apologizes for an incident on Friday, October 1, in which it posted a story containing false quotes attributed to President ial candidate SenatorJohn Kerry . Fox says the Reporter who wrote the story, Carl Cameron , had written the article "in jest" and had not intended for it to be posted. (Houston Chronicle)(The Guardian)
--- The Palestinian militant group Hamas says that it will continue using rockets to attack Israel i communities that border on the Gaza Strip , or Israeli Settlement s within it, regardless of Israeli military operations. (BBC)
--- The Israel i military begins an operation to create a 9 km (5.5 mile) " Buffer Zone " within the northern Gaza Strip . Israel says that the purpose of the zone is protect Israel from attacks using Qassam Rocket s (which have a 9 km (5.5 mile) range). (The Telegraph)(CNN)