haaretz.com - 1/11/2009
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Two Egyptian children and two police officers were wounded by shrapnel from Israel Air Force bombs near a crossing point at Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, security sources said. The children, aged two and five, and the two officers were the first Egyptians to be wounded by Israeli ...
csis.org - 1/10/2009
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csis.org —
Synopsis: The Israeli-Hamas War, and there is little
else that it can be called, has now lasted...
two weeks. Israeli jets have flown some 800 strike sorties, and the IDF has pushed deep into Gaza. Israel also continues to report tactical gains. The IDF ...
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haaretz.com - 1/11/2009
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haaretz.com —
The security cabinet decided Friday to continue Operation
Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip, but not expand...
it at this stage. In the coming days Israel will focus its military and diplomatic efforts on pressuring Egypt to work toward the Israeli and ...
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Security cabinet: Israel to continue Gaza ...
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You done fucked up now, Israel!
Rantings of a Sandmonkey —
... Israel has just bombed our side of the border, injuring 2 egyptian officers and 2 Children. Needless to say, this constitutes a very clear violation of the camp David treaty, especially that their planes have been ...
Gaza Update: Israel Says No to Restraint
Firedoglake —
... Olmert called the war “an unprecedented national effort that restored the spirit of unity to the nation…"
Restraint was certainly not in evidence as Israeli forces entered Gaza City itself in a new escalation of the ground war. Israeli bombs also hit across the Gaza border in Egypt hurting two policemen and two children. Egyptian sources say that there is talk of more injured.
In Gaza itself, conditions are desperate. The WHO stated 4 days ago that “health services in Gaza, already depleted and fragile, are on the point ...
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