Israeli warplanes bomb Hamas target, Gaza tunnels (Israel chooses to ignore Obama)

Yahoo ^ | 5/19/2009 | Reuters

[tobyhill]

Israeli warplanes bombed a Hamas security outpost and tunnels by the Gaza border with Egypt on Tuesday, after a rocket fired from the coastal territory struck an Israeli town, Israeli and Hamas sources said.

Palestinian medics said a woman in Gaza suffered moderate wounds from one of several air strikes against tunnels Israel says are used to smuggle weapons into the coastal territory.

Another raid targeted a Hamas outpost near a border fence with Israel, a Hamas source said. It was the first time Israel has attacked the Islamic militant group since a January 18 ceasefire went into effect after an Israeli offensive.

An Israeli military spokesman confirmed the air raids saying Israel targeted four border tunnels and two sites in Gaza where weapons were produced, in response to rocket and mortar fire aimed at Israel from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

Earlier a rocket fired from Gaza damaged a home in the southern Israeli town of Sderot, causing no injury. None of the militant groups in Gaza claimed responsibility for the attack.

[joesjane]

I choose to ignore him also.

[mrsmel]

Good for Israel. Thank God one country’s leader isn’t buying, or pretending to buy, Barry’s schtick. I mean, all that’s at stake is their nation’s survival, why won’t they play?

[reefdiver]

I choose to oppose zer0 at every available opportunity , Big one’s are coming

[antiRepublicrat]

Let's give Israel some of these if they don't already have them:

They go through 100 feet of Earth, or 20 feet of solid concrete.

[4Speed]

And so soon after the Notre Dame honorary Degree......Oh, they’re Catholic not Jewish ?

Its the Equivalent of giving BHOle the flying fickle FINGER of Fate.

[CodeMasterPhilzar]

You just know Israel is going to be castigated in the MSPM for breaking the cease-fire. The MSPM will somehow overlook Hamas’ rocket attacks...

[antiRepublicrat]

Nevermind, I just read we sold them 100 of those puppies. Yippee! Good old American engineering put to good use.

[Bahbah]

This is good news. I wanted to wait and see what the aftermath of the “meeting” would bring.

Netanyahu is not part of the tiddly winks crowd.

[Winstons Julia]

Yep. Because the rocket attack didn’t KILL any Israelis.

Same old sssss....ame old.

[tobyhill]

Nothing new from the MSM. They're nothing but a bunch of terrorist loving sleazeballs.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

I love the timing of this too! Stick it in your Dumbo-sized ear, Obama!

[kromike]

You know, given Netanyahu’s fortitude, I seriously believe that I would be safer living in Israel than here in the U.S. with that little boy-president in charge.

[givemELL]

The Islamic world is having a field day with Obama with multitudes of Islamic advisors and supporters crowding access to both Obamas’ ears and impressionable mind. Israel cannot afford for Obama to have a field day with Israel. The Obama administration is too close and friendly with Israels’ opponents. In the middle, Israel is being shot at by all sides.

[Cindy]

QUOTE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2154771/posts?page=673#673

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3718514,00.html

“IAF strikes in Gaza following Qassam attack”

SNIPPET: “IDF aircraft hit various targets throughout Gaza, including smuggling tunnels on Rafah border, after Palestinian rocket lands near Sderot home, wounds resident”

Hanan Greenberg
Latest Update: 05.20.09, 00:17 / Israel News

SNIPPET: “Earlier in the evening a resident of Sderot sustained light shrapnel wounds following a Qassam rocket attack on the town. The rocket exploded in a courtyard adjacent to two private homes.

The woman was evacuated to the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. Several others were treated at the scene for shock. Damage was caused to several buildings.

The rocket landed just as Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno was touring Sderot with Noam Shalit, father of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. The two arrived at the impact site, and talked to residents who had gathered there.”

First Published: 05.19.09, 22:32

673 posted on May 19, 2009 7:29:02 PM PDT by Cindy

[huldah1776]

Israel was invaded by the original inhabitants of Babylon when they were doing things God didn’t like, so I’m not so sure I would live there today. They are not a pro-life nation as the ancient Hebrews were, until they stopped once and were invaded. God said children were His blessing.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping

[ANGGAPO]

I see that I am not alone in suggesting that Israel not count on any Obama support regardless of what he says.

[SunkenCiv]

Israeli warplanes bombed a Hamas security outpost and tunnels by the Gaza border with Egypt on Tuesday, after a rocket fired from the coastal territory struck an Israeli town, Israeli and Hamas sources said... Another raid targeted a Hamas outpost near a border fence with Israel, a Hamas source said... An Israeli military spokesman confirmed the air raids saying Israel targeted four border tunnels and two sites in Gaza where weapons were produced, in response to rocket and mortar fire aimed at Israel from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Earlier a rocket fired from Gaza damaged a home in the southern Israeli town of Sderot, causing no injury. None of the militant groups in Gaza claimed responsibility for the attack.

The spin was in this sentence:

It was the first time Israel has attacked the Islamic militant group since a January 18 ceasefire went into effect after an Israeli offensive.

That's just garbage.

s/b, "It was the first time Israel has responded to attacks made from Gaza in violation of the January 18 ceasefire."

[MilspecRob]

A lot of the “tunnels” are covered trenches, for smuggling cigs, booze, luxury items

hard to know the value targets