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Israeli Ground Assault in Gaza
Taylor Marsh —
BY TAYLOR MARSH
Goal of Israel, according to Amir Oren of Haaretz (interviewed on MSNBC), is to "break the will" of Hamas to launch missiles at Israel. ...
Israel begins firing artillery shells into Gaza
Israpundit —
By Amos Harel, Yoav Stern and Yanir Yagana, Haaretz
The Israel Defense Forces began firing artillery shells into open areas inside the Gaza Strip on Saturday, for the first time since the offensive began a week ago, heralding a possible escalation in more than a week of fighting.
Palestinian witnesses said the barrage caused a large explosion in Gaza City as well as a series of blasts stitching the nearby frontier with Israel.
Channel 10 television quoted a witness as saying that Israel was shelling targets along the entire length of the shared ...
Gaza Ground Invasion Beginning
Firedoglake —
Update 1:29 EST - Ha'aretz
Israel launches ground operation in Gaza Strip
Update #2 -Jerusalem Post: ...
Gaza Ground Invasion Beginning? Goal Ethnic Cleansing?
Firedoglake —
Update 1:29 EST - Ha'aretz
Israel launches ground operation in Gaza Strip
Israeli forces may have begun the ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. AFP and more are reporting that Israel has begun heavy shelling of the northern sections of Gaza and there are unconfirmed reports that the tanks are rolling. CNN reported an hour ago that Israel was warning Gazans to leave their homes and the northern sectors of the Strip: ...
ISRAELI TROOPS MOVE INTO GAZA
Gateway Pundit —
Israeli forces just moved into northern Gaza. For the first time since the start of Operation Cast Lead, the IDF sent a large number of ground troops into the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening. Israellycool is following the developments. Haaretz is reporting on the ground offensive: Defense officials said some 10,000 troops, including tank, artillery and special operations units, were massed on the Gaza border and prepared to invade. They said top commanders were split over whether to send in ground forces, in part ...
Israel invades Gaza
Hot Air » Top Picks —
Israel invades Gaza posted at 1:38 pm on January 3, 2009 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly Just a headline so far (“Israel launches ground operation in Gaza Strip”) and no one else is reporting it, but they’ve been shelling northern Gaza since this morning to prepare the way so it’s not unexpected. Now the JPost is reporting it too. Stand by for updates.
Updating the Gaza war
Yourish.com —
We can stop calling it an “operation” now, I think. Hamas has 15,000 fighters, many of them trained in Iran, or by Iranian Revolutionary Guards, waiting for the Israeli ground troops. Who are now inside Gaza.
Omri has some awesome liveblogging going on, and since he and I are trading information via GoogleTalk, your probably want to check us both.
I think it’s time to list the surprises that Ehud Barak, the former special ops commander, has finally revealed:
Israel is calling up tens of thousands of reserves: This is going to be a full-scale toppling of Hamas and ...
The Gaza Ground War Begins And Washington, Lincoln & FDR's Successor Speaks
TPMCafe —
Israel invades.
The following is a transcript of President Bush's weekly radio address:
PRESIDENT BUSH: Good morning. Over the past week, I have been monitoring the situation in the Middle East closely with the members of my national security team. Secretary Rice is actively engaged in diplomacy. And I've been in contact with leaders throughout the region -- including the King of Saudi Arabia, the King of Jordan, the President of Egypt, the President and Prime Minister of the Palestinian Territories, and the Prime Minister of Israel.
This recent outburst of violence was instigated by Hamas -- a ...
Gaza: An Israeli Step Back would be the Truer “Success”
Firedoglake —
The invasion of Gaza has begun. As the bombardment of Gaza has failed to break Palestinian "will," now the gamble is that ground troops will. According to Ha'aretz, a significant portion of Israeli "top commanders" dissented from the decision to invade, arguing that the airstrikes had already dealt Hamas a "heavy blow" and that Israeli casualties could be heavy as well. Clearly they shared the concern that Israel was escalating the war without regard for strategy. How will Israel de-escalate? How can it invade Gaza on the empty goal to engage in an ...
Israel Invades Gaza: Info, Updates
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Israel sent ground troops into the Gaza strip today, escalating an offensive against Hamas that had so far been conducted exclusively from the air. According to Haaretz, initial reports indicate that dozens of Hamas militants have been killed in heavy gun battles against Israeli Defense Forces. Israel has mobilized a significant number of troops and artillery for this operation:
Large numbers of forces are taking part in this stage of the operation including infantry, tanks, engineering forces, artillery and intelligence with the support of the Israel Air Force, Israel navy, the Shin Bet ...
Israel launched ground attack into Gaza
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
This situation in the Middle East escalated today. Israel entered Gaza with troops and tanks. I was out for a couple hours, but looks like this development has been "Breaking News" with wall-to-wall coverage on MSNBC and CNN this afternoon. Initial reports are starting to come in from Gaza. Here are links to three different sites with recent updates: Haaretz Reuters Al Jazeera ...
Oh, good
Corrente —
Israel's ground invasion of Gaza begins. NPR remarks that AK47s have hitherto had little effect against tanks. Who knew? Read more…
Hammer Fall
Blue Crab Boulevard —
... The Israeli Army has begun ground operations into the Gaza Strip. Initial reports from both Israel and Gaza indicated that Israel Defense Forces troops had killed dozens of Hamas gunmen as they traded heavy fire upon entering the Strip. “The objective is to destroy the Hamas terror infrastructure in the area of operations,” said Israel Defense Forces Major Avital Leibovitch, a military spokeswoman, confirming that incursions were under way. “We are going to take some of the launch areas used by Hamas.” The IDF Spokesperson’s office issued a statement, emphasizing that this ...
Saturday reading: January
Ben Smith's Blog —
Getting ready in D.C. (AP)
Israel invades.
The House will fast-track the Obama stimulus.
Reid called Blago.
The GOP pushes in the racial wedge, perhaps slightly complicating the Burris situation.
The black press heads for the White House.
And the Obama girls prepare for Sidwell.
The Israelis Invade
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
And the rationale is explicated: The IDF Spokesperson's office issued a statement,
emphasizing that this stage of the operation will further the goals of
the eight-day offensive as voiced by the IDF until now: To strike a
direct and hard blow against the Hamas while increasing the deterrent
strength of the IDF, in order to bring about an improved and more
stable security situation for residents of Southern Israel over the
long term.
How does just war theory defend the deaths of many innocent civilians as a means to increase ...
Gaza Update: Nowhere to Hide
Firedoglake —
As Israel’s attack on Gaza intensifies, we are left with few ways to get direct information since Israel continues to refuse reporters permission to enter.
The invasion according to Defense Minister Ehud Barak "..won't be easy and it won't be short," ...
Time warp
the talking dog —
... )... little ever seems to change viz the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Currently, Israel has just commenced a ground offensive into Gaza , after a week of aerial bombardments. The results will inevitably be significant casualties to Hamas and to Gazan civilians, and there will almost certainly be casualties on the Israeli side. The usual suspects offer the usual opinions, such as ...
There Is No Military Solution To This Conflict
Comments from Left Field —
The conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people in the Occupied Territories has been going on for over 40 years now. Israel has bombed; killed and injured thousands of Palestinians with tank shells, missiles, and guns; arrested, detained, and interrogated thousands of Palestinian men; bulldozed land and demolished homes; confiscated land for hundreds of settlements and for the bypass roads that connect settlements to each other and to Israel, and diverted natural resources (like water) for settlers’ use; built a wall , ostensibly for security, that Palestinians see as a land grab because it does not follow the Green Line ...
Two IDF soldiers seriously wounded, 9 lightly in Gaza fighting
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
Source: Haaretz Two IDF soldiers seriously wounded, 9 lightly in Gaza fighting By Amos Harel, Yoav Stern and Yanir Yagana, Haaretz Correspondents, and News Agencies Israel entered the second week of its offensive against rockets from Hamas-ruled Gaza on Saturday evening by launching a much-expected ground operation into the coastal strip. Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were seriously wounded by a Palestinian mortar in the northern Gaza Strip before dawn on Sunday. Nine soldiers suffered light injuries. Initial reports from both Israel and Gaza indicated that IDF troops had killed dozens of Hamas gunmen as they traded heavy fire ...
DOVE-PERES: NO CEASE-FIRE; HAMAS NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT A LESSON!" - FIRST IDF SOLDIER KILLED IN GAZA: RIP
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
HAARETZ: IDF soldier killed, another seriously wounded in Gaza ground operation An Israeli soldier was killed in a clash with Gaza militants on Sunday, the first fatality suffered by Israel since it launched a ground operation on Saturday night against the coastal territory's Hamas rulers. The soldier, from the Israel Defense Forces Golani infantry brigade, was killed in the densely populated Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Another IDF soldier was seriously wounded in the clash. The wounded soldier was later evacuated for treatment to the ...
Sonny Corleone in Gaza
Pajamas Media —
... . Greenwald is hardly alone among liberals in denouncing the Gaza campaign — Israel’s response to Hamas rocket and mortar attacks — as “disproportionate.” Yet what would a “proportionate” response look like? The denunciations would be no less vehement if Israel emulated Hamas and started lobbing shells haphazardly at Gaza on a tit-for-tat basis. Random “proportionate” attacks, however, would do nothing in terms of dismantling the Hamas terrorist infrastructure, which is the avowed mission of Israel’s Gaza campaign. By going into Gaza in Sonny Corleone fashion, Israel aims to ...
