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IDF: Mortars fired from bombed school
ynetnews.com - 1/6/2009
IDF: Mortars fired from bombed school
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While UN spokesman reports at least 30 casualties from attack near UNRWA school in Jabalya, army claims strike targeted terrorists firing mortar shells from structure moments earlier
IDF: Whole Hamas battalions wiped out - Israel News, Ynetnews
ynetnews.com - 1/10/2009
IDF: Whole Hamas battalions wiped out - Israel News, Ynetnews
— ynetnews.com — IDF: Whole Hamas battalions wiped out Is Hamas falling apart? Senior IDF officer says roughly 300 Hamas... men killed since army launched ground incursion, whole Hamas battalions wiped out in dozens of clashes with troops over weekend; terror group also ... (more) IDF: Whole Hamas battalions wiped out - Israel News, ...

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— csis.org — Synopsis: The Israeli-Hamas War, and there is little else that it can be called, has now lasted... two weeks. Israeli jets have flown some 800 strike sorties, and the IDF has pushed deep into Gaza. Israel also continues to report tactical gains. The IDF ... (more) Publications

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israelmatzav.blogspot.com - 1/4/2009
IDF takes over Hamas television
— israelmatzav.blogspot.com — The IDF took over Hamas' al-Aqsa television Sunday morning, and broadcast what you're about to see (this... broadcast was actually on Israel's Cable Channel 10, which explained to Israelis what had happened). It shows pictures of the Hamas leadership ... (more) IDF takes over Hamas television

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The Corner on National Review Online:  One for the "Moral Equivalence" Crowd

Gateway Pundit:  Dead Hamas Terrorists & Missiles Found At UN School In Gaza

The Mahablog:  Death Dance

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One for the "Moral Equivalence" Crowd
The Corner on National Review Online — Tuesday, January 06, 2009 [image] One for the "Moral Equivalence" Crowd [James S. Robbins] Here is a good example of Hamas's modus operandi. They set up a mortar team next to a school crowded with refugees, fire a few rounds (acoustic mortar detectors can locate the source fairly quickly), then run before the counterstrike arrives. Innocent people pay the price in this case, 30 killed, 55 wounded. This has happened at two different schools so far. So Hamas is not just hiding among civilians or using them as human shields, they are intentionally engineering headline-grabbing ...

Dead Hamas Terrorists & Missiles Found At UN School In Gaza
Gateway Pundit — ... the past hour it has been found that amongst the dead at the Jabalya school were Hamas terror operatives and a mortar battery cell who were firing on IDF forces in the area. Hamas operatives Imad Abu Askhar and Hassan Abu Askhar were amongst terrorists that were identified to be killed. “We face a very delicate situation where the Hamas is using the citizens of Gaza as a protective vest,” IDF Spokesperson Brig. General Avi Benayahu said following the incident. YNET News has more on the attack at the UN School this morning: ...

Death Dance
The Mahablog — ... , killing 30 people and injuring 55. The UN says all the casualties were civilians, not Hamas. The IDF says mortars were being fired from the school. The ...

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