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Israeli Army Prepares For Gaza Ground Invasion
Townhall.com ^ | May 5, 2019 | Beth Baumann

Posted on 05/05/2019 1:50:58 PM PDT by jazusamo

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Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday ordered the Israeli army to invade Gaza following a number of attacks from Hamas. Hamed Ahmed Abed Khudri, the Hamas commander, was killed during one of Israeli's return fires, the country's military said.

"I instructed the military this morning to continue its massive strikes on terror elements in the Gaza Strip and ordered it to reinforce the troops around the Gaza Strip with tanks, artillery and infantry force," Netanyahu said in a statement. "Hamas bears responsibility not only for its own attacks and actions but also those by Islamic Jihad, for which it pays a very high price."

The death toll has risen. As of now, three Israeli men and nine Palestinians, including two pregnant women, have been killed.

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, “The Israelis have every right to defend themselves.

“I’ve seen video that we can’t validate just yet but where there have been strikes on homes, civilian populations. These rockets were fired with civilians around them in order to protect from return fire. This is terrible," Pompeo said during a Sunday interview on Fox News. “I hope that we can return to the ceasefire that had been in place for weeks and had been holding significantly before this.”

The Israel Defense Fund took to Twitter to provide an update to the world:


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gaza; hamas; idf; islamicjihad; israel; israelgaza; israelgazaconflict; netanyahu; terrorism
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To: jazusamo

If reserves are not called up, there will be no invasion.

Picking off a bad guy or two and bombing mostly empty buildings isn’t much of an escalation.


21 posted on 05/05/2019 2:19:00 PM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: jazusamo

Has the UN convened a special session demanding Israel “show restraint”?


22 posted on 05/05/2019 2:21:29 PM PDT by Nachoman (Following victory, its best to reload.)
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To: Innovative

“More than 600 rockets fired at Israel from Gaza in less than 24 hours, death toll rises”

Wondering if the Muzzies are trying to deplete Iron Dome inventory while preparing for a larger rocket barrage.


23 posted on 05/05/2019 2:24:04 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Only a Replacement Wall? Ann Coulter is deeply saddened.)
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To: marron

“The only thing that will get their attention is territory. Every attack, whether by rocket or sappers crawling through tunnels, every attack that manages to reach Israeli territory should be answered by annexing land in reprisal.”


I agree with you 100%, and have been saying the same thing for a long time. The rest of the world will squawk a lot, but like putting up the barrier fence, it will work wonders in changing their behavior. The whole Gaza Shithole is only 365 square kilometers, so if they take one square kilometer for each Israeli killed are these savages, it won’t be long before they get the message.


24 posted on 05/05/2019 2:24:05 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: jazusamo

Israel will continue to be attacked, bombed, firebombed, and “tunneled” until Jerusalem grows up and finally eliminates the satanic moslem murderers. It’s that simple, and it’s amaxing how the Jeeish people as a group can be so smart about doing so many other things successfully - but refuse to learn lesson number one from history ( you defend yourself by eliminating your enemies)


25 posted on 05/05/2019 2:29:17 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: SaveFerris

We’re 20 months into Revelation Chapter 12. It’s going to get exciting.


26 posted on 05/05/2019 2:29:43 PM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: Truthoverpower

Go Israel
Crush the terrorists
Show them no quarter !

+1


27 posted on 05/05/2019 2:34:29 PM PDT by samtheman (To steal an election, who do you collude with? Russians in Russia or Mexicans in California?)
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To: SaveFerris
Now has to go clean out some more Islamic terrorists.


They just cannot help themselves.
28 posted on 05/05/2019 2:34:45 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ("The media is the enemy of the American people." Democrat Pat Caddell)
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To: jazusamo

I’d say it’s time for Israel to make peace with the fact that peace only comes when the ingrates that imagine themselves some fictional creatures named Palestinians are ground into the sand and cast in pieces as an example.


29 posted on 05/05/2019 2:36:29 PM PDT by AmericanCheeseFood (Fox Shadowbans People On Comments)
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To: jazusamo

Bibi did not even need to make the announcement. Just go out there and kill these animals..


30 posted on 05/05/2019 2:41:22 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtards at our company for the past 12 yrs at every election. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: Sa-teef

not only does Germany want them, but France and UK and the Vatican all want more Moslem invaders
(at least, their ruling elites do!)

I have always advocated moving the Muslims back to their already-conquered-and-ruled Muslim countries...
but since they’re taking over UK, France, Germany, etc ... they may as well go there ... the end of civilization (and Christendom)


31 posted on 05/05/2019 2:44:13 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: jazusamo

The 7th armored was called up


32 posted on 05/05/2019 2:48:18 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Ancesthntr

Jerusalem should NEVER have given up ANY of its land including Gaza ... which now needs to be eliminated once and for all (give the socalled civilian population a few days to gth out....return to their own Muslim countries ...
and then empty the place, rebuild it as a peaceful part of Israel.
Be tough about it for a change, Israel!
and be fast, too
get it done! done’t drag it out for days and days and days and weeks .. all that does is enable enemies to make more noise and try to attack you in different ways


33 posted on 05/05/2019 2:49:30 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: faithhopecharity

A lot of it is the Simon Peres effect, thankfully RIP but the ghost lingers.


34 posted on 05/05/2019 2:50:44 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Truthoverpower

LOL
Not likely. You do have a sense of humor!


35 posted on 05/05/2019 2:51:42 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: samtheman

That’s +1 for fanciful thinking.


36 posted on 05/05/2019 2:52:40 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: marron; SJackson

We’ve been saying that for years and have been called “blood thirsty kahanists”.

Israel has to move the barriers IN towards the PA every time a Jew is shot or hit by rockets.


37 posted on 05/05/2019 2:53:43 PM PDT by BTerclinger (MAGA)
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To: jazusamo

Headline does not match the content.

Fake News bump.


38 posted on 05/05/2019 2:54:49 PM PDT by Justa
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To: PIF

Thanks, that’s a lot of firepower.


39 posted on 05/05/2019 2:55:33 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: samtheman

Beat ‘em, bust ‘em,
that’s the custom.
Go Sol, Go!


40 posted on 05/05/2019 2:59:17 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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