Posted on 01/01/2009 1:31:39 PM PST by Cindy
"OPERATION CAST LEAD The IDF's Fight Against Terror in Gaza"
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A blessed New Year to everyone here and abroad. Today's thread beginning January 1, 2009 (U.S.A. Time)
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158543
1/2/09, 8:06 am
“Seven Rockets on Ashkelon”
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052237.html
Last update - 08:13 02/01/2009
“Six Gaza rockets strike Ashkelon within minutes”
By Haaertz Service
Tags: Israel, Hamas, Gaza
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired six consecutive rockets at the northern Negev city of Ashkelon on Thursday morning. A few minutes later, three rockets struck Sdot Hanegev regional council, closer to the Hamas-ruled coastal territory.
Three of which exploded in residential areas of Ashkelon. A woman was lightly wounded by shrapnel in one of the incidents and several people were treated for shock.
The rockets struck multiple locations in the city just before 8 A.M., one apparently scoring a direct hit on a house. Three other rockets exploded in areas outside of the city.
A barrage of more than 50 rockets at southern Israel on Thursday...”
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3649124,00.html
IAF strikes 20 targets in Gaza
Published: 01.02.09, 07:23 / Israel News
Israel Air Force jets struck 20 targets in Gaza overnight, including a mosque in the northern Gaza neighborhood of Jabalya, believed to be a terror hub.
The IDF said that the bombing of the mosque triggered a series of explosions, indicative of the amounts of weapons stored on the premises. (Ynet)
Note: Audio at link.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98937579
“Israeli In Ashkelon Describes Attacks From Gaza”
Listen Now [3 min 33 sec]
All Things Considered, January 1, 2009
IF YOU ARE IN ISRAEL; THIS IS FOR YOU:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129185
Published: 01/01/09, 10:04 PM
“Security Forces on Alert”
by Maayana Miskin
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(IsraelNN.com) The defense establishment increased its level of alert on Thursday evening after receiving more than 60 warnings of planned attacks. The unusually high level of threats appears to be connected to the assassination of senior Hamas terrorist Nizar Rayyan in Gaza earlier in the day.”
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3649148,00.html
Hamas claims rocket fire on Ashkelon
Published: 01.02.09, 08:50 / Israel News
Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades have claimed responsibility for the rocket fire on Ashkelon, Friday morning. (Ali Waked)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3649170,00.html
“Siren heard in Sderot; no rockets reported”
Published: 01.02.09, 09:37 / Israel News
NOTE: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3649177,00.html
Rocket lands in Sderot are; no injuries reported
Published: 01.02.09, 09:56 / Israel News
Another Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the Sderot area Friday morning.
Two rockets landed in the town’s area earlier. (Shmulik Hadad)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3649186,00.html
“250 foreign nationals leave Gaza Strip”
SNIPPET: “Foreign citizens residing in Strip, mostly women married to Palestinians, leave to Jordan Friday en route to their countries of origin. Sources in Gaza estimate that move is indication Israeli ground incursion imminent”
Ali Waked
Published: 01.02.09, 10:28 / Israel News
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Hundreds of foreign nationals residing in Gaza left the Strip early Friday morning en route to their countries of origin.
Some 250 foreigners, mostly women married to Palestinian citizens and a small group of representatives of international organizations have left Gaza in coordination with the Red Cross and the diplomatic missions in Israel.”
Note: Nothing is “top secret” if I’m reading about it in a public forum online.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,474824,00.html
“Hamas Rockets Put Israel’s Nuclear Facility in Battle Zone”
Friday, January 02, 2009
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Rocket attacks from Gaza have forced Israelis to flee in ever greater numbers, escalating the belief among Israel’s military chiefs that Hamas missiles could threaten the nation’s top secret nuclear facility at Dimona.”
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3649184,00.html
2 rockets fired at Sderot
Published: 01.02.09, 10:16 / Israel News
Two Qassam rockets fired from northern Gaza landed in Sderot; no injuries or damage were reported. (Shmulik Hadad)
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733139092&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
JPost.com » Middle East » Article
Jan 2, 2009 0:11 | Updated Jan 2, 2009 4:37
“’Let us help you fight Israel in Gaza’”
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
RAMALLAH
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “One of them, Ziad Abu Ein, a deputy minister in the PA, called on Hamas to return the weapons it had confiscated from Fatah members in the Gaza Strip so they could help in fighting against the IDF during a ground offensive.
Abu Ein said Fatah had about 70,000 loyalists in the Gaza Strip, many of them former members of the PA security forces, who were prepared to repel an Israeli incursion.
Meanwhile, a senior aide to PA President Mahmoud Abbas launched a scathing attack on Hamas and accused it of being a puppet in the hands of Iran.”
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
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Note: Photos included.
http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/12608.htm
(”Source: Fars (Iran), January 1, 2009”)
“Iranian Martyrdom Movement Marches in Tehran”
(Posted January 1, 2009)
BLOG:
Note: The following blog entry is a quote:
http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/12611.htm
Jordanian Diplomats Have Left Iran
According to official Iranian sources, all the Jordanian diplomats have left Iran, following an ultimatum given to the heads of the Egyptian and Jordanian embassies in Tehran to either condemn the Israeli offensive in Gaza or leave the country.
Sources: Fars, Shihab News (Iran), December 31, 2008
Posted at: 2009-01-01
ADDING to post no. 49:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3649189,00.html
(AP)
“Israel allows Palestinians to flee Gaza fighting”
Published: 01.02.09, 10:27 / Israel News
SNIPPET: “Army Spokesman Peter Lerner said nearly 300 Palestinians are pouring through the Israeli-controlled Erez crossing. He said the Palestinians hold citizenship from a number of other countries, including the US, Russia, Turkey and Kazakhstan.”
FLORIDA:
VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi3l0IaMVYM&eurl=http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/12/floridastan-isl.html
(Added December 30, 2008)
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VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Xl68kP4wo
(Added December 30, 2008)
ADDING to post no. 50:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024187.php
(TIMES ONLINE.co.uk)
January 2, 2009
“Gaza rockets put Israels nuclear plant in battle zone”
ADDING to post no. 32:
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http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129193
Published: 01/02/09, 12:51 PM
“Hamas, Al-Qaeda Threaten Jewish Targets Abroad”
by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(IsraelNN.com) The Palestinian Authority jihadist organization Hamas and its global twin, Al-Qaeda, have threatened Jewish
interests around the world. Hamas and Fatah both called for a “day of rage” on Friday, as security analysts warn of “lone-wolf” attacks by Muslims incited by the international calls for jihad.”
SNIPPET: “”All options are open... including suicide bombings and attacks on Zionist interests everywhere.” — Hamas leader”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733145723&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Jan 2, 2009 14:14
“Eshkol building severely damaged in rocket attack”
By JPOST.COM STAFF
SNIPPET: “No one was wounded.”
IF YOU ARE IN ISRAEL, READ THIS PLEASE:
January 2, 2009, 13:34 pm
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158562
“Only Missile Alerts on Radio Darom during Shabbat”
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