IDF confirms at least 20 gunmen killed in ground offensive

The Jerusalem Post ^ | January 4, 2009 | YAAKOV KATZ

[Free ThinkerNY]

At least 30 Hamas gunmen were reported killed as IDF troops swept into the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday night, encountering fierce resistance from Hamas forces entrenched in fortifications just over the border.

IDF sources said that the goal was to conquer territory in northern Gaza, including rocket launch sites. Soldiers from the Armored Corps, Engineering Corps, and Paratroopers, Givati, Golani brigades were participating in the fighting, with at least four brigades' worth of troops inside the Gaza Strip.

The sources said that a majority of the rockets fired into Beersheba and Ashdod were launched from the northern Gaza Strip.

One of the major aims of the operation was also to deliver a serious blow to the Hamas military wing, which the IDF estimated had not been severely weakened under the air campaign.

[icwhatudo]

Quick, some AP cameraman needs to find a Mickey Mouse doll in some rubble!

[South40]

IDF confirms at least 20 gunmen killed

At least 30 Hamas gunmen were reported killed

So is it 20 or is it 30?

[freedumb2003]

Q: What do you call 20 dead hamas gunmen?

A: A good start.

[hamburglar]

20?.........30?........should be 15,000 DOA palis

[ThomasThomas]

Q: What do you call 20 dead hamas gunmen?

A: One score.

[hamburglar]

Q: What do you call 20 dead hamas gunmen?

A; No where near enough

[river rat]

30 enemy killed and it makes headlines - worldwide!

The IDF invades with thousands and kills a handful - and it makes headlines — worldwide..

In our era and “our war”, we’ve had a fireteam or two of Marines kill more than that in a single night’s ambush and never even earn an “attaboy” from the Gunny.

What am I missing?

[Bahbah]

Keep it up, IDF. Find them and eliminate them.

[ScreamingFist]

Hamas wanted a ground war......they have one now. By tomorrow the reported civilian dead will be 10 times Hamas causalities....reality has nothing to with what happens on the ground.

[hamburglar]

If I was PM, Id tell the paloslime that for every ONE rocket fired into Israel, 100 paloswinians will die! And DO IT !! For every Jew killed, 1000 ragheads die.

Problem solved.

[randog]

The IDF would not enter Gaza City or the refugee camps, defense officials said, and it was likely that on Monday...Israel would begin scaling back the operations.

"This will be a lengthy operation and there will likely be casualties on our side," a senior defense official said.

These folks need to get their stories straight.

[randog]

Q: What do you call 20 dead hamas gunmen?

FREEPER: A good start.

DUMMIE: 20 innocent, peace loving Palestinian civilians.

[randog]

A single death is a tragedy, are million deaths is a statistic.

--Joseph Stalin

[South40]

should be 15,000 DOA palis

I'd be a lot happier if it was.

[jiggyboy]

“gunman” or “civilian” mostly depends on whether they had enough time to take off the facemask before they ate lead.

[PapaBear3625]

Kipling - The Grave of the Hundred Head

[Proud_USA_Republican]

I’m sure the pallywood “massacre” productions are already in the works and CNN, AP, Al-Reuters, and the rest of the sleezebags will be there to film it all and claim its real.

[samtheman]

don’t worry

the Green Helmet Guy is back on the job

you’ll see a Micky Mouse doll in the rubble very soon now

[magritte]

Q: What do you call 20 dead hamas gunmen?
FREEPER: A good start.

DUMMIE: 20 innocent, peace loving Palestinian civilians..

DUMMIE 2: who were attending a wedding with 57 children...