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| IDF: Hamas fighters beginning to desert |
| 2009-01-10 |
| A senior Israeli military commander involved in Operation Cast Lead said on Saturday that Hamas militants are suffering from exhaustion and are deserting battle. Geez, they must be cutting back on the days off. The commander told reporters that Amir Mansi, the commander of Hamas's rocket-launching program in the Gaza City area who was killed by the IDF on Saturday, fired mortars himself after junior Hamas operatives refused to go outside, fearing an Israeli strike. To the last drop of somebody elses blood, right, boys? The IDF official estimated that more than 300 Hamas operatives have been killed since Israel launched its ground offensive in Gaza one week ago. This is the highest estimate provided thus far, and the IDF said that Hamas has purposely refrained from releasing casualty figures among its military wing. The commander added that the army is working to tighten its grip on the northern section of the Gaza Strip. The IDF earlier on Saturday killed Mansi, an expert with regard to long-range Grad rockets. He was identified by Israeli troops on Saturday firing mortars from Gaza. The soldiers opened fire, killing Mansi and injuring two Hamas operatives who were with him. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #10 Smuggling in sex workers again. |
| Posted by: Glomotch Thavise2856 2009-01-10 23:47 |
| #9 Great "Tunnel Photo" over at Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-01-10 20:54 |
| #8 Good News. Also the Hamas launched rocket count seems to be down to 20 today. It was 70+ before Op Cast Lead. It was about 50-60 before the land operation and was 30 or so on Wed and Thurs. |
| Posted by: mhw 2009-01-10 19:57 |
| #7 "The soldiers opened fire, killing Mansi and injuring two Hamas operatives who were with him." Makes sense from a psych-warfare standpoint. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-01-10 18:27 |
| #6 "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want." "Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster." -William Tecumseh Sherman |
| Posted by: Dremel 2009-01-10 16:13 |
| #5 In solidarity, Maashal's gonna stiff his maître d' tonight... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-10 15:37 |
| #4 and of course the fact that he did get whacked just re-inforces the underlings' belief that going out and fighting is a bad idea. That's a twofer for the IDF. |
| Posted by: Slats Gleper1696 2009-01-10 15:34 |
| #3 I don't think they have psychic powers, more like a logical assumption... Jerusalem Post The IDF commander said the fact that Mansi was personally involved in attacking Israeli troops showed that the Hamas military wing was in a serious state of distress, as senior Hamas operatives would not ordinarily venture out into battlefields. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-10 15:18 |
| #2 "was killed by the IDF on Saturday, fired mortars himself after junior Hamas operatives refused to go outside" Wow, talk about intelligence! They could identify him, kill him, AND know what had happened inside that made him go outside and do it himself. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-01-10 15:07 |
| #1 "The soldiers opened fire, killing Mansi and injuring two Hamas operatives who were with him." Back to the firing range with those soldiers. Ya' need to improve your accuracy, boys. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-10 15:01 |