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Headlines : Human RightsIsraeli Tanks, Bulldozers Move Into Gaza
This operation may signal that Israel is preparing for a new “incursion” into the Gaza Strip along the lines of 2006’s Operation Summer Rains. It seems to have been aimed not at protecting Israeli civilians, but at protecting IDF positions that are currently involved in policing the concentration camp/gulag that the Strip has become, with horrific human consequences.
[Posted By Szamko]Republished from Associated Press
Israeli tanks and bulldozers backed by attack aircraft moved into the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday in the biggest operation in the territory since Islamic Hamas forces wrested control in June, setting off clashes with militants.
An Israeli tank shell fired at a group of Islamic Jihad fighters killed three, while missiles fired from an aircraft killed two unidentified militants, hospital officials said.
Schoolchildren ran through the streets of Khan Younis, let out early from school so they could take refuge in their homes.
Militants carrying land mines and other weapons dodged among houses and maneuvered behind the tanks to fire at troops. Others took cover behind trees, or covered themselves in leaves to camouflage themselves in open farmlands in the area of the fighting.
Tanks and bulldozers were about a mile deep inside southern Gaza, on the main road between the towns of Khan Younis and Rafah, and deployed over a 2.5-mile stretch of territory.
Posted by Szamko
Just tries to tell the truth.
Now that the Annapolis meet made it clear that the International Community is not support bombing Iran, the Israeli’s are worried that they’ll be stuck making a peace agreement with Palestine.
So they’re in a hurry to wipe it off the map.
Israeli incursion on the eve of peace talks is justified by the presence of and incites reaction by Hamas, Hamas is supported by Iran, hence bombing Iran is necessary to protect Israel, despite the fact the NIE refutes the danger of an Iranian bomb.
Sometimes no Peace
Over 50 years and the jews are still at it – they just never stop …......
the terror infrastructure borne out of stolen land
the crisis of conscience which never seems to strike these people
they never get tired of violent solutions to age old problems
let’s even the sides a bit
and turn our backs on the animals who would deny people their freedom
who am I talking about? Israel, Palestine, USA?
who cares?
If they start a war with Iran we better look the other way and let them become what they obviously have tried to be since Day One: The Supreme International Pariah State—-other nations have to be bribed and blackmailed into pretending to like these twisted monsters.
and their country—-such a tiny blip on the map to cause so much trouble for so many. and so arrogant!!!
But of course they won’t start a war with a real country, that’s not their style. The Hebrew Nationalists prefer weak, inferior opponents who can’t fight back and emabarrass them, like Hezbollah did last summer. I’m still laughing over that one.
WE DO NOT NEED TO SINK AS LOW AS THEM
From AFP
A spokesman for the dismissed Hamas government slammed Tuesday’s operation and urged the Palestinian Authority to call off Wednesday’s peace talks.
“Faced with this atrocious crime the government calls the Palestinian negotiators not to go to tomorrow’s meetings with the aggressors and to cut all contact with them,” said Taher al-Nunu.
“It will be shameful to shake hands stained with blood.”
Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina slammed the raids as an “abominable crime” and said they “reinforce doubts about Israel’s desire to assure the success of the negotiations that start tomorrow.”
“Concentration Camp” – a camp where persons (as prisoners of war, political prisoners, or refugees) are detained or confined – Webster
Oxford offers – 1. A camp where civilians, enemy aliens, political prisoners, and sometimes prisoners of war are detained and confined, typically under harsh conditions. 2. A place or situation characterized by extremely harsh conditions.
We should call Gaza by what it is.
Israeli raid kills three in Gaza An Israeli air strike has killed three people in Gaza City, according to Palestinian officials. They say several people were also injured when an Israeli aircraft targeted a vehicle in the eastern district of the city. (BBC)
Army chief: Gaza operation unavoidable The current situation in Gaza cannot continue, and ongoing Qassam attacks on Israel may force the IDF to launch a large-scale operation in the Strip, IDF Chief of Staff Lit.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said Wednesday…Ashkenazi said that Israel must prepare for the possibility of facing numerous enemies on several fronts – including foreign armies and terror groups – simultaneously.