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| Breaking: Ground Troops Return to Gaza, Hamas Attacks Negev. |
| 2009-01-27 |
| The government authorized the IDF to send ground troops back into central Gaza Tuesday, following an early morning roadside bomb explosion and a rocket-propelled grenade attack that killed one soldier and wounded three others, one seriously. Hamas warned that it has not agreed to a "calm" and that its previous ceasefire announcement is dependent on Israel's re-opening Gaza crossings to all commercial traffic. Troops reached Khan Yunis in central Gaza. Local residents reported tank fire and Israel Air Force jets over the area. Arab sources also reported that the Air Force struck a terrorist target, killing or wounding three people, but the IDF has not confirmed the counterterrorist action. Hamas responded with mortar fire on the Eshkol region, causing no damages or injuries but returned the area to the status quo of the days before the Cast Lead operation against the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza. |
| Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy |
| #21 Thankfully, we in the USA have a political system where in peaceniks can have a say as to whether to defend our homeland or not. Oh wait... |
| Posted by: badanov 2009-01-27 19:49 |
| #20 "Sea Change?" I thought for a minute you were talking about flooding Gaza. That's a change I could get behind.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-27 19:39 |
| #19 Sea Change? Parliamentary elections on the 10th, .5MT, and Likud looks to have about ten more seats than Kadima plus the support of the smaller warmonger parties. Labour is fading fast, and the peaceniks have only a few hard-core dreamers. Any politician who doesn't understand the new determination of the voters will be looking for a real job in the near future. Sea change, indeed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-01-27 18:15 |
| #18 And I will add to what Ptah wrote that Hamas will be triply surprised by the lack of condemnation of Israel by anyone for their swift, sure reaction to the Hamas attack. At last the rules have changed. And I hope the reaction is disproportionate. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-01-27 18:08 |
| #17 Re-read what PTAH wrote and the post about no more tolerance on Page 2. Sea Change? |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-01-27 17:49 |
| #16 Amen & amen. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-01-27 17:39 |
| #15 Thank you for the definition. I hope Israel continues to choose the ground and the timing. |
| Posted by: mom 2009-01-27 17:35 |
| #14 Mil term...Observe, Orient, Decide & Act. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-01-27 17:34 |
| #13 Paul, what's an OODA loop? |
| Posted by: mom 2009-01-27 17:30 |
| #12 AlanC has a very good point. If Israel sets the framework of response, they get inside the OODA loops of Hamas, Syria, Iran, and the EUniks, all of whom are enemies of one degree or another. Then these guys are always reacting, and not Israel. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-01-27 16:41 |
| #11 Well, the Al-Aribiya sit-down didn't have much of a bounce. |
| Posted by: HammerHead 2009-01-27 16:15 |
| #10 Ptah, maybe the Juice finally figured out that they shouldn't give the foreign Hamas forces (EU, UN, MSM, etc.) time to prempt their response. This seems to be a case of getting inside the Hamass decision cycle. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2009-01-27 14:13 |
| #9 I'll tell you what's significant about this: not that Hamas attacked and killed a soldier (my condolences), but that Israel reacted IMMEDIATELY and not after a long and interminable time of delaying, huffing, puffing, hemming, and hawing. Hamas was surprised at the intensity of the attack. They are going to be doubly surprised because of the short fuse exhibited here. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2009-01-27 13:56 |
| #8 So we learn more from the 1984 book of linquistics. "Hamas warned that it has not agreed to a "calm" and that its previous ceasefire announcement is dependent on Israel's re-opening Gaza crossings to all commercial traffic." There is a difference in between a "calm" and a "ceasfire" and Hamas' ceasefire is only in effect if the other side surrenders unconditionally. Everyone clear on the concept now? Hillary? Egypt? EU? Got it now? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2009-01-27 12:37 |
| #7 Problem is that Hamas is addicted to killing and murder like a crackwhore looking for their next hit. If not Jews - then Fatah - or just other muslims will do. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-01-27 12:11 |
| #6 Well, the cease fire never made any sense anyway because Hamas was not defeated. Now just tell all the diplomats to STFU and finish it. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-01-27 11:47 |
| #5 Aw man, I would have lost big time on the over-under for when festivities resumed. Anyone with a lick of sense ( I know! ) would have waited to resupply first. Guess the interception of that Iranian ship nixed that idea. As for Hamas, you can trust them - to act like the murderous HamAsses they are. Not quite the same as being trustworthy. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-01-27 11:29 |
| #4 But remember, Jimmy the Dunce thinks that Hamas is trustworthy. I will trust Hamas before I trust Jimmy Carter. |
| Posted by: JFM 2009-01-27 11:22 |
| #3 The IDF could save quite a bit on fuel by not repeatedly driving back and forth. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-01-27 11:17 |
| #2 Congrats to all who took the "under". Including me... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-27 11:09 |
| #1 Hunda is over. But remember, Jimmy the Dunce thinks that Hamas is trustworthy. Trustworthy to be scorpions, maybe. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-01-27 10:57 |