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Source: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=261426
Israel Calls on UN to Condemn Rocket Attacks from Gaza
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon and Khaled Abu Toameh - Israel's deputy ambassador to the UN Haim Waxman sent a letter Sunday to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and members of the UN Security Council calling on them to "unequivocally condemn" the barrage of rocket attacks from Gaza and do everything in their power to "stop the rocket fire that continues to rain down on Israeli civilians, in violation of every precept of international law." One Israeli diplomatic official noted that the current fighting was getting only minimal play in the media abroad because the Israeli strikes in Gaza have so far been surgical, and have not caused extensive civilian casualties. Another government source said: "When our strikes are clean, there is little international pressure, because they understand who we are hitting." The official added that few have any illusions about Islamic Jihad or the Popular Resistance Committees.