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Air Force strikes in Gaza; 2 injured
(REUTERS) via YNET NEWS.com (Hanan Greenberg contributed to the story) ^ | First Published: 03.19.10, 01:30;Latest Update: 03.19.10, 01:47 / Israel News | n/a
Posted on March 18, 2010 11:46:22 PM PDT by Cindy
“Air Force strikes in Gaza”
SNIPPET: “IDF retaliates for deadly Qassam attack: Air Force hits several Gaza targets, including metal foundry, smuggling tunnel; Vice PM Shalom says Israel to offer strong response to rocket attack that killed Thai worker Thursday”
SNIPPET: “IDF aircraft struck at least four targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday, a day after a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave killed a Thai worker in Israel, Hamas security officials and witnesses said.”
SNIPPET: “Israel also sent a letter of complaint to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who is due to visit Israel at the weekend, and to the UN Security Council.
A previously unknown group, Ansar al-Sunna, believed to share the hardline ideology of al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the rocket fire at Israel, as well as the al-Aqsa Martrys Brigades, a wing of the Fatah movement.
Earlier, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai said that Israel holds Hamas accountable for attacks originating in the Gaza Strip regardless of the group that commits them.”
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Background to tunnels’ strike in post no. 1:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3892180,00.html
“Qassam explodes near Ashkelon; no injuries
Rocket fired from northern Strip lands in open area within Ashkelon Beach Regional Council limits”
Shmulik Hadad
Published: 05.20.10, 23:57 / Israel News
SNIPPET: “The relative calm along Israel’s border with Gaza was violated Thursday evening when a Qassam fired from the northern part of the Hamas-ruled territory landed in an open area within the limits of the Ashkelon Beach Regional Council. There were no reports of injury or damage.
The “Color Red” alert was activated shortly before the Qassam exploded.
A rocket landed in the same area about a week-and-a-half ago, but there were no injuries or damage in that attack either.”
stepping back in time...
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http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/Hebrew/heb_n/video/evgr_b_2_22.htm
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http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/pdf/g_report_e1.pdf
15/03/2010
Hamas and the Terrorist Threat from the Gaza Strip.
The Main Findings of the Goldstone Report Versus the Factual Findings
The Main Findings of the Goldstone Report Versus the Factual Findings. This document provides the main findings of a study which examined how the Goldstone Report dealt with the nature and activities of Hamas in the Gaza Strip before and during Operation Cast Lead.
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http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/pdf/ipc_e086.pdf
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http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/ipc_e086.htm
Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
“News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
(May 11-17, 2010)”
Posted May 17, 2010
“Israel Air Force jets attacked three tunnels”
Interesting idea
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Hezbollah mobilises troops
The Straits Times ^ | 5/21/2010 | AFP
Posted on May 21, 2010 7:05:52 PM PDT by sonofstrangelove
Hezbollah mobilised thousands of militants in southern Lebanon on Friday in response to week-long Israeli defence exercises due to kick off on Sunday, an official from the Shiite militia group said.
‘The Hezbollah fighters have (been instructed) to be completely ready to confront Israeli manoeuvres on Sunday,’ Nabil Qaouk told AFP. ‘Thousands of our fighters will not go to the polls (for municipal elections on Sunday) and will be prepared from today’ for any eventuality, he added.
Israel and Hezbollah fought a month-long war in 2006 that destroyed much of southern Lebanon, largely a Hezbollah stronghold. Israel attacked Lebanon after Hezbollah guerrillas captured two soldiers in a cross-border raid.
Israel estimates that Hezbollah has since stockpiled more than 40,000 rockets, some of which could reach major Israeli population centers.
And last month, Israeli President Shimon Peres accused Syria of providing Scud missiles to Hezbollah, charges that Damascus has denied.
Dubbed ‘Turning Point 4,’ the defence exercises are designed to prepare emergency responses to rocket strikes on Israel, with sirens due to ring out across the country on Wednesday and Israelis head for shelters. Israel’s Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai emphasised last week that the exercises had been planned long in advance, and had no bearing on the Jewish state’s present relations with its northern neighbours.
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LiveShots.Blogs.FOX NEWS.com: "IRAN MAY BENEFIT FROM SANCTIONS LOOPHOLE" by Jonathan Wachtel (SNIPPET: "The Russian Mission to the U.N. confirmed the resolution does not prohibit the sale of the S-300.") (May 21, 2010, 8:48 pm)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "IHH, which plays a central role in organizing the flotilla to the Gaza Strip, is a Turkish humanitarian relief fund with a radical Islamic anti-Western orientation. Besides its legitimate philanthropic activities, it supports radical Islamic networks, including Hamas, and at least in the past, even global jihad elements." (May 26, 2010)
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IDF nabs 6 wanted Palestinian terror suspects in West Bank overnight
YNET NEWS.com ^ | Published: 05.31.10, 06:56 / Israel News | n/a
Posted on May 30, 2010 9:34:13 PM PDT by Cindy
SNIPPET: “Israel Defense Forces soldiers arrested six wanted Palestinian terror suspects in the West Bank on Sunday night. Four of the suspects were arrested in a village west of Hebron.”
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2524432/posts
Note: Ongoing updates at link above (re Gaza Flotilla)
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3896635,00.html
“Cleared for publication: 2 IDF soldiers seriously injured in raid”
Published: 05.31.10, 12:04 / Israel News
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3898895,00.html
“4 rockets hit south
No injuries in latest Qassam attacks; local mayor: We hope not to see escalation soon”
Shmulik Hadad
Published: 06.03.10, 23:27 / Israel News
SNIPPET: “Four Qassam rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel Thursday, causing no injuries.
One rocket was fired at Sderot Thursday evening prompting the Color Red alert to go off. The Qassam apparently exploded in an open area near the town.
Earlier in the evening, two rockets landed near the southern city of Ashkelon, while another rocket landed in the Ashkelon Beach region, near a kibbutz.
The two rockets near Ashkelon exploded around 9 pm in an open area south of the city. The anti-rocket alert was activated in facilities and factories in the city’s southern industrial zone, prompting employees to take cover.
Ashkelon Mayor Benny Vaknin said that security officials asked him to “maintain full alert ahead of the possible firing of Qassams and Grad missiles” after the Gaza-bound flotilla left on its way to the Strip.”
NOTE The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3899212,00.html
Rocket explodes in open area; none injured
Published: 06.05.10, 10:10 / Israel News
A Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in an open area in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council. There were no reports of injuries or damage. (Ilana Curiel)
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NAVY FOILS ATTACK IN WATERS NEAR GAZA
YNET NEWS.com ^ | Published: 06.07.10, 07:03 / Israel News | Hanan Greenberg
Posted on June 7, 2010 12:12:13 AM PDT by Cindy
“Navy foils attack in waters near Gaza”
SNIPPET: “As Gaza flotillas make headlines, Palestinian cell wearing diving suits attempts to launch attack from sea. IDF force spots cell members in waters of Nahal Aza area, opens fire. Al-Aqsa Brigades say four people killed, one missing. Shortly afterwards, IAF attacks rocket launching cell attacked in northern Gaza; one gunmen moderately hurt
SNIPPET: “As the Gaza-bound flotillas continue to make headlines, the Israeli Navy thwarted an attack from the sea early Monday.
According to the Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson’s Unit, a Navy force spotted a cell in the waters of the Nahal Aza area, near Gaza. The force opened fire at the cell and hit a number of gunmen wearing diving suits and armed with weapons. There were no injuries among the soldiers.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, Fatah’s military wing, reported that four of the group’s men were killed and that a fifth man, who was lightly injured, was missing.”
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