Posted on 11/15/2012 10:10:53 PM PST by bruinbirdman
Israel strikes 320 targets in the Strip since launching Operation Pillar of Defense with assassination of Hamas military chief; 16 Palestinians killed; Gazans fire over 300 rockets into South, killing 3.
Palestinians have fired over 300 rockets from Gaza into the South since the IDF launched its operation. Two rockets triggered an air raid siren in Tel Aviv, marking the first time that a real siren was sounded in Tel Aviv since the Gulf War in the early 1990s.
According to Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency, 16 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the operation. At least two children, including an 11-month-old baby were among the casualties.
The IDF shifted infantry brigades and tank columns to the Gaza border, and announced the call-up of 30,000 reservists, as it made preparations for a possible ground incursion into the Gaza Strip.
“The aim of the attacks is to disrupt the ability of the terrorist organizations to fire rockets,” the IDF said. “Terrorist cells involved in firing rockets have also been hit.”
The targets were chosen after intelligence reports on their locations were gathered over recent months.
“The IDF is landing painful blows against Hamas and against terrorist infrastructure,” Defense Minister Ehud Barak said. He said the rocket fire on greater Tel Aviv was “an escalation, and the other side will have to pay a price for this
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100,000 troops with flame-throwers should about do it.
Think I’d rather be a Jew living in Israel than an American living under Obummer right now...
Check out Bibi’s page on Facebook. He’s doing a very good job of communicating with his people and the world. Oddly enough, he doesn’t seem to give a damn what the world thinks. Go Bibi!
What’s wrong with using ARTILLERY?
It’s so much cheaper than airstrikes; and with counter-battery radar, shells could quickly hit their target before the rockets land.
These Palis known the drill.
bring out your dead and parade them in front of the cameras
the child was likely put in harms way ...by ..um accident. yeah.
Green Helmet Guy was well known for staging photo ops with live kids, good makeup and complicit photographers.
yitbos
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