ynetnews.com - 1/26/2009
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Senior military sources say recent findings indicate at least 700 of those killed in Gaza offensive were gunmen. Palestinians claim only 300 armed men killed Hanan Greenberg A continuing IDF investigation into the number of civilian Palestinian casualties during the Israeli offensive in Gaza ...
pajamasmedia.com - 1/28/2009
jpost.com - 1/26/2009
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Hamas bears full responsibility for the war in
Gaza, a top EU official said Monday in the
Strip, calling the group "a terrorist movement." "At this time we have to also recall the overwhelming responsibility of Hamas," Louis Michel, European ...
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Top EU official: Hamas bears full responsibility for ...
commentarymagazine.com - 1/23/2009
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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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The Numbers Game
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Israel says that its investigation into the Operation Cast Lead casualty reports indicate that the overwhelming number of deaths were that of Hamas terrorists, and that only 250 civilians were killed . While the death of civilians is troubling, those casualties are the purposeful result of Hamas using human shields and from operating in and around civilian areas so that Israeli counterbattery fire, airstrikes, and ground assaults would hit civilians as well as Hamas thugs. I've previously ...
IDF: 250 civilian casualties in Gaza
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IDF: 250 civilian casualties in Gaza The IDF reports that some 250 of the 'Palestinians' killed in Operation Cast Lead were civilians. The rest were terrorists - mostly from Hamas . The military is doing everything it can to compile accurate data regarding the identity of those killed in Gaza, including debriefing soldiers and cross-referencing their information with intelligence. Gaza Division Chief Brigadier-General Eyal Eisenberg alluded to the fact that the majority of the Palestinian fatalities were Hamas operatives, but refused to specify numbers. The IDF has yet to ...
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ynetnews.com 1/9/2009 — A day with our troops in Gaza Ron Ben-Yishai reports from Gaza after spending day with IDF forces fighting in Strip Ron Ben-Yishai For the first time since Operation Cast Lead was launched, an Israeli journalist was allowed to enter the Strip ...
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csis.org 1/10/2009 — 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 ...
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csis.org 1/10/2009 — 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 ...
Hamas raids aid trucks, sells supplies
jpost.com 1/12/2009 — Hamas on Monday raided some 100 aid trucks that Israel had allowed into Gaza, stole their contents and sold them to the highest bidders. The IDF said that since terminal activity is coordinated with UNRWA and the Red Cross, Israel could do nothing to ...
Palestinian civilians: Hamas made us stay in homes used by gunmen
jihadwatch.org 1/25/2009 — It is unconscionable that the world would dare to condemn Israel for the killing of civilians in Gaza despite the steady stream of stories like this that establish that Hamas did everything it could to provoke civilian casualties.
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Middle East envoys departs today —
First Read 1/26/2009
From NBC’s Libby LeistU.S. special Middle East envoy George Mitchell will depart today for the Middle East, the State Department said this morning.
Spokesman Robert Wood told reporters that Mitchell's trip will include stops in : Egypt, Israel, the ...
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