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Hamas says Israeli troops operating in Gaza now pulling out after IAF strikes
2016-05-05
[IsraelTimes] IDF will not comment on whether soldiers had been seeking tunnels inside Strip; air force strikes multiple Hamas targets

Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, officials said Wednesday night that Israeli troops operating within the Gazoo Strip had begun pulling out of the territory in a bid to restore calm.

It was the first statement indicating that the IDF had in fact been operating beyond the border fence over the past hours, as several exchanges of fire were reported between the sides throughout the day.
Update from Ynet at 10:30 ET:
Israel has denied Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, claims that it presented a withdrawal agreement from the Gazoo security perimeter on the condition that the Paleostinians cease to fire at Israeli targets. Senior officials told Ynet that they are unaware of any such IDF agreement.
And another from Ynet at 3:11 p.m. ET:
Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
accepts responsibility for some mortar attacks. This is the first time since Operation Protective Edge that PIJ has taken responsibility for attacks.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  That being a Holocaust Remembrance Day, Arabs need a reminder that things are changed---killing Jews is no longer easy, or cheap.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-05-05 05:07  

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