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firedoglake.com - 12/28/2008

It’s Already Sunday in Gaza: “IAF strikes mosque, TV station”

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Both Al Jazeera and Ha’aretz are reporting new attacks on Gaza happening now: In the first attack early on Sunday, Palestinians said Israeli aircraft bombed a mosque near Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Two bodies were retrieved from the rubble. The blast, just after midnight, blew out ...

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QandO:  Hamas attacks, Israel counter-attacks

Pirate's Cove:  How Israeli Planned To Kick Hamas’ Butts

Stop The ACLU:  How Israeli Planned To Kick Hamas’ Butts

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prospect.org - 12/28/2008

ISRAEL, WRONG.

— prospect.org — This is the paragraph that I can't get out of my head: Hamas had in recent weeks let it be known that it doubted Israel would engage in a major military undertaking because of its coming elections. But in some ways the elections have made it ... (more) ISRAEL, WRONG.

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thewashingtonnote.com - 12/28/2008

Hijacking Obama's Middle East Strategy

— thewashingtonnote.com — One of the most important and sensible comments made during the last stretch of the campaign came from the straight-talking Joe Biden. The then Democratic vice-presidential nominee said that Barack Obama would be " tested" by crisis early in his ... (more) Hijacking Obama's Middle East Strategy

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israellycool.com - 12/27/2008

Israel Strikes Back

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Hamas attacks, Israel counter-attacks
QandO — Or at least that’s the way it seems to me. Hamas has been lobbing rockets into Israel for quite some time in defiance of a supposed cease fire. Israel finally responds targeting Hamas sites that it has identified by intelligence work for months. Even Hamas, who routinely places its weaponry in civilian areas and has injured and killed its own people with "friendly fire", admits that about 80% of those killed in the strike were Hamas fighters or officials. Unfortunately, non-combatants have been killed - but essentially the strikes have been in reaction to continued attacks from Hamas in Gaza. ...

How Israeli Planned To Kick Hamas’ Butts
Pirate's Cove — Haaretz has a story up regarding the Israeli plans to beat the snot out of Hamas, which is driving sites such as Firedoglaketo their typical unhingedness (not to mention the claims of a mosque and jihadi TV station being hit. Poor babies). Let’s look. Disinformation, secrecy and lies: How the Gaza offensive came about Long-term preparation, careful gathering of information, secret discussions, operational deception and the misleading of the public - all these stood behind the Israel Defense Forces “Cast Lead” operation against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, which began Saturday morning. The disinformation effort, according to defense officials, ...

How Israeli Planned To Kick Hamas’ Butts
Stop The ACLU — Haaretz has a story up regarding the Israeli plans to beat the snot out of Hamas , which is driving sites such as Firedoglake to their typical unhingedness (not to mention the claims of a mosque and jihadi TV station being hit. Poor babies). Let’s look. Disinformation, secrecy and lies: How the Gaza offensive came about Long-term preparation, careful gathering of information, secret discussions, operational deception and the misleading of the public - all these stood behind the Israel Defense Forces “Cast Lead” operation against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, which began Saturday morning. The disinformation effort, according to defense officials, took Hamas by surprise and served to ...