Israel gives Hamas 48 hours, opens Gaza bordersGAZA/TEL AVIV - Israel Friday gave Hamas and other Palestinian militant factions in the Gaza Strip 48 hours to reduce ongoing rocket and mortar attacks from the salient or risk an Israeli military operation into the strip. Israel sentences militant leader to 30 years in jailTEL AVIV - An Israeli military court Thursday sentenced Ahmed Saadat, leader of the radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), to 30 years in jail, an Israeli military spokesman said. |