reuters.com - 1/3/2009
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GAZA (Reuters) - Israel launched a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, sending tanks and infantry into battle with Hamas fighters who have defied eight days of deadly air strikes with salvoes of rocket fire into Israeli towns. Israeli tank fire killed three Gazans at the onset of the ...
haaretz.com - 1/3/2009
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haaretz.com —
Palestinian witnesses said the artillery 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 ...
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Israel launches ground offensive in the Gaza ...
timesonline.co.uk - 1/4/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
Flares streamed into the sky and exploded like
fireworks, lighting up the overcrowded territory. Residents in Gaza...
City reported heavy bombing which appeared to have cut electricity supplies. Tzipi Livni, the Israeli Foreign Minister and candidate ...
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Israel splits Gaza in three as soldiers battle Hamas
attackerman.firedoglake.com - 1/3/2009
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attackerman.firedoglake.com —
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 ...
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Gaza: An Israeli Step Back would be the Truer “Success”
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Israel begins ground offensive, Reuters roots for Hamas
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... And Reuters reports on the destruction of a mosque in which women and children were praying with no mention (of course) of Hamas' practice of using civilians as human shields, and only scant and skeptical reference to their practice of hiding weapons and munitions in mosques. "Israel hits Gaza from land, sea and air," by Nidal al-Mughrabi for Reuters, January 3 (thanks to Michael): ...
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 ...
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Bush calls Hamas attacks an 'act of terror' —
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President George W. Bush on Friday branded the Hamas rocket attacks on Israel an "act of terror" and outlined his own condition for a cease-fire in Gaza, saying no peace deal would be acceptable without monitoring to halt the flow of smuggled ...
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