iht.com - 1/22/2009
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TEL AVIV : As Israeli forces tightened their circle around Gaza City on Tuesday, the 18th day of the war on Hamas, senior Israeli intelligence officials said Hamas military forces had been damaged but remained substantially intact. The military wing of Hamas has been hit "to a certain extent" ...
jpost.com - 1/19/2009
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jpost.com —
Hamas militiamen have rounded up hundreds of Fatah
activists on suspicion of "collaboration" with Israel during Operation...
Cast Lead, Fatah members in the Gaza Strip told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. They said the Hamas crackdown on Fatah intensified ...
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'Hamas torturing Fatah members in Gaza' | Middle East | ...
jpost.com - 1/19/2009
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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 ...
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Haniyeh: We have achieved victory | Middle East | ...
commentarymagazine.com - 1/23/2009
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commentarymagazine.com —
A fragile quiet prevails in Gaza and Israel
today, its duration unknown. It would be satisfying to...
say that Israel won, but clearly it did not. The political leadership did not allow the IDF to continue advancing until Hamas’s leadership, ensconced in ...
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Tomgram: Tony Karon, Obama's Gaza Opportunity
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... in a friendly-fire incident. But amid this welter of horrific numbers, here was the one that caught my eye -- and a quote went with it: Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi, chief of staff of the Israeli Army, told Parliament on January 12th, "We have achieved a lot in hitting Hamas and its infrastructure, its rule and its armed wing, but there is still work ahead." ...
Change Gaza Can Believe In
Antiwar.com Original —
... in a friendly-fire incident. But amid this welter of horrific numbers, here was the one that caught my eye and a quote went with it: Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi, chief of staff of the Israeli Army, told Parliament on January 12th, "We have achieved a lot in hitting Hamas and its infrastructure, its rule and its armed wing, but there is still work ahead." Work? The "work" already done evidently included a figure he cited: more than 2,300 air strikes launched by the Israelis with the offensive against Hamas still having days to go. Think about that: in a heavily ...
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