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| 'Gaza has not been broken and Gaza will not fall' |
| 2009-01-13 |
| Israeli tanks punched their way toward the heart of Gaza City on Monday in some of the heaviest clashes of the war as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed to hit Hamas with an "iron fist" unless it stopped firing rockets. A defiant Hamas meanwhile said it was closer than ever to victory after 17 days of conflict which have so far left more than 900 Palestinians dead but not halted the Islamists' targeting of southern Israel with makeshift missiles. Deposed Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya, the head of the movement's government in the Gaza Strip, insisted Monday that Hamas is nearing victory. "We are approaching victory," he said in a televised address. "The blood which has flowed will not have flowed in vain as it will bring us victory, thanks be to God," Haniyya added on the 17th day of Israel's offensive. "I tell you that after 17 days of this foolish war, Gaza has not been broken and Gaza will not fall." Haniyya also said that the "blood of children" who have been killed in the conflict would serve as a "curse which will come back to haunt [US President George W.] Bush." Israeli infantry units, bolstered by thousands of newly deployed reservists, battled Hamas gunmen across the enclave as Olmert insisted Israel was achieving the objectives of "Operation Cast Lead." "We want to end the operation when the two conditions we have demanded are met: ending the rocket fire and stopping Hamas' rearmament. If these two conditions are met, we will end our operation in Gaza," he said in a speech in the southern town of Ashkelon. "Anything else will meet the iron fist of the Israeli people, who are no longer ready to tolerate the Qassams [rockets]." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Why doesn't Israel reoccupy the parts of Gaza where the rockets come from? If the Gazans shoot rockets from somewhere else, Israel reoccupies those areas too. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-01-13 20:30 |
| #5 Israel needs to withdraw completely from Gaza, then nuke it until there's nothing left. Not just 'scorched earth', but "radioactive, salted, plowed and urinated upon earth". It's the only solution that will guarantee no more rockets are fired at Israel from Gaza. It will NOT, however, keep "palestinians" from firing rockets from Egypt, Jordan, Syria, or Lebanon, unless you do the same thing to them. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-01-13 20:08 |
| #4 Wimp Lo: Ha! Face to foot style, how do you like it? Chosen One: I'm sure on some planet your style is impressive, but your weak link is: this is Earth. Wimp Lo: Oh yeah? Then try my nuts to your fist style! Operation Wimp Lo Gazans: you and your children will die as shields for the cowardly Hamas, or fight Hamas and maybe die maybe live but your children will live in freedom and peace. When an entire day passes without a rocket firing into Israel we will cease bombing until another rocket fires. If an entire week passes without a rocket firing we will know your intent of peace. something like that |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-01-13 18:00 |
| #3 Yes, they're infuriating. Makes you wonder if they have even gotten the message yet. As Israeli tanks enter Gaza City and flame any Hamas dumbass that is stupid enough to shoot a gun at them, they are celebrating their 'glorious victory' in a basement somewhere. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2009-01-13 10:34 |
| #2 You keep using that word, victory. I do not think it means what you think it means Then you don't understand Arabs. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-01-13 06:08 |
| #1 Funny definition of "victory". Gaza turned to rubble, nearly all their field commanders turned to worm food, and the terror-supporting citizens of Gaza cowering in the dark, chilled by the cold of winter. Whooot!! P.S. You idiots, "You keep using that word, victory. I do not think it means what you think it means." |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2009-01-13 02:06 |