From what I read Israel and the Gaza Strip are fighting each other for control over this area. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Isreal called a truce but didn't say for how long. Hamas's defense is they're trying to end a blockade that deprives coastal territories of fuel, water,electricity,and medicine. I don't understand why Israel is depriving these people of these necesseties of life. Another comment is about our new President Obama and I wish him well and this is a great moment in U.S. history of our first black President. But I am concerned cause I remember President Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy's assinations. I hope President Obama is very well guarded.