Press fury at Gaza killing

The Palestinian press urges leaders to stop making excuses and end internecine bloodshed after the killing of three children in a drive-by shooting in Gaza.

Al-Jadidah worries the murders play into the hands of Israel as it will be able to point to the killings to deflect international criticism from itself. Al-Quds calls on the interior minister to resign.

UK-based Arabic paper Al-Quds Al-Arabi says Hamas must do more than just condemn the act.

EDITORIAL IN AL-QUDS

Fighters and contenders, enough is enough. All national and Islamic leaders have to put an end to the lawlessness and crime. Even if it is not possible for you to reach agreements with each other, you are still capable of stopping this chaos. We are fed up with statements and condemnations.

COMMENTATOR IN AL-HAYAT AL-JADIDAH

'The Palestinians are killing their own children, so why are you complaining about us?'. This is what the [Israeli] occupiers will say to themselves and to the world. This is what the world sees and hears, while our Interior Minister Said Siyam sees and hears nothing. The militants that fired at his motorcade were arrested in less than two hours.

COMMENTATOR IN AL-HAYAT AL-JADIDAH

We all want to know who gave the word to kill the children and who stands behind the crime and the terrorising of children and families. We do not want to hear excuses after every massacre that anonymous people or people suspected of collaboration [with Israel] committed them.

COMMENTATOR IN AL-AYYAM

Was there a need to shed the dear blood of the children to understand how deep the crisis we are going through is? Will this blood be enough for Palestinian political leaders to regain their sanity and cling a little less hysterically to power, or will the crisis need long months to hit new records before it is resolved?

COMMENTATOR IN AL-QUDS

Will the interior minister prove he has a sense of responsibility and resign so as to honour the souls of the innocent children of the resistance fighter Baha Balusheh?... Organised crime has flourished during his reign. We think it is time he told us who was responsible for the killing. Otherwise we will ask for an international investigation and court.

COMMENTATOR IN AL-QUDS

Dear leaders: What would you tell God tomorrow if he asked you about the blood of the children and hundreds who were killed before them... If you are unable to bear your responsibility then leave and allow others who are more capable to assume it. You should all resign and leave us because we no longer need you.

EDITORIAL IN UK-BASED AL-QUDS AL-ARABI

It is not enough for the Hamas government to simply condemn this act... Hamas has to do all it can to arrest all those involved in this monstrous act and take the necessary steps against them.

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