mfa.gov.il - 12/29/2008
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"We are succeeding with the rockets. We have no losses and the impact on the Israeli side is so much."
Source: Conflict Blotter - News, analysis and original reporting on the Middle East
Conflict Blotter is written by Charles Levinson, currently Mideast Correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph.
idfspokesperson.com - 1/4/2009
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idfspokesperson.com —
Rocket Statistics Today, over 950,000 Israelis live within
range of rocket and mortar attacks. There have been...
approximately 7,200 rockets (Grads, Qassams) and mortars launched at Israel since 2005. During 2008, there have been 1755 mortars ...
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Rocket Statistics, 3 Jan 2009
yaacovlozowick.blogspot.com - 1/4/2009
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yaacovlozowick.blogspot.com —
Hamas has been stockpiling weapons in civilian homes.
This is against international law, but since I'm no...
great fan of international law I mention it only to note all the media outlets who aren't mentioning it - the folks who cannot formulate a ...
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The Middle East According to AFP
Power Line —
... February alone, no mention of Hamas' resumption of suicide bombing in February, and no acknowledgement that many of those killed were Hamas terrorists.
In June, AFP reminds us, Israel and Hamas agreed to a six-month truce. Again, context is absent, but the significance of the truce lay in Hamas' agreement to stop launching attacks on Israel from Gaza. And for a while, it almost did. This graphic shows the number of rocket launchings on a monthly basis:
This one shows mortar attacks:
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Why Israel's success in attacking Hamas in Gaza matters
Betsy's Page —
... and Palestine that Israel must be allowed to proceed with its efforts to achieve a victory over Hamas. Liberals in Israel have long argued for a two-state solution to Israel's conflict with Palestinians. Conservatives have countered that such hopes are simply pipe dreams and that the Palestinians will never live peacefully side by side with Israel. Well, we've seen a test of the two-state solution when Israel voluntarily pulled out of Gaza. And what has been the result? Check out these chart s for the numbers of rocket and mortar attacks launched from Gaza. (H/T ...
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From NBC’s Libby Leist In a conference call with reporters this afternoon, Israeli Prime Minister Olmert 's spokesman Mark Regev said that the conflict in Gaza "could get worse before it gets better..." as Israel continues striking Hamas ...
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