor quotes experts who claim that this is not caused by any sudden shortage, but is caused by a steadily mounting demand due mainly to the rising level of affluence in developing countries, and suggests that the government sensibly target financial assistance through the National Insurance Institute to those most hard-hit by higher food prices.
Ma'ariv discusses the IDF's accountability regarding the findings of the Winograd Committee reports and suggests that, "Especially in Israel, in which parents deliver their children to army commanders and want to believe that they are fit for the task, the Chief-of-Staff is obligated to issue a periodic public report."
[Uri Orbach and Amir Rapoport wrote today’s articles in Yediot Ahronotand Ma'ariv, respectively. Makor Rishon-Hatzofehwas unavailable today.]
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