Missile Strikes into Gaza

Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel

Around the world, grim images from the Gaza Strip made top news after Israel struck Hamas locations in retaliation for rocket attacks. The Gulf News of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, called it the "New Year Massacre" and printed a large photo of the dead and injured. Large photos filled the front pages of newspapers in Turkey. U.S. news organizations were more restrained in their choice of images.

In Israel, Yedioth Ahronoth, the largest newspaper, inset an image into a large photo and a printed a map. The Jerusalem Post, the country's oldest English-language newspaper, printed six related stories and used a main, two-line banner headline, "225 killed as Israel rains fire on Hamas in bid to end Kassams." Among its stories was an analysis: "Fighting Hamas in the shadow of 2006's mistakes/Have the lessons of the war against Hizbullah been learned?"

Elsewhere, the Province of Vancouver, British Columbia, called the attacks the "Deadliest Day in 60-Year Conflict." The Daily Telegraph of London said, "Biggest Israeli Air Strikes Yet Signal New Phase in Conflict."


An-Nahar, Beirut, Lebanon