Posted on 01/16/2009 10:00:27 AM PST by Dawnsblood
The so-called "Iranian Unit" of Hamas has been destroyed, according to Gaza sources cited Thursday by the Haaretz daily. The sources said most of the unit's 100 members were killed in fighting in the Zeytun neighborhood of Gaza City.
The terrorists had been trained in infantry tactics, the use of anti-tank missiles and the detonation of explosives, among other skills, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard at Hizbullah camps in Lebanon's Beka'a Valley, as well as sites in Iran.
The IDF Southern Command has reportedly stepped up ground operations in Gaza, in anticipation of a ceasefire declaration in the near future. Senior officers said Thursday that there are probably no more than a few days until the end of the fighting.
According to the Arab sources, when that happens Iran will send money to assist Hamas in restoring its military capabilities, in addition to the more widely-publicized program of rebuilding destroyed homes.
Hamas: We Didn't Expect it Two captured terrorists interviewed by Maariv/NRG say that Hamas was not expecting Israel's response to the escalation in missile attacks on Israeli targets that preceded Operation Cast Lead. One of them, a 52-year-old victim of a premature detonation who had already done time in an Israeli jail, said, "Hamas took a gamble. We thought, at worst Israel will come and do something from the air - something superficial. They'll come in and go out. We never thought that we would reach the point where fear will swallow the heart and the feet will want to flee. You [Israel] are fighting like you fought in '48. What got into you all of a sudden?" The second terrorist, a 21-year-old, said Hamas brought order to Gaza, but also brought fear. He noted that it was dangerous in Gaza for non-Hamas members, citing an instance of his being beaten and another in which he saw a friend killed when he went to get gas. "Now they're all gone," he said. "There have been no Hamasniks in the streets since the start of the campaign."
Israel has to finish this business quickly, times running out.
Last words:”What’s that whistling sound?”
boom.....!
The Israelis trained them in a new skill....
burning in hell.
I wouldn't mind being in a war game with these ladies coming to rescue me as a "hostage."
..”You [Israel] are fighting like you fought in ‘48. What got into you all of a sudden?”
LOL!
Too bad you are still alive to say it.
This entire article ought to be required reading.
Finish off Hamas then turn to Hizzboland.
Ten mile wide radioactive zone between Gaza and Israel should help....just a suggestion.
This is precisely why Israel needs to keep going.
Don’t quit until there is no one left to come out and play. Don’t quit until the top names in the Hamas org chart are either dead or in exile. And those that have fled, don’t let them come back. If they come back, target them and don’t let up until they’ve fled back out of the territory or they have assumed room temperature.
'Bout time.
Being destroyed can ruin your whole day.
Better yet a 10 mile wide radioactive from the Isreali border into Gaza.
Of course it took me a little bit to even notice their feet. ;-)
Works for me.
Sounds like an "irregular combatant" to me. Give him a choice: noose or firing squad.
Suprise, suprise!
George Bush is leaving office, Hussein will be president very soon. It's called making hay while the sun's still shining.
They blowed up real good!
“The terrorists had been trained in infantry tactics, the use of anti-tank missiles and the detonation of explosives, among other skills, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard at Hizbullah camps in Lebanon’s Beka’a Valley, as well as sites in Iran.”
Then for their final training they all went to Gaza and the IDF taught them all how to die.
Here end’th the lesson.
JB
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