Posted on 12/27/2008 1:19:02 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
And here we were all told the election of the one was going to spread good will and peace throughout the globe. Doesn’t seem to be working. I mean Hamas wanted a war when they ended the truce with Isreal last week and sent in almost 200 rockets.
They wanted this, now they got it.
After sending wave after wave of rocket attacks into Israel (3,000 rockets since the beginning of the year), including this one:
A crude rocket fired by Palestinian militants fell short of its target in Israel on Friday, striking a house in the northern Gaza Strip and killing two schoolgirls.
Israel decided enough was enough and sent warplanes in to demolish every known Hamas compound, killing hundreds:
Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from the Gaza Strip pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory in unprecedented waves of airstrikes Saturday, killing nearly 200 people and wounding 270 others in the single bloodiest day of fighting in years.
Most of those killed were security men, but civilians were also among the dead. Hamas said all of its security installations were hit and responded with several medium-range Grad rockets at Israel, reaching deeper than in the past. One Israeli was killed and at least four people were wounded in the rocket attacks. With so many wounded, the Palestinian death toll was likely to rise.
The air offensive followed weeks of intense Palestinian rocket and mortar fire on southern Israel, and Israeli leaders had issued increasingly tough warnings in recent days that they would not tolerate continued attacks.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Israel would expand the operation if necessary. “There is a time for calm and there is a time for fighting, and now is the time for fighting,” he told a news conference. He would not comment when asked if a ground offensive was planned.
But asked earlier if Hamas political leaders might be targeted next, military spokeswoman Maj. Avital Leibovich said, “Any Hamas target is a target.”
The strikes caused widespread panic and confusion in Gaza, as black clouds of smoke rose above the territory, ruled by Hamas for the past 18 months. Some of the Israeli missiles struck in densely populated areas as children were leaving school, and women rushed into the streets frantically looking for their children. Most of those killed were security men, but civilians were among the dead.
Right on!
Here is Nidra Poller on Atlas Shrugs giving more details:
YOU....are amazing!
I hope you got some rest last night.
Keep up the heat Israel.
Dallas59,
Caryn?
If one rocket were ever fired from wherever and it landed within a month of where you mom is,
You’d be fired up and ready to personally put a stop to it.
You’d also want the Army you represent (thanks from us all)
to make a powerful statement.
Hamas is who abrogated the cease fire and shot off a passel of rockets.
Time to pay the fiddler.
No, I cannot support genocide. Push everybody in Gaza into the med, and let them free - now that I could do.
But genocide? It is immoral.
A crude rocket fired by Palestinian militants fell short of its target in Israel on Friday, striking a house in the northern Gaza Strip and killing two [Arab?] schoolgirls... Israel decided enough was enough and sent warplanes in to demolish every known Hamas compound, killing hundreds... Israeli warplanes retaliating for rocket fire from the Gaza Strip pounded dozens of security compounds across the Hamas-ruled territory... Most of those killed were security men......what, Hamas has Pinkerton? Does lead with "Israel warplanes killed x number of civilians, but it's still ridiculous writing in the article. Thanks Ernest!
What a nightmare for the Israelis, locked in a never ending battle with an insane enemy.
Condi isn’t going to like this.
She has probably already sent messages of condemnation to Israel.
[It will be interesting to see how the new SoS handles these kinds of conflicts. She will get both the Israeli-Palestinian and India-Pak situations to deal with early in the term of her new position.]
They're not a 'race', therefore it can't be a genocide.
Wiping out every single resident of Gaza would be a gift beyond price to the civilized world.
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Perhaps it is time to drive the Philistines out of Gaza permanently.
I didn’t say I would give them floaties when I pushed them into the med, I said I would set them free. After that, it is somebody else’s problem.
But they sure wouldn’t come back ashore.
But genocide? Can’t do it.
Looks like Israel knows they’re on their own.
Pray for W, Israel and Our Freedom Fighters
I don’t want to seem heartless but until Israel goes in and carpet bombs EVERYTIME they send in a rocket, this will just keep going on and on. I believe that fewer people would be killed in the long run if they fought a real war and really kicked some arse.
Post 11 : Nicely done Dallas!
Thanks for taking the time.
Excellent!
Thanks!
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