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| 'Large-scale Gaza invasion unlikely' |
| 2007-09-05 |
| Despite the recent escalation on the Gaza front and Monday's bombardment of Sderot, the defense establishment will not recommend a large-scale invasion into the Strip at a security cabinet meeting on Wednesday, defense officials said. The army plans to present the cabinet with a number of possible responses to the increase in Kassam rocket fire, including an incursion that could involve thousands of IDF infantry and Armored Corps soldiers. Defense officials said the likelihood of a large operation being approved was slim and that the cabinet would most likely order the IDF to slightly step up strikes against Kassam rocket squads. Other possibilities include allowing the army to operate deeper inside the Strip; until now it has restricted to within two kilometers of the security fence. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 'Large-scale Gaza invasion unlikely' Especially if there isn't anything left standing to "invade". |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-05 22:15 |
| #6 The IDF does not want to prevent a major Hamas putch against ex-Fatahites nor a major Fatah bombing of Hamas assets. However, teams of IDF are working undercover in Gaza. Such teams have not been super successful yet but one assumes they will eventually get more so. The IDF undercover teams working in the West Bank have been very successful with kill ratios in the range of 100-500 to 1. Its unfortunate for the citizens of Sederot. |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-09-05 13:08 |
| #5 Bright Pebbles: That is the best suggestion I have read in ages. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-09-05 09:29 |
| #4 Shut off the water and your problems go away. Their problems increase, which will keep them busy. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-09-05 08:26 |
| #3 Invade with 155mm shells then. Line up a few battalions of M109s and let them partay. |
| Posted by: Brett 2007-09-05 08:12 |
| #2 The countdown for pulverisation however, has started. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-09-05 06:32 |
| #1 Just refuse to stop Jewish civilians firing rockets into Gaza. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2007-09-05 05:51 |