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Another Humanitarian Ceasefire Back in Place Between Israel and Hamas
Townhall.com ^ | August 4, 2014 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 08/04/2014 6:13:31 AM PDT by Kaslin

A seventy-two hour humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has started just three days after Hamas militants broke a previous ceasefire in just 90 minutes on Friday. The latest ceasefire comes after Israeli forces killed a military commander from the radical Islamic group Islamic Jihad, proving that is isn't just Hamas the Israelis have to worry about. More from Fox News:

The group said that its commander in the northern part of the strip, Daniel Mansour, died when the Israeli strike hit his home just before dawn Monday. The Islamic Jihad group is an ally of Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip. However, The Wall Street Journal reported that Islamic Jihad may be using the present fighting to increase its clout in the region.

U.S. and Israeli officials told the paper that Islamic Jihad has closer ties to Iran than Hamas, and said the group might have been pressured by Iran to continue fighting in defiance of any truce.

The most important fact to keep in mind here is that both of these groups are working on behalf of Iran to attack and destroy Israel. Just recently, U.S. nuclear talks with Iran were delayed for another four months.

Much like the six other ceasefires put into place during this current conflict, it is expected Hamas and its terrorist allies in the region will break the ceasefire before the deadline passes.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: bennetanyahu; gaza; terrorism

1 posted on 08/04/2014 6:13:31 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
Much like the six other ceasefires put into place during this current conflict, it is expected Hamas and its terrorist allies in the region will break the ceasefire before the deadline passes.

And the libs don't even see the irony in this sentence.

SEE MY TAG LINE.

2 posted on 08/04/2014 6:22:17 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: Kaslin

Tantamount to telling a thief not to steal from you and telling him you’re going on vacation.


3 posted on 08/04/2014 6:22:43 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Kaslin

10...9...8...7...6...


4 posted on 08/04/2014 6:31:47 AM PDT by FrankR (They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
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To: Kaslin

According to http://israelhasbeenrocketfreefor.com, Hamas violated the truce pretty quickly. It has been only 7 minutes since the last rocket.


5 posted on 08/04/2014 8:09:29 AM PDT by jimtorr
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To: jimtorr

You mean the new one?


6 posted on 08/04/2014 8:17:13 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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The latest “truce”, right......and only another 7 minutes since the last rocket.


7 posted on 08/04/2014 9:24:19 AM PDT by jimtorr
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To: Kaslin

How many times can the Israelis be expected to give Hamas the element of surprise through ceasefire?


8 posted on 08/04/2014 10:03:01 AM PDT by papertyger
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