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Israel kills 205 in air assault on Gaza Strip
Reuters ^ | Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:03pm EST | Nidal al-Mughrabi

Posted on 12/27/2008 10:43:16 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes and helicopters pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 205 people in the bloodiest one-day death toll in 60 years of conflict with the Palestinians.

Militants in the Gaza Strip, who have launched dozens of rocket attacks against Israel since a truce expired just over a week ago, fired more salvoes that killed one Israeli man and wounded several others.

Both sides said they were ready to stage wider assaults, threatening to plunge the region into a crisis that could leave stalled talks over Palestinian statehood in tatters.

Black smoke billowed over Gaza City, where the dead and wounded lay scattered on the ground after Israel bombed more than 40 security compounds, including two where Hamas was hosting graduation ceremonies for new recruits.

At the main Gaza City graduation ceremony, uniformed bodies lay in a pile and the wounded writhed in pain. Some rescue workers beat their heads and shouted "God is greatest." One badly wounded man quietly recited verses from the Koran.

More than 700 Palestinians were wounded in all, medics said.

Israel said the operation, dubbed "Solid Lead," targeted "terrorist infrastructure" following days of rocket attacks on southern Israel that caused damage but few injuries. An army spokeswoman said Hamas leaders could be targeted.

"There is a time for calm and a time for fighting, and now the time has come to fight," Defense Minister Ehud Barak said.

The rocket attacks increased pressure on Israeli political leaders to act as a February 10 election approaches.

The army did not set a timeframe but the mayor of Ashkelon, an Israeli city in range of Hamas's rockets, said military planners saw the operation lasting "more than a week."

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gaza; hamas; iaf; idf; islam; israel; jihad; nidalalmughrabi
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To: clee1
205,000 would be a better number.

Amen.

ML/NJ

41 posted on 12/27/2008 11:10:57 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Israel said the operation, dubbed "Solid Lead,"

Should call it "Hot Lead"!
Go Israel!

They want to lob rockets and bombs?
These idiots voted for Hamas, so now Israel has solid targets.

42 posted on 12/27/2008 11:11:27 AM PST by Bon mots
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

205? Still a lot more to go. Palestinians, a case of genocide.


43 posted on 12/27/2008 11:14:29 AM PST by demshateGod (the GOP is dead to me)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

When they love their children more than they hate ours.


44 posted on 12/27/2008 11:15:15 AM PST by flib (Russell and other Vets TRIED to visit Murtha)
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To: Dallas59
“Palestine is a joke...a dangerous one that needs to be removed.....totally.”

Pretty much. Unfortunately the Palis are utterly intractable in the matter of Israels very existence. That being the case Israel is justified in total war against them. Why Israel thinks the Palis are going to back down short of total annihilation is a mystry to me.

45 posted on 12/27/2008 11:15:50 AM PST by TalBlack
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To: Allegra

Keep your head down and your powder dry.


46 posted on 12/27/2008 11:16:48 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier presently instructing at Ft. Benning.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Hamas doesn’t care about dead Palestinians, its all propaganda for them. The real task is to stop the rocket attacks. Forever. This will require alot more than some shock and owe air strikes. Good start though.


47 posted on 12/27/2008 11:17:32 AM PST by zarodinu
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To: TalBlack

48 posted on 12/27/2008 11:17:54 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: radar101
WOW !!

(She has BIG hands.)

ML/NJ

49 posted on 12/27/2008 11:17:59 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Black smoke billowed over Gaza City, where the dead and wounded lay scattered on the ground after Israel bombed more than 40 security compounds, including two where Hamas was hosting graduation ceremonies for new recruits.

Probably wasn't a good idea to send out those graduation notices. Was that the "Solid Lead"?

50 posted on 12/27/2008 11:19:45 AM PST by DejaJude (Proud denizen of the fighting fringe and an Arizona zealot.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

re Hamas threat:

Apparently they missed some. Time to evaluate the strike and go back.


51 posted on 12/27/2008 11:21:20 AM PST by wildbill
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To: dannyprimrose1

To paraphrase Simon DeMontfort at thev 4th Crusade: “Kill them all, Allah will know his own”..


52 posted on 12/27/2008 11:23:12 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: dannyprimrose1

To paraphrase Simon DeMontfort at thev 4th Crusade: “Kill them all, Allah will know his own”..


53 posted on 12/27/2008 11:23:14 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Go ahead Hamas! Unleash it...will Hamas bring in Hizbullah? And will this lead to confronting Iran? Hold on folks...this could be just the beggining......


54 posted on 12/27/2008 11:23:29 AM PST by blasater1960 ( Dt 30, Ps 111, The Torah is perfect, attainable, now and forever)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

/mark


55 posted on 12/27/2008 11:23:47 AM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream)
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To: PLMerite

“The death count is going up quicker than Al Franken’s stolen vote tally.”

LOL. Still a lot more dead Pali’s to go if Israel wants peace. This action is going to root out a lot of enemies who’ll need killin. Israel must know this and must be ready to deal with it.


56 posted on 12/27/2008 11:23:54 AM PST by demshateGod (the GOP is dead to me)
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bump


59 posted on 12/27/2008 11:28:34 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Baynative

Does the IDF inventory any WP rounds for it’s artillery?Looks like a good spot for 8-12 rounds in salvo.


60 posted on 12/27/2008 11:31:57 AM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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