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Gaza Ground Invasion Beginning? Goal Ethnic Cleansing?
Firedoglake —
... 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: ...
Gaza Ground Invasion Beginning
Firedoglake —
... 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
The Latest on Air America —
... and troops have massed on the Gaza border, and an Israel Defense Forces spokeswoman said ground forces are prepared to enter Gaza when they receive orders to do so. "Due to the terrorist actions undertaken by terrorist elements from the region of your residences against the state of Israel, the Israel Defense Forces are compelled to respond immediately in the region of your residences. For your safety, you are ordered to leave the area immediately," the leaflets say. Read more here.
Ground Action in Gaza
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
... ground troops have started to enter the Gaza Strip, Israeli military officials have confirmed, a week after the offensive against Hamas began.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said the intention was to “take control” of areas from which Palestinian militants have been firing rockets into Israel.
A BBC reporter in Gaza says it appears to be a limited operation with 10 to 15 vehicles crossing the northern border.
CNN reports: Israeli ground troops enter Gaza
Leaflets signed by the commander of the Israeli military ...
Israel escalates, ground war begins
Political Animal —
ISRAEL ESCALATES, GROUND WAR BEGINS.... Israel spent much of the last several days amassing its infantry forces along the Gaza border, in anticipation for a likely ground invasion. Today, that came to pass . Israeli troops began moving into Gaza on Saturday night, intent on taking out Hamas rocket-launching sites, Israel Defense Forces said. "We have just a short while ago launched the second stage of the operation against Hamas infrastructure," IDF spokeswoman Maj. Avital Leibovich told CNN. "The goal is to try and take over some of those launching areas that were ...
The Gaza Ground Operations Begin
Comments from Left Field —
For the last eight days the Middle East, and much of the world, has watched in horror as the Israel/Palestine cease-fire first broke down, and then turned to outright warfare. Well today Israel, in a move that seemed unavoidable, has shifted to “Phase 2″ of their counter-Hamas operation and begun ground operations:
Israeli troops began moving into Gaza on Saturday night, intent on taking out Hamas rocket-launching sites, Israel Defense Forces said.
“We have just a short while ago launched the second stage of the operation ...
On The Defensive
Classical Values —
On The Defensive Israeli ground troops have entered Gaza in an attempt to put an end to the Philistine's shelling of Israel. JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli tanks rolled into Gaza on Saturday night as the military launched the second phase of its assault on the Hamas-ruled territory after a week of airstrikes. "Obviously, ground forces have capability that air forces don't have," Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev told CNN. "We want to create a situation where the civilian population in southern Israel is no longer on the receiving end of those deadly Hamas rockets. When ...
At least 4 Palestinians killed in Israeli ground assault
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... ground assault, Palestinian medical sources said, bringing the death toll in Gaza to 460 since the conflict erupted December 27. The ground assault followed a weeklong campaign of airstrikes in what Israel says is an offensive to halt rocket attacks from Hamas militants in Gaza. "We want to create a situation where the civilian population in southern Israel is no longer on the receiving end of those deadly Hamas rockets," Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev told CNN. Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/03/israel.gaza/i... Looks like Israel is doing a ...
