obsidianwings.blogs.com - 12/29/2008
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by hilzoy
From the NYT :
"Israeli aircraft pounded Gaza for a second day on Sunday, increasing the death toll to nearly 300, as Israeli troops and tanks massed along the border and the government said it had called up reserves for a possible ground operation.
The continued strikes, ...
news.yahoo.com - 12/29/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israel obliterated symbols of
Hamas power on the third day of what the...
defense minister described Monday as a "war to the bitter end," striking next to the Hamas premier's home, and devastating a security compound and a ...
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Israel says Gaza assault 'war to the bitter end' - ...
jpost.com - 12/29/2008
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jpost.com —
Defense Minister and Labor chairman Ehud Barak on
Monday said that Israel would expand its military operation...
in the Gaza Strip until all the goals were achieved. He spoke at a special Knesset session attended, among others, by Foreign Minister Tzipi ...
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Barak: This is 'all out war' on Hamas | Israel | ...
topics.nytimes.com - 12/29/2008
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topics.nytimes.com —
Fatah became preeminent among Palestinian factions in the
1960s though a series of strikes against Israel --...
in its eyes, successful military campaigns, though condemned by Israel and the West as terrorism -- and by the end of the decade it was the ...
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Al Fatah - The New York Times
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