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weeklystandard.com - 1/16/2009
Israel Destroys Hamas's "Iranian Unit"
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Goldfarb noted that the captured Hamas fighters have been stunned bey the ferocity of the Israeli assault on Gaza. That same article notes that the Israeli Defense Force has taken out on of Hamas's elite military units: The so-called "Iranian Unit" of Hamas has been destroyed, according to ...
israelnationalnews.com - 1/16/2009
"Iranian Unit" Destroyed, Hamas was Suprised - Defense/Middle East - Israel News
— israelnationalnews.com — (IsraelNN.com) "Hamas took a gamble. We thought, at worst Israel will come and do something from the... air - superficial." The so-called "Iranian Unit" of Hamas has been destroyed, according to Gaza sources cited Thursday by the Haaretz daily. The ... (more) "Iranian Unit" Destroyed, Hamas was Suprised - ...

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Gaza Skirmishes Continue Despite Cease-Fire
nytimes.com - 1/18/2009
Gaza Skirmishes Continue Despite Cease-Fire
— nytimes.com — JERUSALEM — Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups in Gaza announced an immediate, week-long cease-fire in the... conflict with Israel on Sunday, about 12 hours after an Israeli unilateral cease-fire went into effect. The Palestinian groups said in ... (more) Gaza Skirmishes Continue Despite Cease-Fire

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An inevitable outcome in Gaza
turcopolier.typepad.com - 1/18/2009
An inevitable outcome in Gaza
— turcopolier.typepad.com — "Hamas officials were set to hold talks in Cairo with Egyptian mediators to hear the Israeli response... to proposals put forward by the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip.Hamas has offered a one-year, renewable truce on condition that all... (more) An inevitable outcome in Gaza

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Not the "Iranian Unit"!? Tell me it ain’t so!
QandO — ... Most people characterize when "fear will swallow the heart and the feet will want to flee" as cowardice, and "fighters" that use women and children as shields are already proven cowards. So it comes as no surprise, at least to me, that after all their aggressive talk and promises they ended up fleeing the battle: ...

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