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Israel launches Gaza offensive, kills Hamas commander
reuters ^
| 11.14.2012
| Nidal al-Mughrabi
Posted on 11/14/2012 9:46:08 AM PST by Morgana
(Reuters) - Israel launched a major offensive against Palestinian militants in Gaza on Wednesday, killing the military commander of Hamas in an air strike and threatening an invasion of the enclave that the Islamist group vowed would "open the gates of hell".
The onslaught shattered hopes that a truce mediated on Tuesday by Egypt could pull the two sides back from the brink of war after five days of escalating Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli strikes at militant targets.
Operation "Pillar of Defense" began with a surgical strike on a car carrying the commander of the military wing of Hamas, the Islamist movement which controls Gaza and dominates a score of smaller armed groups.
Within minutes of the death of Ahmed Al-Jaabari, big explosions were rocking Gaza, as the Israeli air force struck at selected targets just before sundown, blasting plumes of smoke and debris high above the crowded city.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; gaza; hamas; israel; isreal; jews; mohammedmorsi; nidalalmughrabi; waronterror; wot
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To: Morgana
Operation "Pillar of Defense" began with a surgical strike on a car carrying the commander of the military wing of Hamas *************
One shot....
....one kill
(Cut the head off the snake)
pretty good shootin' .....
I wonder how many resumes came in over the transom to take his place??
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11/14/2012 10:53:19 AM PST
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Wings-n-Wind
(The main things are the plain things!)
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11/14/2012 4:07:57 PM PST
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SJackson
(none of this suggests there are hostile feelings for the US in Egypt, Victoria Nuland, State Dept)
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posted on
11/14/2012 4:08:53 PM PST
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SJackson
(none of this suggests there are hostile feelings for the US in Egypt, Victoria Nuland, State Dept)
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posted on
11/14/2012 4:09:49 PM PST
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SJackson
(none of this suggests there are hostile feelings for the US in Egypt, Victoria Nuland, State Dept)
To: Errant
Look! It's the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!
("...who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.")
Cheers!
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11/14/2012 8:35:29 PM PST
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grey_whiskers
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