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Israeli Airstrikes Target Hamas
A Blog For All —
Israel launched a major series of airstrikes against Hamas targets throughout Gaza, killing at least 150 people and wounding another 300 . It's the single largest number of casualties in recent memory, and no doubt that Hamas will claim that the majority of those killed were innocent civilians. ...
Israel Strikes Hamas in Gaza
Taylor Marsh —
... This story was in the TM headlines all day yesterday. Just call it foreshadowing of today’s events.
The AP reports Israel stuck Hamas targets after weeks of rocket and mortar fire into Israel from Hamas: ...
No Peace in and Around the Holy Land
The Corner on National Review Online —
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Calling Hamas
Power Line —
... Today the IDF Air Force commenced the anticipated air strikes. The AP report is here ("Hamas officials said all of Gaza's security compounds were destroyed") and Reuters is ...
Ghaza…again..
Rantings of a Sandmonkey —
... Bloodshed in Ghaza…again. Rockets launched from both sides….again. Round 69474932 of the grandsons of Isaac vs. the grandsons of Ishmael…again. And again, no end in sight..again and again and again. ...
Hamas gets its war
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... The patience of the Israelis reached its end today. After taking more that 200 missile attacks in the past week, the IDF attacked every known Hamas security station in Gaza today, killing hundreds and wounding hundreds more. Gazans pledged resistance to any ground invasion, but Israel has not yet indicated when — or if — one will come: Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from the Gaza Strip pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of airstrikes Saturday, killing at least 155 and wounding more than 310 in the ...
Death in Gaza: Silence is complicity
Left I on the News —
... , victims of an Israeli terrorist attack. The Western press is quick to note that the majority of the dead were "Hamas", and that just "some" civilians were among the dead; indeed, one of the main attacks was a police graduation ceremony. But not, mind you, people who were in the process of, had in the past, or were even suspected of involvement in the rocket attacks which Israel claims as the reason for the attacks. "Hamas" policemen are civilians, just as much as the "real" civilians who Israel has also callously murdered. ...
Gaza
Political Animal —
... of Hamas, the Islamic group that controls Gaza, but a few civilians were also among the dead, including children. Scores more Palestinians were wounded. There had been a six-month truce between Israel and Hamas, which expired on Dec. 19. Hamas renewed its rocket fire, and Israel retaliated today. This may continue for a while -- the Israeli military warned this morning that this operation "will be continued, expanded and intensified as much as will be required." Defense Minister Ehud Barak added at a press conference, "There is a time for calm and there is a time for ...
After Weeks of Intense Rocket Attacks, Israel Strikes Back
Ace of Spades HQ —
After Weeks of Intense Rocket Attacks, Israel Strikes Back Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from the Gaza Strip pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of airstrikes Saturday, killing nearly 200 people and wounding 270 others in the single bloodiest day of fighting in years. ...
Hamas Wanted War, They Got It
Flopping Aces —
... with Isreal last week and sent in almost 200 rockets.
They wanted this, now they got it.
After sending wave after wave of rocket attacks into Israel (3,000 rockets since the beginning of the year), including this one:
A crude rocket fired by Palestinian militants fell short of its target in Israel on Friday, striking a house in the northern Gaza Strip and killing two schoolgirls.
Israel decided enough was enough and sent warplanes in to demolish every known Hamas compound, killing hundreds: ...
Israel’s long-overdue strike against Hamas: A time for war
Israpundit —
... Echoing the Old Testament’s verses from Ecclesiastes regarding Israel’s massive offensive against Hamas terrorists today, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said, “There is a time for calm and there is a time for fighting, and now is the time for fighting.” Hamas, and possibly other Palestinian terrorist groups, have launched approximately 300 rockets and mortars into southern Israel just during the past week. Previously, ...
Calling Hamas, part 2
Power Line —
... Occasionally the truth bubbles up through the muck. Buried in the initial AP story by Ibrahim Barzak and Amy Teibel on Israel's offensive was this illuminating nugget: ...
Israel warned civilians to leave targeted areas
Israel Matzav —
Israel warned civilians to leave targeted areas To the extent that there are civilian casualties in Gaza, as we say in Hebrew "damam b'rosham" (their blood is on their own heads). Because - surprise, surprise, surprise - Israel warned them to leave the areas around the buildings that were targeted (Hat Tip: ...
Hamas and Israel: same old same old, despite Obama
neo-neocon —
... Hamas attacks. Israel has a right to defend itself. Israel will be criticized for doing so. The number of Palestinian casualties is emphasized by the press, and Palesinian reports of how many civilians have been hurt are accepted uncritically. ...
Right to exist
Power Line —
Charles Krauthammer leasds his column on Israel's current offensive against Hamas with a sentence from a December 27 AP report that I quoted in "Calling Hamas, part 2":
Late Saturday, thousands of Gazans received Arabic-language cell-phone messages from the Israeli military, urging them to leave homes where militants might have stashed weapons.
The sentence buried in an otherwise typical AP report is indeed clarifying, as Krauthammer eloquently argues.
Israel and Hamas differ on the question of Israel's right ...
Gaza and the Law of Armed Conflict
Winds of Change.NET —
... Hamas is still firing rockets; therefore, the IDF is not using more force than necessary to disrupt the firing of rockets. Israel, arguably, is using less force than necessary. And the IDF, unlike Hamas, does what it can to minimize injury to civilians. “Militants often operate against Israel from civilian areas,” the Associated Press reported last week. “Late Saturday, thousands of Gazans received Arabic-language cell-phone messages from the Israeli military, urging them to leave homes where militants might have stashed weapons.” Israeli commanders are ...
