Posted on 11/13/2018 2:27:13 AM PST by Nextrush
It seemed like things were going to quiet down in Gaza last week with the delivery of 15 million dollars in cash from Qatar in multiple suitcases.
The "payoff" money was designed to pacify Gaza and help calm things down between Israel and the militant group Hamas which has maintained steady pressure on Israel with everything from occasional rocket barrages to constant incendiary kites to mass protests at the border fences forcing Israeli snipers to open fire.
But suddenly on Sunday night all hell broke loose. IDF soliders were operating inside Gaza using civilian vehicles backed by air support, tanks and artillery. When the shooting started a senior Hamas commander and six other Palestinians were dead. While it was assumed that this was some sort of assassination attempt on the Hamas commander, Israel has called it a military operation that was 'botched'.
One Israeli officer died and another was wounded in the operation.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rushed back from Paris where was part of the commemoration of the World War I armistice and Hamas began a massive retaliation that included some 400 rockets fired into Israel by this morning (Tuesday).
Around 100 of the rockets were intercepted by the "Iron Dome" missile defense but there was at least one civilian fatality and 70 injuries reported as of this morning. An anti-tank missile hit a bus critically injuring an Israeli soldier.
Over 100 Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets were hit by Israel inside Gaza including ammunition depots, weapons factories and even the Hamas television station.
The IDF has reinforced its ground forces including tanks in the border area.
Hamas is threatening even more attacks deeper into Israel than areas near the border.
Israel's security cabinet was reported meeting at 3am Eastern time US (10 am Israel time).
Links to Israel news sources below....
Paying money to extortionists never works they just keep coming back for more.
They well just keep up the bad behavior.
Evil has escalated steadily since the election of our own lighting rod, President Trump.
$15M is cash from Qatar to Hamas to “pacify Gaza and help calm things down” Hamas responds with hundreds of rocket launches. Nice work if you can get it!
Appears the forgotten component of Israeli “kicking ass and taking names” is insuring said names are “removed from Hamas rolls”.
What would we do if 400 rockets were fired into the US, and caused 70 casualties?
The article is blaming Israel for being attacked by the Satanic Muslim Fakestinians.
My question about the story is: If the Israelis knew they were hitting ammo depots, etc., why did they allow those places to exist in the first place?
A bully who is hit back does not fight.
MEANING: hitting empty buildings after a warning
is NOT really hitting back, is it?
I didn’t get that impression.
I got the opposite.
You don’t call the 15 million extortion money if you’re the NY Slimes. You call it something that makes it sound sincere and peaceful.
gift, humanitarian aid, etc
I see no slant in this article against Israel
Seems to be supporting Israel’s right to do what it must to survive.
Are we (the US) still sending Hamas $$$ too?
I know what we would have done in days past. But today, who knows? A caravan of ten thousand will ultimately cause more than 70 casualties to American citizens, yet the Left facilitates their invasion.
They certainly have to fight back against this insanity IMHO. Israel has been dare I say it pretty “nice” to the Hamas crowd.
I really don’t know what was coming down on Sunday night, but for whatever reason the shooting started and once its starts you shoot back.
And this is a Botched operation? What would a successful one then look like?
The order of events says “Qatar paid for a terrorist attack on Israel”.
The news reports out of the area are saying Israel’s botched covert operation triggered the response from Gaza. Israel had to use air and tank support to get the Israeli soldiers out. As a result one Israeli soldier was killed and 7 in Gaza.
This was the trigger ... the escalation is on both sides.
Israel approved the transfer of money from Qatar. The reason given for it was to pay salaries to Gazans.
Then they got played for fools. Money is fungible, and this got fungibled* to warmaking in record time.
* yes I know I made up that word you know what I mean anyway
Depends on which party held the Presidency. If the demonRATs were in, we would hold a security meeting at the UN with severe letters to follow.
If Trump were President, it would not happen, because even the terrorists don't want to give him a real reason to unleash the wrath upon their sorry asses.
The botched operation was on Sunday when Israeli soldiers traveled into Gaza as civilians and were caught. The Israeli ops soldiers opened fire, killing one. Israel then used air and tank mortar power to give the ops guys cover to get out. That barrage killed another 6 in Gaza.
This is why Netanyahu came home early from Paris.
Gaza retaliated and the rest is following previous scripts.
Nah, I don't think the transfer from Qatar had anything to do with this -- one way or the other.
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