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Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshal. (AP)
Last update - 02:04 28/12/2008
After IAF strike kills at least 230 in Gaza, Hamas chief vows third Intifada has come
By Amos Harel and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent, Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Tags: Israel airstrikes 

Hamas Political Leader in Damascus Khaled Meshal threatened revenge attacks after a series of Israel Air Force attacks left at least 230 dead and hundreds more wounded in Gaza, saying "the time for the third Intifada has come."

Meshal issued a call to Palestinians in the West Bank to carry out suicide attacks against Israeli targets and to attack Israel Defense Forces soldiers.

"This Intifada will be peaceful for the Palestinians but lethal for the Zionist enemy," Meshal said, adding that this 'new Intifada,' will "rescue Gaza and protect the West Bank."
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Israel on Saturday morning launched the start of a massive offensive against Qassam rocket and mortar fire on its southern communities, targeting dozens of buildings belonging to the ruling Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian medical sources said that at least 230 people had been killed in the strikes, which began with almost no warning at around 11:30 A.M.

Some 780 were wounded in the fighting throughout the day, Palestinian medical officials said.

Egypt has opened its long-sealed border with Gaza to allow in the wounded for medical treatment. Hamas said that the attacks had caused widespread panic in the Strip.


The first wave of air strikes was launched by 60 warplanes, which hit a total of 50 targets in one fell swoop. The IAF deployed approximately 100 bombs, with an estimated 95 percent reaching their intended targets. Most of the casualties were Hamas operatives.

A Hamas spokesman on Saturday vowed the group would not surrender in the face of IDF attacks in the Gaza Strip, and that Israel would not break its "resistance to the occupation."

The spokesman added that Hamas would not "raise a white flag" of surrender and would respond with all means available at its disposal.

Prior to the operation, Israel sought to catch Hamas off guard by luring it into a false sense of security through certain measures, including the opening of Gaza border crossings on Friday.

Immediately following the first wave, some 20 IAF aircraft struck 50 Palestinian rocket launchers in an effort to minimize Hamas' retaliatory strikes.

The IDF emphasized that civilians located in areas whence Palestinians launch rockets and who quarter Hamas operatives in their homes are liable to be hurt.

The targets that were hit included training camps and installations as well as police stations, some of whom were located in civilian buildings.

The IDF chief of staff is holding nonstop consultations with officers. Senior military officials characterize the strikes as part of a "rolling operation" and have thus begun a sporadic enlistment of the reserves, particularly in smaller units.

Top IDF brass anticipate difficult days ahead, warning that the operation will extend beyond the next couple of days.

The strikes follow a decision by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's security cabinet to intensify Israel's response to cross-border attacks on Israel.

The Israel Defense Forces warned Saturday that the air strikes "will continue, will be expanded, and will deepen if necessary."

The Prime Minister's bureau issued a statement on Saturday following the IAF strikes in Gaza.

"The operation was launched following the violation of the terms of the lull by Hamas and the unceasing attacks by Hamas authorities on Israeli civilians in the south of the country," the communique read.

"The decision on the attack was made Wednesday during a meeting of the security-diplomatic cabinet, which instructed the IDF to act in order to bring a prolonged halt of missile fire and terrorist attacks from the Gaza Strip," the prime minister's bureau said.

"The cabinet authorized the prime minister, the defense minister, and the foreign minister to determine the timing and the method of operation in accordance with the cabinet decision, which was unanimously reached. The three [ministers] decided to [approve] the execution of the air force attack on Saturday morning."

"Israel wishes to make clear that it will continue to act against terrorist operations and missile fire from the Strip which is intended to harm civilians."

"We face a period that will be neither easy nor short, and will require determination and perseverance until the necessary change is achieved in the situation in the south," Defense Minister Ehud Barak said.

Hamas ended its six-month cease-fire with Israel on December 19 - a day before it was due to expire - and the number of rockets fired at Israel from Gaza, which had dwindled significantly, returned to pre-truce levels. Dozens of Qassams and mortars had been launched almost daily at Israeli communities near the Gaza border since Hamas declared the truce over.

The IDF statement said its military strikes were predicated on precise intelligence amassed in recent months. The IDF said it is targeting a wide array of top Hamas officials.

At least two people were killed and 30 wounded from an attack in Khan Younis, a refugee camp in the south of Gaza.

TV footage showed bodies of more than a dozen black-clad security men lying on the ground in one area. Palestinian witnesses say one of the missiles struck Hamas police headquarters in Gaza City, with at least 50 people among the casualties in the attack.

The IAF strikes on the police headquarters killed police chief Tawfiq Jabber, Hamas radio reported.

Residents reported hearing at least 15 explosions. Many of Hamas' security compounds are in residental areas, and the airstrikes took place as children were leaving school. Plumes of black smoke rose over Gaza City, sirens wailed through the streets and women frantically looked for their children.

The Reuters news agency reported that Gaza City port and security installations of Hamas had been badly damaged by the strikes.

Residents of the western Negev communities have received instructions from the authorities to remain in their homes and in bomb-proof rooms.

On Friday, Egyptian officials said that Egypt had begun boosting the security along its border with Gaza, in anticipation of the imminent IDF operation within the territory, fearing an Israeli incursion would result in a breach of the border.

In January, Hamas militants frustrated over the tightened Israeli closure of Gaza blew holes in the border partition, allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to stream into Egypt unchecked for ten days and stock up on food and other goods made scarce by the blockade.

Egyptian officials told Israel Radio, however, that Egypt is pressing on with efforts to prevent the escalation of violence in the region. The officials said that representatives on behalf of Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman have approached senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar in the Gaza Strip and presented him with Egypt's concerns.

Meanwhile, Palestinian militants fired dozens of mortar shells from the Gaza Strip overnight Thursday and early morning Friday, as the IDF prepared for action.

The mortars damaged one building, but no one was hurt in any of the incidents.

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      1.   OPEN YOUR BORDER, EGYPT! 15:28  |  observer 26/12/08
      2.   ISRAELI BLOCKADE IS TERRORISM 15:34  |  JH 26/12/08
      3.   open the boarders 15:38  |  bashar 26/12/08
      4.   It`ll be the usual cowardly air attack when it comes 16:06  |  Clickfool 26/12/08
      5.   JH, u r WRONG 16:11  |  observer 26/12/08
      6.   blockade is blockade, not terrorism 16:29  |  Paul Freedman 26/12/08
      7.   Gaza truce ? 19:59  |  Ray Woods 26/12/08
      8.   Why would that be a problem? The Egyptian side is open 20:05  |  Avi 26/12/08
      9.   Sending rockets into civilian populations are acts of war 21:01  |  Rising Sun 26/12/08
      10.   #1 "But truth wins in the end"? 21:12  |  Amer Arab 26/12/08
      11.   click fool, switching tunes - again 21:26  |  Adrian de Klerk 26/12/08
      12.   #4 Clickfool - Let`s substitute rockets for bombs 22:34  |  *BEN JABO 26/12/08
      13.   Amer Arab #10 00:05  |  observer 27/12/08
      14.   #11, Adrian de Klerk..."pitched battle", you say... 00:16  |  Silvienne 27/12/08
      15.   Clickfool is bitter 01:13  |  Rafterman 27/12/08
      16.   Humanitarian Israel. 01:54  |  Maureen Ann 27/12/08
      17.   3RD TRY Clickfool - Then you admit it 03:08  |  *BEN JABO 27/12/08
      18.   Humanitarian Aid 04:08  |  Howard 27/12/08
      19.   #11, Adrian de Klerk...well, just possibly.. 04:32  |  Silvienne 27/12/08
      20.   #16 - As a former soldier I have... 05:24  |  Adrian de Klerk 27/12/08
      21.   Clickfool 07:15  |  utagawa 27/12/08
      22.   #17, Adrian de Klerk... 07:48  |  Silvienne 27/12/08
      23.   Observer, Israel controls Gaza`s Egyptian border... 08:27  |  BBSNews 27/12/08
      24.   de Klerk a former soldier? 08:52  |  BBSNews 27/12/08
      25.   Egypt and the ?Palestinians?. 08:55  |  Jean Van Daem 27/12/08
      26.   # 5 to observer re: "their own bros rotting in camps" 09:34  |  eric 27/12/08
      27.   to all supporters of the hamas terrorists 12:44  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/12/08
      28.   Outrage 12:44  |  Dan 27/12/08
      29.   Terrorism on both sides! 12:44  |  Mohamad 27/12/08
      30.   Targets: non-civilian. Rockets: fewer than they used on us 12:57  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 27/12/08
      31.   clickfool, we Jews are out to defeat Jew haters 12:59  |  Jeremy 27/12/08
      32.   Again those little men hit only hailing those responsible now 13:02  |  Jew- and Bookburner 27/12/08
      33.   like pre 67 13:03  |  Rab Burns 27/12/08
      34.   Lessons to be learnt quickly 13:04  |  Michael(UK) 27/12/08
      35.   # 19 to adrian de klerk re: military experience 13:04  |  eric 27/12/08
      36.   YOU WERE WARNED HAMAS 13:05  |  TCMSOLS 27/12/08
      37.   Mohammad 13:05  |  Daniela 27/12/08
      38.   Israel Strikes 13:05  |  Carole 27/12/08
      39.   So what? 13:05  |  Yossi 27/12/08
      40.   Clickfool # 4. 13:11  |  David Nigel Braham 27/12/08
      41.   everything is wrong 13:16  |  ana 27/12/08
      42.   Congratulations, you just created 300 suicide bombers!! 13:18  |  An Arab Neighbor 27/12/08
      43.   Put Hamas under control. 13:21  |  Vital 27/12/08
      44.   RETALIATION FOR HAMAS ROCKETS 13:21  |  Carole 27/12/08
      45.   We WANT peace, not war, Mohamed! 13:21  |  Linichka 27/12/08
      46.   # 4 Clickfool what is your problem now? 13:22  |  CM 27/12/08
      47.   silvienne & bbs 13:23  |  Adrian de Klerk 27/12/08
      48.   A brother in need & the moment of truth. 13:25  |  Akram Zekaria 27/12/08
      49.   Dan #28 About your outrage - 13:26  |  S 27/12/08
      50.   Gaza attack 13:31  |  Iamashamed 27/12/08
      51.   How many Israelis killed? 13:32  |  simone 27/12/08
      52.   "Hamas will continue the resistance until the last drop of blood" 13:32  |  S 27/12/08
      53.   OK, we are ready to stop animosity 13:32  |  Alex 27/12/08
      54.   Dan #28: ..."puny rocket attacks on Siderot"... 13:36  |  Esther 27/12/08
      55.   Mohammed, akram etc 13:41  |  sock 27/12/08
      56.   Rising sun faux pas 13:44  |  Andrew 27/12/08
      57.   no peace 13:46  |  humanist 27/12/08
      58.   to #27 13:46  |  Sabina 27/12/08
      59.   Killing Palestinian police? 13:48  |  Manny Goldstein 27/12/08
      60.   Israel attack 13:49  |  Kara 27/12/08
      61.   Esther 13:54  |  Alexandra 27/12/08
      62.   To Rising Sun 13:54  |  Lebanese gurl 27/12/08
      63.   Wrong again, eric 13:56  |  observer 27/12/08
      64.   #45 look in the mirror 14:04  |  humanist 27/12/08
      65.   that`s what hamas has called for during the last days... 14:06  |  scallywag 27/12/08
      66.   #48 14:07  |  miriam 27/12/08
      67.   this is a real crime against palestinians 14:09  |  sss 27/12/08
      68.   poor Israelis..... 14:10  |  John and the truth 27/12/08
      69.   An Arab Neighbour 14:10  |  rich 27/12/08
      70.   #23 BBS....EGYPT HAS OPENED 14:12  |  Lynn 27/12/08
      71.   bbsnews #23 14:14  |  scallywag 27/12/08
      72.   To 41 and 42 14:15  |  Charles 27/12/08
      73.   simone 14:15  |  scallywag 27/12/08
      74.   sit back and enjoy 14:16  |  christian arab 27/12/08
      75.   50% of killed people under 15 years old 14:19  |  Ahmed 27/12/08
      76.   Iran is responsible 14:20  |  thomas 27/12/08
      77.   Silvienne #22 Adrian is right. 14:25  |  Yakov Sari-Levi 27/12/08
      78.   #57 Manny, Hamas is the Police ! 14:26  |  Rick & TC 27/12/08
      79.   Israel`s real goal 14:29  |  noor 27/12/08
      80.   Libanese girl 14:29  |  Daniela 27/12/08
      81.   to Lebanese gurl 14:31  |  yosi 27/12/08
      82.   Esther 14:33  |  sharon 27/12/08
      83.   to simone:interesting logic 14:55  |  Arie 27/12/08
      84.   somethin 14:55  |  some1 27/12/08
      85.   Maureen Ann-I feel your pain. 14:57  |  Stephen in New York 27/12/08
      86.   Rising Sun utter lies 14:58  |  Truth 27/12/08
      87.   Hamas says their leaders are easily replaced 14:59  |  Avi 27/12/08
      88.   #11 Adrian de Klerk *** Briefly Put Kudos To Our Forces.. 14:59  |  KATHY 27/12/08
      89.   humanist 14:59  |  scallywag 27/12/08
      90.   Paul Freedman and terror 15:00  |  Truth 27/12/08
      91.   #35, eric, you are making up stories 15:01  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/12/08
      92.   Clickfool-#4-"Brave" Hamas fighters 15:04  |  Daniel Leopold 27/12/08
      93.   Ahmed terror operates from civilian areas 15:04  |  al 27/12/08
      94.   #80 Daniela 15:05  |  Boycott 27/12/08
      95.   It`ll be the usual cowardly air attack when it comes 15:05  |  Agasfer 27/12/08
      96.   To "S" perhaps in Sderot No. 49 15:07  |  Marlene N. 27/12/08
      97.   Gaza 15:28  |  Mike 27/12/08
      98.   #4 Clickfool - Continue Watching On The BBC 15:28  |  Bill Foonman 27/12/08
      99.   The Situation 15:37  |  Natalie Rosen 27/12/08
      100.   to eric #35 Double standards? 15:45  |  Biorno 27/12/08
      101.   soon anther UN resolution will be Announce 15:45  |  UN 27/12/08
      102.   Marlenne N #96 15:46  |  Cynic 27/12/08
      103.   Margie on civilians.... 15:49  |  Teresa-Maria 27/12/08
      104.   Warfare in the 21st Century 15:50  |  Paul 27/12/08
      105.   isreal 15:51  |  jack 27/12/08
      106.   Everyone has the right to a nationality. 15:52  |  Ricardo T A 27/12/08
      107.   WE SHOULD NOT OVERREACT! 15:58  |  Arie 27/12/08
      108.   hamas got what they wanted 16:16  |  jon 27/12/08
      109.   Marlene N #96 16:16  |  S 27/12/08
      110.   155 dead - 14845 to go... 16:18  |  ak 27/12/08
      111.   #103 Long response,off subject,no need for a history lesson AND 16:18  |  KATHY 27/12/08
      112.   Violent religions, violent people 16:21  |  michel 27/12/08
      113.   Ricardo T A # 106 UNGAR 217 17:21  |  Jeff Northridge 27/12/08
      114.   101 UN, Re: soon another UN Resolution 17:29  |  Dutch 27/12/08
      115.   BSNews and the usual idiocy he spews 17:32  |  SDHD 27/12/08
      116.   Hey Michel of Paris 17:33  |  Daniel 27/12/08
      117.   Michel, be careful pointing at "violent religions" 17:33  |  Orkochav 27/12/08
      118.   Hamas` days are numbered.... 17:35  |  Gary 27/12/08
      119.   sss # 67 Crime? 17:35  |  Jeff Northridge 27/12/08
      120.   #112 michel MIXES the FACTS with FICTION 17:36  |  CK Tan 27/12/08
      121.   Kathy #111 17:38  |  Teresa-Maria 27/12/08
      122.   To: Maureen Ann 17:40  |  Angel 27/12/08
      123.   biased reporting 17:42  |  martha yager 27/12/08
      124.   Amer arab, the arabs have had since 1948 to make things right for 17:43  |  Steve -nyc 27/12/08
      125.   ABAS AND HIS MEN HELPINK ISRAEL 17:43  |  YOSI 27/12/08
      126.   Clickfool (#4) SORRY we have Disappointed Your Expectations 17:45  |  Gil 27/12/08
      127.   Israel`s response. 17:47  |  sandra chitayat 27/12/08
      128.   Plan of Action 17:48  |  Michael Wildman 27/12/08
      129.   Clickfool (#4) SORRY we have Disappointed Your Expectations 17:49  |  Gil 27/12/08
      130.   michel in paris 17:49  |  rich 27/12/08
      131.   Over 10 000 rockets fired at Israel is disapprortionate 17:49  |  Alicia 27/12/08
      132.   Dutch: no one ever rushed to save Jews, that`s 17:49  |  Ari 27/12/08
      133.   200 Gazan Deaths Stain On The Muslim Brotherhood and Tehran Junta 17:50  |  BalancedJustice 27/12/08
      134.   war crimes again! 17:51  |  Jake 27/12/08
      135.   today, we are all israelis 17:53  |  Neutral observer 27/12/08
      136.   Ricardo`s rights to a nationality 17:54  |  SDHD 27/12/08
      137.   Hamas needs to be destroyed 17:57  |  Mark Jeffery Koch 27/12/08
      138.   Finally! 18:01  |  FAL 27/12/08
      139.   for those saying this is a disproportional response 18:03  |  nigelc 27/12/08
      140.   michel france 18:08  |  The Teacher/Instruct 27/12/08
      141.   Marta yager ask your self why West Bank Pals don`t have a problem 18:11  |  Simon 27/12/08
      142.   Thomas 18:11  |  Persian Kitty 27/12/08
      143.   Air Strikes 18:11  |  Mozaico 27/12/08
      144.   Hamas is pretty upset, watch out Israelis 18:12  |  ahmad abouali 27/12/08
      145.   Hamas is pretty upset, watch out Israelis 18:12  |  ahmad abouali 27/12/08
      146.   strike 18:13  |  Opiniated 27/12/08
      147.   IDF attacks 18:16  |  Judith 27/12/08
      148.   Are you Humans? 18:17  |  Osama 27/12/08
      149.   Proportionality, Israeli style: 18:19  |  Kol ha-Nevi`im 27/12/08
      150.   IAF caught Hamas by Surprise! 18:19  |  Kevin 27/12/08
      151.   PALESTINE WINNING- Think LONG TERM 18:19  |  Mark 27/12/08
      152.   Awad 5 days ago I told you this will not be good for you or us 18:21  |  Simon 27/12/08
      153.   Martha #123 18:21  |  Yariv 27/12/08
      154.   Hamas could have gained with peace, what they can`t gain with war 18:27  |  Simon 27/12/08
      155.   Hamas will raise the white flag, 18:29  |  Judea 27/12/08
      156.   Too bad; too, too bad 18:36  |  Angel 27/12/08
      157.   Watch out hamas 18:43  |  IDF Supporter 27/12/08
      158.   the timing of the attack 18:44  |  rm 27/12/08
      159.   Kol Ha-Nevi`im`s proportionality 18:46  |  SDHD 27/12/08
      160.   Ahmad, how to deal with an angry snake? 18:47  |  Orkochav 27/12/08
      161.   Gaz Strikes 18:47  |  D. Amum 27/12/08
      162.   You are still not keeping up 18:47  |  Chris Linthwaite 27/12/08
      163.   Ahmed Abouali the Gaza police chief was no cadet 18:49  |  x-ray 27/12/08
      164.   Gaza Truce 18:49  |  Robert 27/12/08
      165.   why would hamas "surrender" when they can get more palestinians 18:50  |  terrornator 27/12/08
      166.   to 110 post 18:53  |  cesare 27/12/08
      167.   #144 osama can do something - ask hamas to be humane to gazans 18:54  |  odles 27/12/08
      168.   No logic,non sense #25 18:56  |  Amr 27/12/08
      169.   Hamas declared truce dead, fired 100`s of rockets at civilians 18:58  |  Rob 27/12/08
      170.   Iran`s Fault 18:58  |  Yosemite 27/12/08
      171.   maureen ann RE #16 "That`s the way Israel,after all these long 19:02  |  terrornator 27/12/08
      172.   A well deserved tragedy! 19:05  |  Murray of Montreal 27/12/08
      173.   Had Hamas the planes IDF has,a million would be dead in Tel Aviv 19:06  |  Rob 27/12/08
      174.   "Truth`s" utter LIES, #86 19:08  |  observer 27/12/08
      175.   Killing is such fun! KILL KILL KILL 19:10  |  Atrick 27/12/08
      176.   CLICKFOOL #4 19:11  |  GARY 27/12/08
      177.   Israel`s Right to defend 19:11  |  Jason 27/12/08
      178.   For Hamas: Pride & Hatred More Important Than Pal Lives 19:11  |  Brad 27/12/08
      179.   What took so long? 19:12  |  Mo 27/12/08
      180.   cowardly killing women & children 19:13  |  Ron 27/12/08
      181.   The real Holocaust 19:14  |  Greg 27/12/08
      182.   All Israel can do is hope and pray that the day will never....... 19:14  |  Swiss (Dino) 27/12/08
      183.   129 Gil, your lack of remorse is soulless 19:14  |  Dutch 27/12/08
      184.   #161 19:14  |  bill 27/12/08
      185.   gaza air strikes 19:14  |  marcos 27/12/08
      186.   re: sit back and enjoy 19:16  |  citizen of the world 27/12/08
      187.   eric #35 your full of sh*t,the incident your speaking about where 19:16  |  terrornator 27/12/08
      188.   rm The timing of attacks Was determined by Hamas firing rockets 19:16  |  Rob 27/12/08
      189.   IAF STRIKE ON HAMAS 19:16  |  FROM MUMBAI WITH JOY 27/12/08
      190.   Hamas-no white flag? 19:17  |  Brod 27/12/08
      191.   Hamas doesn`t care if they kill Palestinians 19:18  |  Judea 27/12/08
      192.   Maureen; An Excuse? 19:18  |  Brad 27/12/08
      193.   what are you doing 19:18  |  mimmi 27/12/08
      194.   Why The Muslim World Is Arming For Survival 19:20  |  Gray 27/12/08
      195.   An Election Ploy!! 19:20  |  GloomBoom.com 27/12/08
      196.   #137 Mark Jeffery Koch 19:20  |  Boycott 27/12/08
      197.   AlQueda Type Jihadists will control Gaza 19:21  |  Naaser 27/12/08
      198.   Rob - Hamas planes would be destroyed before they 19:22  |  Ben 27/12/08
      199.   #146,Judea-Hope you are correct ! 19:22  |  Gary 27/12/08
      200.   read 19:23  |  avital 27/12/08
      201.   Sderot residents will pay for this massacre of Gazans 19:23  |  Dutch 27/12/08
      202.   Rob, And if beggars had horses! Fool 19:23  |  Atrick 27/12/08
      203.   dan #28 why don`t you volunteer to go to the gazan border and act 19:24  |  terrornator 27/12/08
      204.   In response to #144 19:25  |  Mo 27/12/08
      205.   #140 Kitty...why would the US want to align 19:25  |  Lynn 27/12/08
      206.   VIVA ISRAEL 19:26  |  chop-chop 27/12/08
      207.   Hamas elected to destroy Israel. 19:26  |  Menachem Ben Yakov 27/12/08
      208.   MICHEL 19:26  |  Sam 27/12/08
      209.   Israeli attack. 19:27  |  David Nigel Braham 27/12/08
      210.   133 Balanced justice , you have it all wrong 19:27  |  Dutch 27/12/08
      211.   #164 -Learn history- Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq had planes too 19:28  |  George 27/12/08
      212.   UN Security Council to discuss Gaza fighting 19:30  |  vik 27/12/08
      213.   Clickfool - Kishmo Ken hu! 19:32  |  Kenny 27/12/08
      214.   adrien de klerk 11 19:32  |  potobac 27/12/08
      215.   Jewish Terrorism 19:34  |  Omer 27/12/08
      216.   To the IAF, you have sealed your state`s political future 19:35  |  Dutch 27/12/08
      217.   no mohamad #29 its just as bad if not worse when pals 19:35  |  terrornator 27/12/08
      218.   Eric, the Palestinian Arabs are new boys on the block! 19:36  |  Zev Davis 27/12/08
      219.   There should be more land available to steal soon! 19:36  |  Atrick 27/12/08
      220.   Hamas say they will not surrender to IDF attacks 19:36  |  Alina Adrian 27/12/08
      221.   speculation, and idiots writing... 19:37  |  shriveled 27/12/08
      222.   #30 You think this will make you safer? 19:37  |  T A Sheppard 27/12/08
      223.   Morality of Israel`s actions 19:37  |  Gail 27/12/08
      224.   Gaza strike 19:38  |  ahmad 27/12/08
      225.   Sick and Tired 19:39  |  Mo 27/12/08
      226.   sabina #58 your right hamas was democratically elected 19:40  |  terrornator 27/12/08
      227.   #4 Clickfool 19:40  |  JoJo 27/12/08
      228.   Gaza strike. 19:40  |  Mike 27/12/08
      229.   More on the IAF`s attacks & atrocities in Gaza 19:42  |  Dutch 27/12/08
      230.   boycott re daniela (2. try) 19:43  |  scallywag 27/12/08
      231.   ricardo (2. try) 19:44  |  scallywag 27/12/08
      232.   egypt, saudi and jordan 19:45  |  jonathan 27/12/08
      233.   IDF should help the Lebanese army 19:45  |  Rami 27/12/08
      234.   Christian Arab? I don`t think so! 19:46  |  Palestinian Brit 27/12/08
      235.   Pssst: Hamas 19:48  |  Harry 27/12/08
      236.   observer 19:52  |  JoJo 27/12/08
      237.   ahmed #75 "50% of killed people under 15 years old" 19:53  |  terrornator 27/12/08
      238.   Hamas should have accepted the ceasefire 19:55  |  Gina 27/12/08
      239.   Israel`s response to Hamas` terrorism 19:55  |  Imperator5769 27/12/08
      240.   Observer from the capital of Israel 19:56  |  Palestinian Brit 27/12/08
      241.   Bravo Israel! 19:57  |  GHook93 27/12/08
      242.   Why are number of killed assumed to be factual ? 19:58  |  Teez El-Nabi 27/12/08
      243.   To #2 and all the other liberals in the world Gaza Offensive 19:58  |  Scott L. Havsy 27/12/08
      244.   Kol ha-Nevi`im # 145 The Principle Of Proportionality 19:59  |  Jeff Northridge 27/12/08
      245.   Duch...doesn`t look as if the Israelis need rescuing 19:59  |  Lynn 27/12/08
      246.   #153 : Keeping up 20:00  |  tristan 27/12/08
      247.   blockade illegal? 20:00  |  Scott 27/12/08
      248.   To Michael{UK] # 34 - "Palestinian Rockets didn`t kill 20:00  |  Natasha 27/12/08
      249.   lebanese gurl #62 you sit on your ass and watched a terrorist 20:01  |  terrornator 27/12/08
      250.   #2 An Arab Neighbor 20:04  |  Bobby 27/12/08
      251.   I feel sad for innocent victims, but most Gazans voted for Hamas 20:05  |  Benjamina 27/12/08
      252.   Jerusalemites and West Bankers Should Start Intifada 3 20:09  |  Monitor 27/12/08
      253.   # 35 to Eric 20:09  |  Nick 27/12/08
      254.   To Murray of Montreal @ 163 - A tragedy indeed. 20:11  |  Honesty 27/12/08
      255.   #154 If cadets are ligitimate target so are Israel`s Reserves 20:13  |  Monitor 27/12/08
      256.   Israeli murderers 20:13  |  Keith T. 27/12/08
      257.   By YOSI (125) we got after many cases of prophetic knowlede 20:15  |  Jew- and Bookburner 27/12/08
      258.   Rob from A.A. Asked a good question... #164 20:18  |  Gray 27/12/08
      259.   You Call Them Palestinians... 20:20  |  Brendan 27/12/08
      260.   #153 Linthwaite.....If we are very fortunate 20:40  |  Lynn 27/12/08
      261.   In solidarity with the Palestinian People 20:43  |  NEJ 27/12/08
      262.   Poor Gaza! 20:53  |  Majiano 27/12/08
      263.   Honour and Humiliation in Gaza 20:58  |  FOX 27/12/08
      264.   Gaza 20:58  |  Samatha 27/12/08
      265.   Israel blockade is terrorism 21:07  |  Samantha 27/12/08
      266.   Persian Kitty and her hatred for Arabs 21:07  |  Palestinian Prince 27/12/08
      267.   persian kitty,looks like your the only one not smart enough to 21:08  |  terrornator 27/12/08
      268.   Gaza Egypt Border 21:09  |  Samantha 27/12/08
      269.   Chris Lightweight #153 21:20  |  FOX 27/12/08
      270.   Hamas got what it wanted 21:23  |  Gilbert 27/12/08
      271.   to rob in "AA": So you admit what we knew 21:23  |  Arie 27/12/08
      272.   Chris Linthwait # 153 21:23  |  leo 27/12/08
      273.   To the Peanut Gallery 21:31  |  Jasper 27/12/08
      274.   Palestinians: At least 205 dead, over 200 hurt in IAF Gaza strike 21:38  |  Jaime 27/12/08
      275.   Looking for more enlightened voices 21:39  |  allang 27/12/08
      276.   Maybe it is time 21:40  |  Janice 27/12/08
      277.   #171 FOX 21:42  |  Chris Linthwaite 27/12/08
      278.   boys in a man`s world 21:43  |  Michael 27/12/08
      279.   #172 Leo 21:44  |  Chris Linthwaite 27/12/08
      280.   169: FOX Yes and Isreal has to accept the 2004 Saudi Peace Plan 21:46  |  Tupac 27/12/08
      281.   To: Chris Linthwaite 21:46  |  Angel 27/12/08
      282.   #173 Jasper 21:46  |  FOX 27/12/08
      283.   The disgrace that is Haaretz Talkback 21:47  |  Clickfool 27/12/08
      284.   #173 Jasper 21:47  |  Chris Linthwaite 27/12/08
      285.   GO ISRAEL 21:47  |  alfredo 27/12/08
      286.   horribly sad day that the Palestinians brought upon themselves 21:47  |  situation untenable 27/12/08
      287.   #145 Kol ha-Nevi`im - FAKING this thing called PROPORTIONALITY 21:48  |  CK Tan 27/12/08
      288.   #20 Adrian de Klerk 21:50  |  Janice 27/12/08
      289.   I`M WITH ISRAEL ALL THE WAY 21:50  |  Ian 27/12/08
      290.   119: Jeff N: If it can build illegal settelements then it can 21:53  |  Tupac 27/12/08
      291.   #59 Mann Goldstein 21:54  |  *BEN JABO 27/12/08
      292.   Well done IDF 21:58  |  Israel supporter 27/12/08
      293.   On Bended Knee 22:00  |  FOX 27/12/08
      294.   Hamas lies 22:01  |  Jane 27/12/08
      295.   To Click, a word of advice 22:01  |  bytheway 27/12/08
      296.   #144 Osama. Enough is enough. 22:03  |  Jan Vlaming 27/12/08
      297.   Israel should attack Hamas in waves, stop for now 22:03  |  Orkochav 27/12/08
      298.   Appalled 22:05  |  sh 27/12/08
      299.   #153 Linthwaite - Last time you wrote 22:05  |  *BEN JABO 27/12/08
      300.   144 OSAMA 22:05  |  ALAN 27/12/08
      301.   FOX: "reality that they are vastly out-gunned": Soviets v. Afgans 22:06  |  Tupac 27/12/08
      302.   #180 Angel of New York 22:08  |  Chris Linthwaite 27/12/08
      303.   Rob from A.A. Asked a good question... #164 //2nd TRY 22:13  |  Gray 27/12/08
      304.   #183 Linthwaite - Time of day is of no concern 22:13  |  *BEN JABO 27/12/08
      305.   Michael (UK) 22:15  |  No to Terror 27/12/08
      306.   Tupac, Dear Boy. #180 22:18  |  FOX 27/12/08
      307.   Childish Leaders on BOTH Sides 22:20  |  J.K. 27/12/08
      308.   Tupac, a tad more info 22:20  |  FOX 27/12/08
      309.   #153 : Keeping up 22:25  |  tristan 27/12/08
      310.   Chris #177 22:27  |  FOX 27/12/08
      311.   OIL MONEY TALKS 22:28  |  Poor Gaza 27/12/08
      312.   The truth about Israel 22:32  |  John 27/12/08
      313.   199JK So Pearl Harbor attack did not justify US war? 22:35  |  Rob 27/12/08
      314.   Disgusted 22:36  |  David 27/12/08
      315.   The Israeli joke 22:38  |  Yaakov Hillel 27/12/08
      316.   #214 Fox 22:45  |  Chris Linthwaite 27/12/08
      317.   trying again for the 6th time... 22:45  |  justjack 27/12/08
      318.   # 121 T.Maria Please stop being patronizing.Living here What? 23:04  |  KATHY 27/12/08
      319.   Chris Linthwaite 23:07  |  Jasper 27/12/08
      320.   132, Ari, Rush to save Jews 23:07  |  Dutch 27/12/08
      321.   boycott re daniela (3. try) 23:08  |  scallywag 27/12/08
      322.   ricardo (3. try) 23:09  |  scallywag 27/12/08
      323.   chris linthwaite (2. try) 23:09  |  scallywag 27/12/08
      324.   #214 Fox 23:11  |  Suspisiuos 27/12/08
      325.   #213 JK In A Nutshell You Are Correct.Tell You Why 23:11  |  Ross 27/12/08
      326.   about time! 23:13  |  Igor D. 27/12/08
      327.   FOX 23:13  |  Sarah 27/12/08
      328.   # 223 23:14  |  Lebanese gurl 27/12/08
      329.   Terrorist Cancer 23:14  |  Stroh 27/12/08
      330.   # 63 for an "obsever" 23:14  |  eric 27/12/08
      331.   # 221 Yaakov, that is all we want!!!! 23:15  |  Hussein 27/12/08
      332.   To: Chris Linthwaite, again 23:18  |  Angel 27/12/08
      333.   very strange 23:18  |  strange 27/12/08
      334.   to john in medford:Read your post with interest 23:19  |  Arie 27/12/08
      335.   The Holocaust in Gaza 23:20  |  An American 27/12/08
      336.   To CK Tan #193: OK, an example... 23:20  |  Kol ha-Nevi`im 27/12/08
      337.   FOX: "No Pal refugees nor phoney 67 lines": Enjoy Rockets Then 23:20  |  Tupac 27/12/08
      338.   #217 Poor Gaza..OIL MONEY TALKS ..Indeed I have said on numerous 23:21  |  Ross 27/12/08
      339.   Israeli Settlements Westbank 23:22  |  Yaakov Hillel 27/12/08
      340.   #203 Jan Vlming yes Enough is Enough.An Excellent Reply 23:25  |  Ross 27/12/08
      341.   # 91 cipora 23:26  |  eric 27/12/08
      342.   Chris Linthwaite 23:26  |  Jasper 27/12/08
      343.   SAMANTHA: I must say 23:27  |  Arie 27/12/08
      344.   david in the usa 23:28  |  scallywag 27/12/08
      345.   # 100 you`re barking up the wrong tree, biorno 23:29  |  eric 27/12/08
      346.   #199 T Israel Supporter..And the IAF/IDF Thanks a lot 23:46  |  Ross 27/12/08
      347.   Extreme form on inhumanity 23:46  |  Osama 27/12/08
      348.   Clickfool 23:46  |  FinanceDoc 27/12/08
      349.   # 193 IN SHORT *situation untenable YOU``VE SAID IT. 23:51  |  Ross 27/12/08
      350.   Cowardly Freak Calls For Another Intafada 23:52  |  Bill Foonman 27/12/08
      351.   # 203, 207 Humans? 23:55  |  Osama 27/12/08
      352.   Hamas refused truce 23:56  |  MC 27/12/08
      353.