jpost.com - 12/31/2008
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Hamas has been dealt a serious blow by the repeated IAF strikes in the Gaza Strip, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) head Yuval Diskin said on Wednesday. "Hamas has been attacked as it has never been attacked before; it has suffered serious damage and its governability in Gaza has been severely ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/1/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Israel dropped a one-ton
bomb on the home of a Hamas strongman Thursday,...
killing him along with two wives and four children in the first attack on the top leadership of Gaza's rulers. As the aerial bombardment escalated, the army ...
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Israel kills top Hamas figure, escalating campaign - ...
haaretz.com - 12/31/2008
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haaretz.com —
The Israel Air Force on Wednesday evening bombed
a mosque in the southern Gaza Strip that Hamas...
had been using to store part of its rocket arsenal. Shin Bet officials said that over the last few days, Palestinian militants have been seen carrying ...
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IAF bombs Gaza mosque being used as weapons ...
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 12/31/2008
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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com —
Everyone engaged in it is interested in proving
that one side is righter than the other. Since...
no action in the region has occurred without plausible provocation for 4,000 years or so, this requires constantly shifting the metrics by which you ...
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Israel Rejects Truce Proposal
Power Line —
... its blockade. "If they halt the aggression and the blockade, then Hamas will study these suggestions," Mushir Masri said.
Israel fears that opening crossings with Gaza would allow Hamas--which remains officially committed to Israel's destruction--to strengthen its hold on the territory even further.
Of course, Israel imposed the blockade in the first place in response to Hamas' rocket and mortar attacks.
Last night, the head of Israel's Shin Bet gave ministers a positive account of the impact of the aerial attack so far: ...
Israel Gaza Strikes: The Latest News And Updates
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... The Jerusalem Post reports that the head of Shin Bet, Israel's security agency, said that Hamas has suffered a "serious" blow in the strikes: ...
Israel Gaza Strikes: The Latest News And Updates
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... The Jerusalem Post reports that the head of Shin Bet, Israel's security agency, said that Hamas has suffered a "serious" blow in the strikes: ...
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