israelnationalnews.com - 1/6/2009
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(IsraelNN.com) IDF forces have permanently ended the threat posted to Israel's southern residents by senior Hamas terrorist Ayman Siam, head of the guerrilla group's rocket and artillery unit in Gaza. Siam was killed in an attack on his house during a joint IDF and Israel Security Agency (Shin ...
israelnationalnews.com - 1/6/2009
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israelnationalnews.com —
(IsraelNN.com) Hamas spokesman Mahmoud Az-Zahar claimed victory for
Hamas on Monday, saying Hamas had succeeded in “destroying...
Israel's sense of security” with its rocket attacks. Zahar made his proclamation in video footage sent from a secret ...
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Zahar Claims Victory, Calls to Kill Jewish Children - ...
jpost.com - 1/6/2009
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jpost.com —
As the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip
entered its 10th day, Hamas has begun sending conflicting...
messages regarding its intentions. These contradictory messages, Palestinian political analysts said, reflected the state of confusion in Hamas and raised ...
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Analysis: Hamas desperate for lull | Middle East | ...
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 1/6/2009
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com —
Noah Pollak asked me to provide some framework
for a discussion of proportionality and just war theory...
with respect to the Israeli attack on Gaza. In re-reading my Catechism and brushing up on just war theory, I am struck first of all by how alien ...
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Proportionality And Terror
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IDF gets another big fish; Hamas kills 'collaborators'
Israel Matzav —
IDF gets another big fish; Hamas kills 'collaborators' The IDF killed off another big fish on Tuesday morning, getting Ayman Siam , the head of Hamas' rocket and artillery unit in the Gaza Strip. Siam was killed in an attack on his house during a joint IDF and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) operation Tuesday morning in the northern Gaza town of Jebaliya. He was known to be present in the house at the time of the attack. The terrorist, who was wounded in one of the first IAF air strikes of Operation Cast Lead 10 days ago, founded the Hamas rocket launching program, and was ...
Israeli forces focus on Northern Gaza
The Long War Journal —
... Israeli force continues to target the homes of Hamas military leaders. Ayman Siam, the founder of Hamas' rocket program commander of the artillery program throughout Gaza, was killed after Israeli troops and the Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency, attacked his home in Jabaliya. ...
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Bush and Obama Consulted on Gaza —
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