High time for soldier's release: US
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From correspondents in Washington
July 06, 2006
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said overnight that it was "high time" for Hamas to return an Israeli soldier whose abduction sparked an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Her spokesman meanwhile declined to condemn Israeli airstrikes on Palestinian government buildings, saying that Israel had the right to defend itself in the face of rocket attacks launched from Gaza.
Ms Rice said she was calling on both Israelis and the Palestinians to exercise restraint as a new wave of Palestinian rockets rained down on Israeli territory, prompting return air and artillery fire from the Israeli side.
But she said Hamas carried more blame for the upsurge of tensions and pressed for release of the soldier, 19-year-old Gilad Shalit,
"Their government, Hamas government, needs to respond to the root cause of this problem, and the root cause of this problem was the attack that took place and the Israeli soldier that was abducted," Ms Rice said.
"It is high time for Hamas to return that soldier. It is high time then for everybody who has any influence on Hamas to make sure that that happens, and then we can get back on track."
Later, Ms Rice's spokesman Sean McCormack declined to condemn Israeli air-strikes on Palestinian government buildings.
Asked whether Israeli "attacks" on Palestinian government buildings could be justified, Mr McCormack replied: "you're using the words 'attack' in this sort of what Israel needs to do."
"Let's talk about what the root cause of this is," he said, referring to Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel launched from Gaza and the soldier's capture.
"We recognise Israel's right to defend itself. We have also talked to the Israeli government and encouraged restraint in their actions."
Earlier, Israeli aircraft launched their eighth successive night of strikes over the Gaza Strip, attacking the Hamas-run interior ministry building for the second time in less than a week, causing substantial damage.
On Sunday, Israeli helicopter gunships fired on the office of Hamas premier Ismail Haniya, setting the building ablaze.
Ms Rice said it was important for the international community to rally around embattled Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas as he struggles to gain control over the territory's infighting factions and negotiate a calm with Israel.
"We are also calling on the international community to help President Abbas, and I think that is helping, is happening, but most especially to help the Palestinian people," Ms Rice said.
The Israeli army has been ordered to forge deeper into Gaza and to step up attacks on the Hamas-led government after Islamist militants launched an unprecedented rocket strike on the Jewish state.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's security cabinet ordered the military to intensify air raids against Hamas as well as so-called targeted killing operations against militants who launch or order rocket attacks.
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From correspondents in WashingtonJuly 06, 2006
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said overnight that it was "high time" for Hamas to return an Israeli soldier whose abduction sparked an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Her spokesman meanwhile declined to condemn Israeli airstrikes on Palestinian government buildings, saying that Israel had the right to defend itself in the face of rocket attacks launched from Gaza.
Ms Rice said she was calling on both Israelis and the Palestinians to exercise restraint as a new wave of Palestinian rockets rained down on Israeli territory, prompting return air and artillery fire from the Israeli side.
But she said Hamas carried more blame for the upsurge of tensions and pressed for release of the soldier, 19-year-old Gilad Shalit,
"Their government, Hamas government, needs to respond to the root cause of this problem, and the root cause of this problem was the attack that took place and the Israeli soldier that was abducted," Ms Rice said.
"It is high time for Hamas to return that soldier. It is high time then for everybody who has any influence on Hamas to make sure that that happens, and then we can get back on track."
Later, Ms Rice's spokesman Sean McCormack declined to condemn Israeli air-strikes on Palestinian government buildings.
Asked whether Israeli "attacks" on Palestinian government buildings could be justified, Mr McCormack replied: "you're using the words 'attack' in this sort of what Israel needs to do."
"Let's talk about what the root cause of this is," he said, referring to Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel launched from Gaza and the soldier's capture.
"We recognise Israel's right to defend itself. We have also talked to the Israeli government and encouraged restraint in their actions."
Earlier, Israeli aircraft launched their eighth successive night of strikes over the Gaza Strip, attacking the Hamas-run interior ministry building for the second time in less than a week, causing substantial damage.
On Sunday, Israeli helicopter gunships fired on the office of Hamas premier Ismail Haniya, setting the building ablaze.
Ms Rice said it was important for the international community to rally around embattled Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas as he struggles to gain control over the territory's infighting factions and negotiate a calm with Israel.
"We are also calling on the international community to help President Abbas, and I think that is helping, is happening, but most especially to help the Palestinian people," Ms Rice said.
The Israeli army has been ordered to forge deeper into Gaza and to step up attacks on the Hamas-led government after Islamist militants launched an unprecedented rocket strike on the Jewish state.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's security cabinet ordered the military to intensify air raids against Hamas as well as so-called targeted killing operations against militants who launch or order rocket attacks.
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