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Raw video: IDF attacks multi-story buildings in Gaza City
Israel Matzav —
Raw video: IDF attacks multi-story buildings in Gaza City This is a raw video from Israel's Channel 10 of the IDF attacking a couple buildings in Gaza City. Israel Radio is reporting that the IDF is in Gaza City and is close to the home of Mahmoud a-Zahar ...
'Palestinians': UNRWA building on fire
Israel Matzav —
'Palestinians': UNRWA building on fire 'Palestinians' are reporting from Gaza City that the UNRWA headquarters in the city is on fire as a result of being hit by IDF shells. The IDF has brought five Israeli fire trucks onto the scene. UNRWA director Chris Gunness is making the over-the-top charge that Israel used a white phosphorus bomb on the building and that they don't have enough sand (in Gaza!) to put the fire out. I have both print ...
Operation Cast Lead: Day 20
A Blog For All —
... at Israelis from a location near the school, has prompted some lawmakers to scrutinize the U.N. agency. UNRWA isn't the solution. It's a huge part of the problem. It has condoned the activities of terrorists and provides them with safe havens from which to operate, including schools and the very refugee camps that UNRWA administers. So, it should come as no surprise that Hamas thugs were firing on Israeli positions from in the vicinity of UNRWA administrative buildings in Gaza. Israel responded to Hamas anti-tank fire with attacks of its own . The ...
Drawing fire
This Blog Is Full Of Crap —
Hamas continues to use the tactic of firing from within or near UN facilities to draw IDF fire:
Gunshots and an anti-tank missile were fired at IDF troops near the UN compound that was attacked by the IDF on Thursday, senior defense official told The Jerusalem Post.
Accordng to the officials, the IDF responded by firing artillery shells at the location of the gunmen and that the shells caused damage to the UN installations. At least three people were wounded and the building was set on fire.
Sure enough:
UN Secretary-General Ban ...
Job Openings
This Blog Is Full Of Crap —
Mahmoud Zahar is looking for a new circle of thugs to surround himself with:
Also Wednesday overnight, the IAF attacked five armed Palestinians who turned out to be the personal bodyguards of senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Zahar. The five men were reportedly guarding Zahar's house in southern Gaza City and were all killed, according to reports.
Two questions:
Has Cynthia McKinney submitted a resume?
If Zahar was at his house, why was he not captured or killed?
Barak isn't falling for the joke that Hamas has a division between ...
Shelled UN Building Used by Hamas
Little Green Footballs —
The media and the United Nations are screaming again today about an IDF attack on a UN compound; Ehud Olmert apparently apologized to the UN immediately after the incident, but now the IDF says Hamas was using the compound as a firing station.
Gunshots and an anti-tank missile were fired at IDF troops near the UN compound that was attacked by the IDF on Thursday, senior defense official told The Jerusalem Post.
Accordng to the officials, the IDF responded by firing artillery shells at the location of the gunmen and that the shells caused damage to the UN installations. At least three people were wounded and the building was set on fire.
The ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/15/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... ‘Shelled UN Building Used by Hamas’ Gunshots and an anti-tank missile were fired at IDF troops near the UN compound that was attacked by the IDF on Thursday, senior defense official told The Jerusalem Post. Accordng to the officials, the IDF responded by firing artillery shells at the location of the gunmen and that the shells caused damage to the UN installations. At least three people were wounded and the building was set on fire. The IDF’s Gaza Coordination and Liaison Administration coordinated ...
