Israeli troops penetrate Gaza Strip - Hamas Labor Minister al-Barghouti arrested

AP on Yahoo ^ | 6/28/06 | Steven Gutkin - ap

[bnelson44]

IDF troops arrest 87 senior Hamas political and military officials

By Avi Issacharoff and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents and News Agencies

Israel has expanded its military operation against the Hamas-led government in the Palestinian Authority by embarking on mass arrests of senior Hamas officials before dawn Thursday.

Israel Defense Forces troops launched early Thursday a major arrest operation against Hamas officials, detaining 64 of the ruling militant group's ministers and parliamentarians in the West Bank and 23 military operatives.

The arrests took place in Ramallah, Qalqilyah, Hebron, Jenin and East Jerusalem, according to Palestinian reports.


http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/732528.html

[NormsRevenge]

They're picking 'em up by the busload, good!

[racing fan]

Bush will no doubt tell Israel to release these Pali leaders. I wish Bush and the rest of his administration wouldn't support the Pali terroists and stand up for Israel instead.

[bnelson44]

It looks like they are intent on picking up as much of the Hammas government as they can and then what? Put them on trial?

[NormsRevenge]

send them to Gitmo..

just kidding..

...


As to trying them, maybe , but where? and by who?

They ought to go to the Hague
(har har)

[Candor7]

An Israeli Battleship???>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Exactly, the slime media is waging propaganda. The largest IDF Navy ships are missle corvettes otherwise known as missle cruisers. The IDF has never had a battleship, but did have destroyers in the early years.

[bnelson44]

08:05 IDF: Arrested Hamas men are suspected terrorists, not `bargaining chips` (Haaretz)

[Adam-ondi-Ahman]

This was briefly on Haaretz, then it was taken down:

08:03 Security alert raised on northern border due to fears of Hezbollah retaliation (Army Radio)

[NormsRevenge]

Good ,, let them rot in cells waiting for trial... some have been in and out of detention camps so it's nothing new for them.

[Tiberius109]

Why don't the clown with the sign trade places with that soldier then ?

[bnelson44]

08:18 Minister Ben-Eliezer: This is not a government, but a murderous organization (Reuters)

08:08 MK Beilin: IDF operation is legitimate, I hope Israel will know how to end it (Haaretz)

08:07 Palestinians hurl bomb at IDF troops in Nablus; no casualties (Israel Radio)

08:05 IDF: Arrested Hamas men are suspected terrorists, not `bargaining chips` (Haaretz)

[Tiberius109]

I for one am so sick of Hamas and the morons with the masks , fists in the air. I hope Israel comes out of the box on fire and cleans the earth of these scumbags once and for all..Lets end this for good . Winner take all , end of the game is needed here.

[Space Cruiser]

Thanks for the picture and caption

[NormsRevenge]

You're welcome.

[NormsRevenge]

Hamas calls IDF arrests of 64 parliamentarians 'open war'
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/732528.html

Total of 87 arrest raids take place throughout W. Bank; Hamas: Israel is launching war on Palestinian gov't. 08:35


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IDF troops arrest 87 senior Hamas political and military officials
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[NormsRevenge]

08:39 Hamas` armed wing: Arrests of Hamas officials won`t help release Shalit (Israel Radio)

08:18 Minister Ben-Eliezer: Hamas is not a gov`t, but a murderous organization (Reuters)

[tang-soo]

... and Israeli helicopters hovered at low altitudes.

Dozens of Palestinian militants — armed with automatic weapons and grenades — took up positions, bracing for attack.

I like the odds.

[Convert from ECUSA]

"Unlike us, the IDF don't be sportin' their bidness in front o' da press! They does it right!"

:) Amen and right on!

[Lazamataz]

Palestinians filled up on basic supplies after warplanes knocked out electricity, raising the specter of a humanitarian crisis.

In order to have a humanitarian crisis, you need humans.

[Lazamataz]

"I'm so surprised that they did this," said Dr Derar Abu Sisi, the operations manager at the Al Nusirat power station. "We have been right through the worst of the intifada but this didn't happen." It would, Dr Abu Sisi said, take a "minimum of three to six months" to restore supplies at a cost between $5m (£2.8m) and $7m. "The Geneva Convention says it is not allowed to attack infrastructure for the civilian people," he added. "You might expect that economic infrastructure could be a target in the last stages of a war. But this is not like that."

Tell ya what.

You a-holes stop DIGGING TUNNELS UNDER A HUGE PERIMETER WALL so you can SCREW WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING YOU ALONE, and maybe we'll think about not blowing up your Duracel factory next.