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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IAF hits Gaza mosque storing rockets
2008-12-31
The IAF continued its assault on Gaza terrorist targets on Wednesday afternoon, bombing a Gaza City weapons depot mosque and destroying a large number of rockets hidden inside. Channel 10 reported that the IAF had received high-level orders to hit the weapons depot mosque after Hamas terror operatives had run there with several rockets and Grad-type missiles.

On Wednesday morning, the IAF struck targets in the northern Gaza Strip. Most of the attacks were reportedly directed against rocket launchers that were being used in the intense bombardment of southern Israel during the day, while one strike was said to target a senior member of the Islamic Jihad. The Islamic Jihad commander was reportedly killed in the airstrike, in the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunis.
Excellent!
Gaza officials put the death toll at more than 390 dead and 1,600 wounded since Operation Cast Lead began on Saturday. Hamas said some 200 uniformed members of Hamas security forces had been killed, and the UN reported that at least 60 Palestinian civilians had died.

Meanwhile, Israel said it would allow 2,000 tons of food and medical supplies to enter Gaza on Wednesday, in addition to 4,000 tons the military says have been allowed in since the offensive began. Several dozen chronically ill and wounded Gazans were also authorized to enter Israel for treatment Wednesday, the military said.
No, no, no. Don't send mixed messages. The message has to be this: since Hamas doesn't care about its people and uses them only as hostages and shields, Israel also will refuse to care about them. That is cruel but it's the only message that the Paleos will understand.
Also Wednesday, the air force attacked Hamas installations and government buildings in the Gaza Strip, including the office of the organization's prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh.
Anybody seen Ismail lately?
It was the second time that Haniyeh's office had been targeted and the army said that the building was being used "as a center for the planning, support and financing of terrorist activities against Israel." The office of the Hamas Interior Ministry, located in the same area of Gaza City, was also attacked.

The army said that the IAF had attacked 35 additional targets overnight, including tunnels in the Rafah border area, weapons storage facilities, Hamas outposts and an armed rocket launcher. Navy forces also attacked a number of targets in the Gaza Strip, including Hamas outposts, training camps, guarding vessels used by Hamas naval forces and launching posts used to fire rockets at Israel.

"The IDF will continue its mission, attack the infrastructure and buildings that Hamas is using," the army said "and will operate against terrorist organizations and anyone who provides support to terrorism."

Earlier Tuesday night, the air force bombed the launcher of the Grad-model rockets that were fired at Beersheba, as well as the cell responsible for the attacks. The army said it successfully hit its target.

Palestinians said that a medic was killed and two others were wounded when a missile landed next to their weapons hauler ambulance during a clash east of Gaza City. The IDF said it was not aware of the incident.

Palestinian sources said that some 390 people had been killed since the beginning of Operation Cast Lead on Saturday.
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Weapons Hidden in Mosque Neutralized by Israel Air Force 31 Dec. 2008
Posted by: tipper   2008-12-31 20:27  

#4  Also, "medical treatment for critically ill patients" is a great cover for bringing in the Fatah officials that will need to be briefed about their role in the cleanup operations after this bombing campaign is done. More than one reliable source has pointed out that it is in Fatah's naked self-interest to aid the Israeli assault, and Fatah does have lots of eyeballs on the ground to locate high value hidden targets for the IAF.
Posted by: Shieldwolf   2008-12-31 17:29  

#3  Several dozen chronically ill and wounded Gazans were also authorized to enter Israel for treatment Wednesday, the military said.
No, no, no. Don't send mixed messages.

But how else are the Israelis to rescue their informants, Dr. Steve? Not all the targetting coordinates could have come from the Gaza telephone book.
Posted by: trailing wife    2008-12-31 14:47  

#2  They're workin on it...
Posted by: tu3031   2008-12-31 14:02  

#1  Hole-iest place in Islam?
Posted by: Darrell   2008-12-31 13:43  

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