Posted on 02/03/2015 9:54:48 PM PST by Nachum
Not only has Egypt been able to expel Gazans from the border with Sinai and demolish their homes and mosques to create a counter-terror buffer zone as the world silently watches, but on Tuesday morning Egyptian troops reportedly opened fire on Hamas "military posts" in Gaza near the border with impugnity.
Reports of the shootings were relayed by witnesses in Gaza to the Palestinian Arab Ma'an News Agency, although there were no reports of wounded.
Iyad al-Buzm, a spokesperson for the Hamas terrorist government's "Ministry of Interior," accused the Egyptians of "firing directly and deliberately at two Palestinian military posts on the southern Gaza Strip borders."
He said the Egyptian soldiers fired without warning, and that the Hamas side had not committed any breach of conditions that would have warranted the potentially lethal response.
"This is a dangerous indicator which necessitates an immediate investigation to call to account those involved in it," al-Buzm said.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Sounds like the Egyptians are a bit tired of the Palestinians, sort of like we are with the illegals.
What? They say this like it’s a bad thing?
The terrorists are claiming Egypt isn’t playing fair!
Somebody call the whaambulance for these morons.
Mr Obama sold a great big bunch of F16’s and M1 tanks to the Egyptians when the MOBro’s were briefly in charge. Did they ever get into Egyptian hands? It would be amusing to see them used on the Palis.
it acutally appears that this Egyptian government is attacking the terrorist gangs
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(no wonder O is so hostile to Cairo these days!)
Hmmm. That’s too bad, and all.
It’s a start.
Looks like Israel might be getting some unexpected allies - Egypt, Jordan... Saudi Arabia won’t be far behind.
Dumb’O must be fuming.
If they really hadn't done anything, then why is it characterized as a response?
It would be so great if the “moderate” Middle East governments would take out their own local crazies so that we didn’t have to.
The Egyptians are fed up of Hamas.
“a spokesperson for the Hamas terrorist government...accused the Egyptians of “firing directly and deliberately at two Palestinian military posts...although there were no reports of wounded.”
So its either a reporting problem, or a marksmanship problem.
Egypt proposes water barrier and kilometer wide sterile zone in Philadelphi Corridor [2/23/2007]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1789741/posts
“Military Posts”!?
But I thought these were all destitute helpless refugees?
“The Egyptians are fed up of Hamas.”
The article reported:
“As a follow-up, Egypt on Saturday banned Hamas’s “military wing,” the Al-Qassam Brigades, as a terrorist organization.”
This is actually quite a historic break, and establishes a legal basis for “open season” rules of engagement.
It looks like quite the anvil is now in place on Gaza’s Southern border, should the hammer come down.
Oh, and here’s a little throwaway line in the story: “Egypt has demolished thousands of homes in expelling all Gazans from the Sinai border”. That is the kind of thing for which Israel would encounter a firestorm of criticism for years. For Egypt, it is mentioned like a fun fact in passing - just obscure trivia.
Egypt might just send an armored division through Gaza for a weekend romp if they feel like it sometime. As long as Israel doesn’t fire back, there is not a damn thing Hamas could do about it.
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