jpost.com - 1/8/2009
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Soldiers from the Paratrooper's Brigade operating in the northern Gaza Strip uncovered a map prepared by Hamas that shows how the terror group prepared for the IDF's incursion by deploying different types of bombs as well as snipers throughout the town of al-Atatra. The map is handwritten and is ...
ynetnews.com - 1/8/2009
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ynetnews.com —
Report: Hamas stealing aid supplies to sell to
residents Grim picture of Gazans' lives painted by reports...
emerging from Strip, claiming gunmen hiding in civilian homes, using residents as human shields, and hijacking trucks of humanitarian aid Roee ...
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Report: Hamas stealing aid supplies to sell to residents ...
foxnews.com - 1/9/2009
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foxnews.com —
Friday, January 09, 2009 BREAKING NEWS— Israel's government
says it will press ahead with its offensive in...
the Gaza Strip despite a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office says the military "will ...
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Israel and Hamas Reject U.N. Truce, Intensify Attacks - ...
haaretz.com - 1/5/2009
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haaretz.com —
Israel and Hamas on Monday ratcheted up their
public statements ahead of the critical date of Friday,...
December 19 when the six-month old cease-fire is set to expire. In Damascus, Hamas political leader Khaled Meshal threatened that calm would end this ...
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ANALYSIS / Who wants to end the Hamas-Israel ...
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God is on our side
Israel Matzav —
God is on our side [image] IDF paratroopers discovered a map of the northern Gaza town of al-Atatra and used it to avoid casualties in the town. Today, the map was shown during an IDF briefing. This is sweet . The map is handwritten and is based on a bird's-eye view of the town, likely taken from Google Maps . On the map, Hamas split up the town into three different sectors - red, blue and green. On the map, Hamas highlighted several important sites such as mosques, a gas station and a fuel depot. "Inside the map, the terrorists also marked sniper positions, as well as the location of roadside bombs, anti-tank bombs and landmines," Chief Intelligence Officer ...
IDF unveils Hamas map seized in Gaza
Israpundit —
Chief Intelligence Officer Brig.-Gen. Yuval Halamish and Hamas Map
by Yaakov Katz, Jerusalem Post, Jan. 8, 2009
Soldiers from the Paratrooper’s Brigade operating in the northern Gaza Strip uncovered a map prepared by Hamas that shows how the terror group prepared for the IDF’s incursion by deploying different types of bombs as well as ...
Why we won't listen to Goldstone
Israel Matzav —
Why we won't listen to Goldstone [image] Writing in YNet on Wednesday, Tel Aviv University professor Aeyal Gross urges Israelis to listen to the Goldstone Commission report, claiming - despite all evidence to the contrary - that it looked into the conduct of both sides in the Gaza conflict. The report was drafted by a distinguished group of experts that are not nti-Semitic or anti-Israeli. Goldstone made a name for himself not only as a prosecutor on behalf of the special courts for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, but also as a courageous South African judge, especially when he looked into the roots of political violence towards the end of the apartheid regime and exposed the ...
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War Crimes
powerlineblog.com 1/10/2009 — The first big anti-israel news story of the Gaza conflict was the alleged bombing, on Tuesday, of a UN-run school which resulted in the deaths of 40 or so children. What happened, of course, was that Hamas set up a mortar launcher in the school or on ...
IDF Obtained Hamas Intelligence Map
mypetjawa.mu.nu 1/10/2009 — Hey Hamas, where's your map? Via IDF SpokespersonThis map, confiscated Wednesday (Jan. 7) by IDF paratroopers operating in the north of Gaza, shows how Hamas uses an entire neighborhood, rigging it with explosive devices and putting the entire ...
Blog Archive » A Gaza Post-Mortem
commentarymagazine.com 1/23/2009 — 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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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 ...
Publications
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 ...
Is Hamas falling apart?
israelmatzav.blogspot.com 1/11/2009 — If it has been more than 24 hours since you last voted for me, please click on this link and vote for me as Best Midsize blog in the Weblog Awards 2008. Thanks.
A story that appeared on YNet on Saturday night - and that was repeated by Israel Radio ...
Gaza war ending?
israelmatzav.blogspot.com 1/17/2009 — At Commentary, Noah Pollak fears that Operation Cast Lead is coming to an end. The Israeli media is reporting that the war in Gaza will come to an end during the next 72 hours to allow Egypt to finish brokering an arrangement between Israel, Hamas, ...
Is The Gaza War Ending?
commentarymagazine.com 1/16/2009 — The Israeli media is reporting that the war in Gaza will come to an end during the next 72 hours to allow Egypt to finish brokering an arrangement between Israel, Hamas, and Fatah.
The sources said that the renewed lull will last at least a year, and ...
U.S. to support ceasefire resolution —
First Read 1/8/2009
From NBC's Libby Leist NEW YORK -- After two days of intense negotiations, the U.S. has caved to pressure from Arab leaders and is now working on a U.N. resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
According to Western and Arab diplomats, the ...
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