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The Israel Air Force launches a precision strike against various Hamas-linked terror targets in Gaza on 7.1.2009.
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You are probably not going to be surprised, but this is just further proof that Hamas uses Arab civilians as human shields in its brutal campaign against Israel’s innocent civilians.
Senior Hamas leader killed in Israeli air strike
*passing out candy*
Egypt FM: Hamas must stop rockets in any truce
Who would have thought?
Hamas defiant as Israel rejects Gaza truce
In a defiant televised speech, the head of the Hamas government, Ismail Haniya, vowed Israel would be defeated.
“Our people will defeat those tanks,” he said as Israeli media speculated a ground offensive could be just days away.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the cabinet conditions were not yet ripe to halt the bombardment, launched in response to persistent rocket fire from the territory that Hamas has run for a year and a half.“We did not launch the Gaza operation only to end it with the same rocket firing that we had at its start,” a senior official quoted Olmert as saying.
Someone remind him of that later on.
Gaza Diplomacy Intensifies as Israel Bombs Hamas (Update3)
The Paris meeting, and Olmert’s comments, followed a government rejection yesterday of a 48-hour cease-fire proposed by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, which may have set the stage for a ground invasion of Gaza. Sarkozy said he will visit the Middle East next week to try to help “establish peace.”
Following her talks with Sarkozy, Livni said Israel was determined to bear down on Hamas in Gaza.
“The only way to see a change in the region is to help the moderates, but simultaneously to attack and to keep the pressure on the extremists like Hamas,” Livni told reporters.
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Hamas said today that it would accept a cease-fire with Israel, though it attached conditions including a lifting of Israel’s blockade of Gaza and an opening of all border crossings, Agence France-Presse reported, citing a statement by the movement’s spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum. Israel has said it would only stop its campaign if there’s a complete and unconditional end to rocket fire.
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Preparations for a ground invasion of Gaza are complete.“The Israeli military is already in place, ready, and on alert,” said army spokeswoman Leibovitz. “But currently the operation is aircraft and navy only.”
The Israeli army has recommended to the government that it conduct a brief, major ground operation, the Haaretz newspaper reported. Leibovitz declined to comment.
“All options are on the table and it is too early to decide in which direction we should go,” Transport Minister and former army Chief of Staff Shaul Mofaz said on Army Radio. “Hamas has taken a harsh blow, but it isn’t enough yet,” Mofaz said.
Israel targets Gaza mosques used by Hamas
JERUSALEM – Mosques and Muslim prayer halls have not escaped the relentless bombardment of Hamas targets in Gaza by Israel, which claims the Islamic militants misuse some of the holy sites as weapons depots and command centers.
Why would anyone claim that?
Israel to let foreigners leave Gaza on Friday
Israeli officials declined to immediately confirm the decision, which could be part of preparations for an escalation of Israel’s six-day-old air offensive against Islamist targets in the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory.
White House: Cease-fire depends on Hamas
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) — President George W. Bush believes the first steps in any cease-fire in the violence in the Mideast will require the Islamic militant group Hamas to agree to stop firing rockets into Israel, the White House said Wednesday.
I believe the first step in any cease-fire in the violence in the Mideast will require the Islamic militant group Hamas to agree to stop firing rockets into Israel. They’ll “agree” to anything.
Obama should engage Hamas, former U.S. envoy says
In order for the new administration to engage with Hamas, Zinni said the militant group must be willing to end its rocket attacks and violence against Israel and commit to a peace process.
If they were willing to do that, Obama could stay home.
Asked Sunday if the Obama administration would be as supportive of Israel as the Bush administration has been, Obama’s senior adviser said the president-elect would “honor” what he sees as “the special relationship between the United States and Israel.”
“But he will do so in a way that will promote the cause of peace, and work closely with the Israelis and the Palestinians on that — toward that objective,” David Axelrod said.
What the hell does that mean?
Iran adopts a bellicose posture on the Gaza conflict
Public displays and rhetoric have two purposes: to assert leadership in the Islamic world and to bolster Tehran’s hard-liners at home. But they also may link Iran unfavorably with Hamas’ militancy.
No way.
Honest Reporting: The Breaking Point
News from the Front
1. Eighty missiles have been fired by Hamas into Israel since this
morning. A missile hit a car in the center of Ashdod. Two young women were
critically injured, and three others wounded. A long range missile fell in
Ashkelon, killing one and injuring 9. Two of those injured are Arabs, a
Palestinian construction worker from Hebron, and a Bedouin from Rahat. They
were taken to Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon. “Rockets don’t distinguish
between blood and blood,” said the Hebron man’s relative. The doctor caring
for them is Jewish. The hospital has moved it’s patients underground and
evacuated all but the most seriously ill patients, fearing further attacks.
A Palestinian woman from Gaza, a cancer patient, cared for in Israel, is now
well enough to go home, but she can’t because Gaza’s gates are closed. Hamas
didn’t have long range missiles until Israeli politicians (the same ones who
are now going to war) agreed to the disengagement and the ceasefire. How
many soldiers and citizens will now die for these critical misjudgments?2. A soldier waiting in his tank on the border of Gaza, ready to roll
in: “We came from the North. We are happy to be here to defend our people
in the South.”3. Ashkelon’s streets are empty tonight. Children in the affected
areas will not be returning to school.4. A Bar Mitzvah party in Sderot was celebrating on the roof of a
building when a kassam flew right over their heads, crashing into the
building next door. The celebrants continued to rejoice. The boy read his
haftorah. Only afterwards, will he be going up North for a vacation. The
people of Sderot are filled with the different spirit. They are willing to
suffer the reprisals of the Hamas if only the IDF does it job and makes
their lives safer in the future. Unlike other towns under fire, their
streets are full.5. The despicable demonstrations in London talking about a “holocaust”
in Gaza show once again it has become Londonstan. I pity the Brits.6. Israeli television continues to do its best for our enemies,
interviewing a doctor from the hospital in Gaza about shortages and an
influx of patients. Let him complain to his government, who instead of
medical supplies, bought rockets to log at innocent civilians across the
border. The bombing of Dresden also killed many people. Did the Allies
broadcast pictures and interview Nazi doctors to demoralize their soldiers
and civilians from fighting? The people responsible for editing the news
should be fired.
–Naomi Ragan
From commenter Bayonet:
Please pray to G-d, for them, their safety, their strength, and their success.
שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל – שְׁמֹר שְׁאֵרִית יִשְׂרָאֵל : וְאַל יֹאבַד יִשְׂרָאֵל
הָאוֹמְרִים בְּכָל יוֹם שָׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל :שׁוֹמֵר גּוֹי אֶחָד – שְׁמֹר שְׁאֵרִית גּוֹי אֶחָד : וְאַל יֹאבַד גּוֹי אֶחָד
הָאוֹמְרִים בְּכָל יוֹם שָׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל ה’ אֱלֹהֵינוּ ה’ אֶחָד :שׁוֹמֵר גּוֹי קָדוֹשׁ – שְׁמֹר שְׁאֵרִית גּוֹי קָדוֹשׁ : וְאַל יְאַבֵּד גּוֹי קָדוֹשׁ
הָאוֹמְרִים בְּכָל יוֹם – קָדוֹשׁ – קָדוֹשׁ – קָדוֹשׁ :שׁוֹמֵר גּוֹי רַבָּא – שְׁמֹר שְׁאֵרִית גּוֹי רַבָּא : וְאַל יְאַבֵּד גּוֹי רַבָּא
הָאוֹמְרִים בְּכָל יום – אָמֵן יְהֵא שְּׁמֵּיה רַבָּא :(General Synopsis:
In this poem, the writer asks from G-d to protect the nation of Israel, and not to let them to their enemies.)Lastly, let us NEVER forget why this attack on Hamas and Gaza are presently necessary…because of the foolhardy, and blasphemous “disengagement”. Many of those Jews who were ethnically cleansed from Gaza as a “good will gesture” are still homeless, and their children still traumatized.
I won’t forget it.
The Diary of Daedalus
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