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Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels operating again despite IDF op | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com - 1/21/2009
Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels operating again despite IDF op | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
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Smuggling into Gaza from Egypt is underway again, only days after the end of the IDF operation against Hamas. AP Television News footage showed Palestinian smugglers Wednesday filling a fuel truck with petrol that came through a cross-border tunnel from Egypt. The footage also shows workers busy ...
Gazan doctor says death toll inflated
ynetnews.com - 1/22/2009
Gazan doctor says death toll inflated
— ynetnews.com — Physician at Gaza's Shifa Hospital tells Italian newspaper number of dead in Israeli offensive 'stands at no... more than 500 or 600, most of them youths recruited to Hamas' ranks'. Senior Palestinian Health Ministry official denies claims, IDF estimate ... (more) Gazan doctor says death toll inflated

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Iran renews efforts to supply weaponry to bruised Hamas | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
— jpost.com — Iran has renewed efforts to supply advanced weaponry to Hamas and the IDF is concerned that the... terror group will try to smuggle long-range Fajr missiles into the Gaza Strip. According to the latest intelligence assessments, Iran, which was ... (more) Iran renews efforts to supply weaponry to bruised Hamas ...

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Haniyeh: We have achieved victory | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com - 1/19/2009
Haniyeh: We have achieved victory | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
— jpost.com — In a speech broadcast on Hamas television on Sunday night, Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh said the... Palestinians had achieved a historical and strategic victory over Israel, and claimed that Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip had ... (more) Haniyeh: We have achieved victory | Middle East | ...

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A Blog For All:  Repeat Offenders

Israel Matzav:  Gaza smuggling tunnels up and running

Little Green Footballs:  Palestinian Smuggling Tunnels Back in Operation

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Repeat Offenders
A Blog For All — Hamas is at it again. They're again smuggling items across the Gaza-Egypt border , despite Egyptian efforts to stop the smuggling and Israeli airstrikes against multiple tunnels. Israel clearly didn't get all of them. ...

Gaza smuggling tunnels up and running
Israel Matzav — Gaza smuggling tunnels up and running [image] I'm sure you'll all be shocked to hear that Hamas has its Gaza smuggling tunnels up and running again (or should that be down and running again). AP Television News footage showed Palestinian smugglers Wednesday filling a fuel truck with petrol that came through a cross-border tunnel from Egypt. The footage also shows workers busy clearing blocked tunnels and bulldozers carrying out other repairs. One of the stated goals of the IDF offensive was to stop the smuggling through the hundreds of tunnels under the border. The goods coming through have included a steady flow of rockets and other weapons. Israel has said eighty ...

Palestinian Smuggling Tunnels Back in Operation
Little Green Footballs — It’s business as usual for Palestinian smugglers (but with fewer tunnels) now that the IDF has left Gaza: Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels operating despite IDF offensive Smuggling into Gaza from Egypt is underway again, only days after the end of the IDF operation against Hamas. AP Television News footage showed Palestinian smugglers Wednesday filling a fuel truck with petrol that came through a cross-border tunnel from Egypt. The footage also shows workers busy clearing blocked tunnels and bulldozers carrying out other repairs. One of the stated goals of the IDF offensive was to stop the smuggling through the hundreds of tunnels under ...

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