30 rockets strike Israel day after coordinated terror attacks kill 8
At least 7 wounded as Palestinians fire Grad, Qassam missiles at Israel; Iron Dome successfully intercepts rockets bound for Ashdod and Ashkelon.
By Anshel Pfeffer and HaaretzLess than a day after coordinated terror attacks killed eight Israelis, Palestinian attacks on Israel continue as 30 Grad and Qassam rockets were fired throughout southern Israel on Friday.
Most of the rockets fell in open areas and did not cause damage or injuries, but one of the missiles hit a building in an Ashdod industrial park, wounding six people, one of them seriously.
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The scene of a rocket attack in Ashdod, August 19, 2011. |
| Photo by: Ilan Assayag |
The Israel Defense Forces deployed the Iron Dome missile defense system on Friday evening to successfully intercept rockets bound for the port city of Ashdod and Ashkelon.
Three Qassam rockets were shot at the western Negev communities overnight. Emergency sirens were sounded, but no injuries or damage were reported.
Large contingents of police forces arrived at the scene of the rocket attacks and are on alert for additional missiles. Residents are called to remain in close proximity to bomb shelters.
The Palestinian rocket fire followed an Israel Air Force strikeon several targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday.
The IDF spokesman's office said in a statement that Israeli planes targeted weapon manufacturing centers in central Gaza Strip and two more sites in the north and south. "The IDF will not tolerate any attempt to harm Israeli citizens and IDF soldiers," the statement read," and will continue to operate resolutely against anyone who terrorizes Israel. The Hamas terrorist organization is the address, and it bears the responsibility."
The IAF also launched an attack on the Gaza Strip overnight which came in response to the coordinated terror attacks on Israel that took place on Thursday afternoon.
IAF aircraft attacked seven sites in the Gaza Strip overnight. An IDF Spokesperson reported that the targets included two terror activity sites and a weapons storage unit in north Gaza, and two smuggling tunnels and a terror activity site in south Gaza.
The air force attacks came as a response to a day of increased violence, in which eight Israelis were killed and 30 more wounded during a well-planned terror attack along the Israeli-Egyptian border Thursday.
The attack was planned in the Gaza Strip by the Popular Resistance Committees and perpetrated by terrorists who crossed from Gaza into Sinai via smuggling tunnels. They then traveled some 200 kilometers to reach an area of the border protected only by a tattered wire fence, about 15 kilometers north of Eilat.
Israeli forces killed five of the terrorists, and Egyptian soldiers reportedly killed two more. But the Israel Defense Forces estimates that 15 to 20 participated in the attack, meaning most escaped.
IDF officials believe the goal of the attack was to kidnap a soldier. The IDF had previously responded to warnings of a planned attack, beefing up its forces in the area.
The assault began around noon, when three terrorists armed with rifles, grenades and explosives entered Israel from Egypt and stationed themselves at intervals of about 200 meters along the highway to Eilat, Route 12, at a stretch of road that runs very close to the border. At 12:30 P.M., they opened fire on an Egged Bus 392, wounding seven passengers, causing light to moderate injuries. Most of those injured were soldiers.
A few minutes later, an empty bus and several cars arrived. The terrorists opened fire again, and when the bus stopped, one of the terrorists ran up to the bus and activated his explosive belt, killing himself and the driver.
The shooting killed four occupants of one car, plus the driver of another.
At that point, the first soldiers arrived in two vehicles. One vehicle ran down one of the terrorists, killing him. Soldiers in the second vehicle opened fire on the third terrorist. One soldier, Staff Sgt. Moshe Naftali of Ofra, was killed in the ensuing gun battle.
Additional police and army forces then arrived on the scene and killed the third terrorist. They also opened fire on two additional terrorists who were waiting on the Egyptian side of the border.
Assault helicopters joined the battle, and a terrorist fired a rocket-propelled grenade at one of the helicopters, but missed.
The two terrorists in Sinai were killed after policemen from Yamam, the special anti-terror unit, pursued them a short distance into Egyptian territory. The policemen returned to Israel immediately thereafter.
While all this was happening, the terrorists also fired mortars at a civilian work crew repairing the fence nearby, but caused no casualties.
The Egyptian army later reported that it killed two additional terrorists in Sinai. The IDF was in close contact with the Egyptian army throughout.
After the battle, the IDF brought in sappers, who discovered bombs planted along the road and dismantled them.
Then, at about 6:45 P.M., as senior defense officials were briefing reporters on the earlier attack, terrorists opened fire once again − this time at a Yamam force patrolling the border not far from the site of the original attack. One policeman was killed in the assault and another was wounded.
The second attack occurred about 45 minutes after the Israel Air Force attacked a group of senior PRC officials in Rafah, a Gazan town on the Sinai border. Among the six people killed were Kamel Nirab, the head of the PRC; Imad Hamed, the person responsible for its military activity in Gaza; Khaled Shaath, a leading member of the PRC’s military wing who was involved in rocket attacks on Israel; and Khaled Masri, who was involved in kidnapping soldier Gilad Shalit in 2006. The Shin Bet security service suspects that Hamed is the one who planned yesterday’s attack near Eilat.
In response to the air strike, Palestinians fired two Grad rockets at Ashkelon. One landed in an open area near the city and caused no casualties or damage. The other appeared headed for a populous area of the city and was shot down by an Iron Dome anti-missile battery that had been stationed there a few days before due to an escalation in the rocket fire from Gaza.
Two other rockets were fired at Ashkelon at about 10 P.M., and the IDF is preparing for further escalation in rocket fire in response to last night’s air strike.
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Come on Israel Kick there ass
Fight, Israel! Protect your citizens, and the God-given right to the land, according to scripture...I pray for your people, and your country daily..If I were younger...I would come to help you fight for whats yours...I have a sign in my yard "Stand for Courage, for ISRAEL" Many christians love you, and are praying for your safety and peace, daily.
let them take serious investigation about these killing we actually need the world be in peace, no war and no more killing whether in middle east or any where around the world.
Any more indiscriminate bombing of Gaza, then Hamas, Hizbollah and the Muslim brotherhood might just join the party. The Israeli colonialists will need more than Iron Dome to protect their illegal occupation and settlements, that sort of onslaught will make it look like a pack of cards.
In case u missed the news, the Israeli occupation killed and maimed thousands of Palestinian, children, women and infants, even fetuses in their moms wombs, the source of the conflict is Zionism and Zionist occupation of Palestine, the the last 24 hours Israel killed 15 Palestinians, two of them were only 2 years old. You can end the bloodshed by ending the occupation FULL STOP Israel is also building and expanding illegal settlements in occupied Jerusalem and the rest of Palestine, settlement are WAR CRIMES, Israel leaders must be brought to international courts to be prosecution for war crimes and annihilation of the Palestinian population.
Palestinians have hearts, every nation has its advantages and disadvantages, I am Palestinian and I do not be happy when an Israeli die or get killed. Israel terror must stop. Give the rights to their owners on equal footing with the Israelis and the right of compensation into consideration, or give the Palestinians their own state, its not a rocket science. Jews says they are on earth for a noble mission so be it ,they are suppose to be with the liberation of human beings! But the reality on the ground say otherwise. I, for example bound in separated geographical areas , I can only move through the security barriers and which streets and cities are not connected with each others as a result of security divisions aiming to restrict the citizens from moving freely pretext of security . On the contrary, I have to travel an extra half an hour to reach the city center not speaking of the humiliation.Tightened the siege on the people's freedom with collective punishment aims to displace the majority of the people out of their land, this theme is not civilized at all. Racial superiority failed in Germany and will not succeed in Israel. Bigotry is what distinguish most of the citizens in the State of Israel.My family from Jerusalem, they have lived in the heart of Jerusalem for many generations ago, we still have memories that told by our ancestors, it is in our hearts, the memories of our previous generations, our ancestors in Jerusalem, today we are prohibited from visiting the land of our ancestors. we are prohibited from entering Jerusalem only by permission from the racist government. today, I am a U.S. citizen, but the U.S. passport has no value in Israel because I am still a terrorist in the eyes of the Government of Israel why? because I have a clear right in the land of Jerusalem. .Oh Jews "If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, [you do it] to yourselves.Isra 17;7 ".Peace. Shalom . Salam .
UN no comment Arab condemnation but all the wealthy Arab states sit on their bums and do nothing, the trillions of oil dollars wasted that could solve ths crap they turn their backs on their brothers.... Israelis want to enjoy life democratically and put down their weapons and maybe could benefit from an Arab Spring what is it for death war political PR again and again ........
Burston asks too easy a question, the answer to which is not even controversial. But here is a good question to ask: If the terrorist PRC organization attacks Israel, should Hamas be attacked in retaliation? The answer is not easy, if you just observe what is happening today. According to Israel: "The Hamas terrorist organization is the address, and it bears the responsibility." The IDF first hit and killed 4 senior PRC commanders, but for the rest of the day, the air-force hit general "military" targets, presumably of Hamas, in response to which over 30 rockets were fired at Israel. Hamas was at a cease fire condition, and the IAF bombings are drawing it into the fight. The question is: Is this wise policy or not? One can come up with a theoretical justification for Hamas being the "address", but does the desire to hit "someone" back is wise in the sense of going into another serious confrontation which Israel does not know how to end well?
We need peace, do not murder egy people OR....
Feltalmoa my country disbelief that we will not allow any person on the planet that is tampering with the security of Egypt, wishing to gain that of her children and will pay all infidel peoples (America - Israel) for what happened to our children very soon ... Waited for the reaction of Cairo, which will shake the world during the next days .. To know that you will not be lived wantonly security from now. Statement by the members of the Youth Union of the revolution
This garbled mess from a so called editor is a prime example of the state of the education sytem in Egypt.
For the past 60 years all wars between IDF and Arabs occurred on Arab's lands, now it will be soon on Israel's land, moreover the military power of Egypt is not like 70's Egypt has 2 million fighters, 3000 jet, 4000 tanks (modern tanks unlikeT52) a massive marines and hundreds of long destiny missiles!!! IDF should not make war with Egypt nowadays, Mubarak is no longer in power, the Egyptian Military is free, they have NOTHING to loss!!w e should be much wiser, we can't fight on 3 fields.
What are we going to do with 2 million pairs of boots discarded by the Egyptian fighters once again fleeing in fear from the IDF.
Pro Israeli and anti alike. This is ALL the work of GOD. Both sides believe in god, right? As jews, we are taught that GOD controls EVERYTHING. Nothing happens in this world without the direct hand of god. He has chosen the palestinians as our current "enemy" but to discuss this politically is a joke. We must pray to GOD, who we claim to believe in... if we truly believe this, we will understand EVERYTHING is done by god and to look at OURSELVES to find out what might be the reasons
Will the israeli learn the lesson? No land for peace is working. Yes read comment # 1, Can we learn from it?
WON'T WORK!!! :) You will FAIL to get recognition in September, and then AFTERWARDS, lets see how tough you are when Operation Cast Lead DOES come in OCTOBER... You Pali's are SO DESPERATE to be relevant in the world at the cost of terror that it's PATHETIC.... WAIT TILL OCTOBER!!! :)
cuz we are the god chosen ppl...we kill everything stop us..cuz we are jew(no mercy)..we just live to kill all people,,and all world will be ours.
Egyptian Third Army will be in your Tel Aviv soon,wait for us ,we will learn you how to kill 3 of our people
Is this the same Egyptian Third army that we surrounded in 1973 only fifty miles from Cairo. They surrended and begged us for water and food. Hope they have better boots to leave in the sands of Sinai this time when the turn tail and flee for their lives again.
shambles...ruined to the point of devastation... I wish no well upon them...
It is a shame that these people have no value of life and waste so much time of their lives hating and planning to continue to murder innocent Jewish men, women, and children. Whatever it takes to preserve Jewish life and the Nation of Israel has to be done. We have a right to live just like anyone else. Leave us alone and we'll leave you alone. It's as simple as that. Israel doesn't have to give up anymore for a so call peace agreement that will never happen. Anytime the plo whines to the world, everyone begins demanding that Israel has to give up all that the plo is demanding. Why is that? Not once in 60 years has the plo ever had to give anything. They continue sending bombs into Israel on a daily basis and no one says a thing about it. Stupid obama doesn't even have enough sense to be fair and demand the release of one Israeli soilders. To all Israelis, I appologise and ask you find it in your heart to forgive america because of the president we have that also has proved not to be Israel's friend. There are many americans who are your friend and daily fight our government on your behalf. Stay strong and united as a nation and as a people.
It will be amusing to see them playing victims again after IDF hit back.
The Israeli government may want to outdo the 100 year war. They are up to 63 years now (1948 to 2011). Why not wise up, give the Palestinians the land you took from them in 1948 and live with them in peace. Turn your enemies into friends. If you are so smart and genius, then that should be an easy task. Think justice, think fairness and "unthink " religion... for religion is a 2000 year old fairy tale about a prince called God who is so nice and charming. Religion can be used to lift up spirits, so use it wisely for good not for evil!
We did not 'take" any land in 1948. The land was divided into two parts by the U.N. One small part was for the Jews and the balance was for the Arabs. They refused the partition plan and attacked us with five armies with the intent to drive us into the sea and take it all. We won and settled this land with the blood sweat and tears of our people. We were attacked again in 1967 and 1973. More of the cream of our youth died defending us. Are you really anive enough to believe that going back to the original partiton plan will turn our enemies into friends. Have you ever read what the Hamas charter and their leaders preach. No peace, no recognition, No No Israel. Our days of turning the other cheek are over. We won you lost. Toughski shitski.
Enough of this collective punishment against Israelis by Hamas. Israelis slaughtered because Barak is incompetent and he bombs only gopher holes in Gaza in fear of harming terror cells building rockets inside warehouses? Barak should be fired for doing nothing until Israelis are butchered. Turn off the gas, the electively and water to Gaza. Let the flotilla people supply it. Why do we still supply electicity to the rocket makers to carry out their murderous building and gas to cook the food they eat? Itmis one thing for israel to take the high ground, but that stops when your sworn enemy targets your children! Bomb gaza day and night until they sit at the peace table. The people of gaza voted in Hamas to liquidate the Jews and collectively they need to learn the good old days of butchering Jews are gone.
Why do you follow the highly charged language of slipshod writers who present this as 'Palestinians' shoot, fire rockets, kill IDF soldiers. It is true that Israel has statehood, and Palestine does not. But it does not follow that whatever 'Israel' does is the work of the abstract 'nation', whilst whatever occurs on the other side is the handiwork of 'the Palestinians'. Your language inadvertently blames an ethnic group for the actions of a political, extremist minority. Try thinking of writing 'Israelis' bombed Gaza, and Palestine launched rockets at Sderot etc., to get some idea of the not too subtle manipulation of attitudes such language discrimination involves. Thanks for your consideration.
This is our defense ministers best policy to protect Israelis? Wait to some get killed? Turn off the gas, turn off the water, turn off the electricity. Bomb gaza day and night, whose populace voted to liquidate Israel. At some point they will come to the peace table. Enough of the collective punishment Israelis suffer under by these maniacs.
Those of us who understand must pray for Israel. We are beginning to see Revelation's come to life.
Hey! What' s going on? Computer bugs? News reporters on strike? Beginning of Shabath? Where' s breaking-news gone??? Rgds BK
It's time to incinerate Gaza and be done with it.
Terrorists,terror supporters only deserve 5.56,7.62,9mm
Palestinians or Israelis? Clearly the Palestinians have the right to resist the Israeli seige. No people should be forced to live in an open air prison. We all know Israel will never willingly end the seige. It is not in Israel's interest to make peace. Israelis protest over standard of living, not over lack of peace. The attackers clearly targetted Israeli military, therefore they are not "terrorists". Israel bombed Gaza indiscriminantly. This makes them terrorists. Haaretz is jaded.
When are you going to get this simple fact into your heads?
Ibrahim... get some brains. Jewkilling killed all hope of peace. Real War is coming. War for all the Land with the losers expelled or killed.
Firing on civilian buses, road workers and cars is not "clearly targetting Israeli military". You are just making excuses for outright terrorism and by doing so you are a supporter of these acts of blood thirsty killing. Not only that you are emeshed in a web of lies . If Israel would of bombed Gaza indiscriminately there would be hundreds killed not just a handful of the terror leadership and you bring out all the mold excuses and buzz words "open air prison and "siege" You seem to forget that the Rafah gate to Egypt is open at all times.
only added the yesterdays victims and today not for long time say it's "attacks" this differs with accidents and incidents
Enough is enough. We need a leader like Golda Meir. TAKE THE WAR TO THEM!!!
All the Hamas ever offers is terror and the worst labeling of Jewish people and the state of Israel. Just read the Hamas Charter online. Respond by cutting the head off the beast. Eliminate the Hamas' ability to wage terror vs. Israeli civilians. Destroy their already corrupted infrastructure. Simultaneously, pour more concrete for Jewish population expansion between the Jordan River and Jerusalem. For every act of terror the Israeli government ought to commit to 10,000 new houses for Jews in the West Bank/Judea and Samaria.
There will be a "war of independence" come September 1st. Thousands of Palestinians will die for the faux push for statehood (which is inevitable, as is its collapse due to Arab greed and mismanagement). Syrian and Lebanon will attack from the north to offer a distraction from their own internal affairs. Boy, this Arab Spring is great, isn't it? :I(
This kind of attacks need a very calculated and patient response. Right now, don't attack them, because for some time they go hiding between civilians. Keep your cool for at least one or two month, then start doing what is right, destroy every single Hamas building in Gaza. They need a very strong message. They have 100 time more population than you. If they kill seven of you, kill seven hundred of them. That's how the rule of thumb and mathematics work. God bless you guys
The 10,000 kicked out of their homes in Aza at least did not lose their livelihoods in vein!
hello, my family is travelling to israel(jerusalem) tomorrow and i would like to ask if anyone knows how is the situation there...Is it dangerous? I'm so anxious about this, i want to know if it is safe to come there. Please if anyone knows, let me know!!!!
I live in Jerusalem and there's no problem. By the way, in recent years the Arabs from east Jerusalem are coming to west Jerusalem city center, parks and shops in their thousands - which is a new phenomenon, so it's less likely that Arab terrorists will do something in Jerusalem cause they'll be hurting their own as well. Let lone fire rockets that can Accidentally destroy the Al Aqsa mosque.
Hamas has little interest in what's "good for Gaza's people." Given its ultimate objective--the destruction of Israel--it's willing to take any action it believes might contribute to that end, regardless of the consequences of that action for the Palestinians of Gaza.
Hey Obama! Why the silence? Don't you have anything to say?
Time to give a heavy bombing to hamas infrastructure, during times they are occupied. Bombing empty buildings and tunnels (which are then dug out) is not a response to the deaths (which are permanent).
A security wall, ditch and mine field should be constructed around gaza.
Why weren't the terrorists already dead? Why wait for an attack?
According to the bus driver of Egged Bus 392, the two attackers were wearing Egyptian military uniforms and were at the fence where on the other side is an Egyptian Army post, so why did Israel feel the need to to attack Gaza?
Because they two attackers dressed in Egyptian army uniforms were terrorists who entered Egypt by way of Gaza. Its call reading comprehension. Try it sometime you might like it.
I hope you think the ongoing conflict is worth the trouble and expense.
who is in charge of the palestinian people. what do they have to say. why can't they control their own people.
Way wrong. ISrael will have peace on its own terms In teh mean time palis will not get their state nor will they know prosperity as long as they prefer bombs and mortars over education and infrastrucure. Loser and you support them guess that makes you one too
This story reminds me of David and Goliath. Stones against armored vehicles. Right against might?
Constant retaliations by both sides will not help anyone.
This is the consequences and results of our occupation, land thefts, building of illegal settlements and other crimes that our past and present governments have been committing against the Palestinian people for over 60 years. If our government continues on the same path of delaying and damaging the chances for peace and refuses to resolve the issues in a fair and just way, we can expect more of the same and maybe even worse. It is time for us to get on the streets and protest against the policies of our criminal government, to put an end to the bloodshed on both sides, otherwise we might witness a disaster that we will never be able to get out of.
There must be something in the water you're drinking...you're not going to get peace from people who are trying to kill you, who hate you, who teach their kids to hate you in their schools. Did you get "peace" when you last traded land for it? Well??
plz do not think that egypt is a friend to u any more...
so you got to wonder what each gains by the ongoing violence except support from their respective populations. a pitiful waste of resources on both sides. Gaza could become a vital part of the palestinian state if Hamas renounced violence. Israel too could deal with major internal issues if it sought peace negotiations with the PA if they could reconcile with Hamas.
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"Strategic" retalliations against specific terrorists are pointless. The Muslim world only understands force. Destroy 25% of Gaza each time this happens.
This is the consequences and results of our occupation, land thefts, building of illegal settlements and other crimes that our past and present governments have been committing against the Palestinian people for over 60 years. If our government continues on the same path of delaying and damaging the chances for peace and refuses to resolve the issues in a fair and just way, we can expect more of the same and maybe even worse. It is time for us to get on the streets and protest against the policies of our criminal government, to put an end to the bloodshed on both sides, otherwise we might witness a disaster that we will never be able to get out of.
This goverment kills his own people and also palestineans for manipulation.
All they know how to do is kill! Stop acting like animals already!
This goverment kills his own people and also palestineans for manipulation.
If what Israel did by revenge is not terrorism I don't know what terrorism means
Carpet bomb the Gaza strip! Let them feel the heat. They are al terroist. Wake up Israel, no country in the world would stand for this shit!
what happened the iron dome system? why did it not prevent these missiles from landing?
It is the same with any anti-missile system, the US used to make the same assurances about the Patriot anti-missile battery until a Scud fell on a barracks less than 300m from where a Patriot was situated. As long as missiles dont hit anything, the military will always claim that their anti-,missile system is successful.
Iron dome is as impotent as the Israeli leadership.
I am against the rocket fire and kill people in Israel , this is a barbaric
Israel should stop holding back. Unleash the full might of the IDF/IAF. Hunt them down, put an end to this once and for all.
What peaceful alternative, the extremist government of Netanyahu builds and expands illegal settlements, continued to occupy Palestine, besieged a full nation, Israel does not want peace it wants Zionism, Jews around the world must stand up and stop Israel and its fundamentalist leaders like Avigdor Lieberman
This time no stopping before all terrorists are dead! Let the UN, EU whine all they like. The only thing that matters here is the safety for Israel!
missiles, bombs and bloodshed... They deserve a state alright. A state of incarceration!
your above statement is a sick twisted rationalization as to why palestinians can act any way they please. no idiot would fall for your verbal manipulation.
Even Hamas says that one Jew is worth 1,000 Arabs. Until Israel kills a thousand Arabs for each Jew this will continue.
How is it that no one else seems to see this as a big deal? Hamas took no responsibility in that attack on the soldiers, and then the IDF airstrikes civilians in Gaza...Gaza is NOT Egypt... big bullies!
Hamas never takes credit. They just provide the facilities, training, weapons, and manpower
if you dare try to attack egypt then you will face 85 millions egyptian or gaza . we will shut up any more . I advise you to be afraid my cousin the finishing of start has become ? try to hide from Egyptian .
Rocket attacks prove that Operation Cast Lead was a failure. IdF hit Gaza city, should have recaptured the Philadlphi route to prevent rocket smuggling Should do that now
Paradox response to the recent terror attacks has not been proportionate. The IDF and IAF should have hit the islamists in Gaza much harder.
Jewish blood is not saltier than Egyptian one. Israel's Radio said killing the two and injuring three near the border was unintentional. Cairo is going to summon Israel's Ambassador for inquiry. Israel has always been in the breach of the treaty. The treaty contains two parts; first areas of Limited military presence on BOTH sides of the border, Secondly UNR 242 application. Israel breached the Two Parts.
yea,, it's sure, This the start of israel finishing . .
I agree
Netanyahu attacked Gaza because attacking Egypt where the terrorist attack originated would have had serious repercussions for Israel. So Netanyahu decided that killing a child on her second birthday in Gaza was an adequate response
The popular resistance commitee has denied responsibility for the attacks yet Isreal without any evidence or justifucation carries out an unprovoked assult on gaza murdering innocent people.
Muslims are blessed that we never lie nor engage in violence, especially during Ramadan! The blowing up of the mosques in Iraq and Pakistan, the massacre at the British embassy in Kabul, the genocide in Syria and by the Turks in Kurdistan are actually all actions of the global judeo-christian masonic movement designed to execute our peeps
The Arabs just defending their land just like Israel does, so whats the problem?
For Israel to wipe these scum off the face of the earth once and for all. They are obviously not interested in any peace and even their own people have rejected the murdering and attacks in favour of peace. These people are cowards and not fit to kiss the feet of a goat.
For Israel to wipe these scum off the face of the earth once and for all. They are obviously not interested in any peace and even their own people have rejected the murdering and attacks in favour of peace. These people are cowards and not fit to kiss the feet of a goat.
Religion of peace strikes again
He is in a Turkish bunker issuing commands to his terrorists to exterminate the Kurds in Iraq with Obama's support
This new wave of terror shows very bad timing. Who can support a unilateral declaration of independence with such a proof for Israels claim that only secure borders make sense ?
Are you suggesting that aside from the terror attacks Israel would be happy to support the Palestinian state? History shows a long string of Israel asking more and more from the Palestinians while giving them less and less. Israel has created an enemy. What else would the Palestinians, or any other people, do in that situation?
... Oh those dastardly Israelis, planting their Mossad agents in Gaza to shoot rockets at their own town and seminaries -- anything to deflect global attention from their murderous land grabbing and apartheid walls, and trying to pin the blame on all those innocent, peace-loving, Hamas electing Arabs.
keep firing these rockets and eventually the pressure is going to be on Bibi to authorize Cast Lead 2 and finish the job Olmert screwed up at Livni's request. Cast Lead took place during an election campaign and so out of solidarity all parties put their campaigns on hold while it was going on. Bibi was way out in front in all the polls and the election was getting closer and Livni needed campaign time so she pressured Olmert into calling for an unconditional withdraw of all Israeli soldiers before the IDF was ready. Thanks to Livni & Olmert a potential victory was turned into a defeat and so Hamas still have plenty of rockets. We cannot be passive forever and rely on Iron Dome to save us or hope for the best eventually the only option will be Cast Lead 2. In the meantime the IDF should have combat UAVS patrolling Gaza 24/7 and if they spot somebody even setting up a system to launch a rocket then the UAV fires a missile of its own first and kills the terrorists and the threat. UAVS will also have terrorists on edge constantly because unlike a jet those things are quiet and ... one minute Mr terrorist is out getting some milk next thing you know he has been killed by a Hellfire missile.
NOT
people of Israel,how long will you take this abuse from your own so called leaders? don't you realize by now,that your enemy is not only in Gaza,but is sitting in the Knesset at the cabinet table
In stark contrast to the IDF that is claimed to be in the vanguard of war crimes against innocents, the terror policy of the Palestinians--identical to that of the Arab world that created the Naqba--is to conduct indiscriminate and deadly action upon innocents, especially on public buses, yet insist that the UN, too much comprised of Israel's sworn enemies, treat their actions as the legitimate armed struggle that legitimises the Palestinians' demand for the UN support of a Palestinian state.
one thing you can say for them, they don't mind dying in the worst cause ever known to man. They will never have a state with this behavior. BTW, why no condemnation from the White House? Ever hear a word from Obama when Israel is attacked? NO.
How much more is Israel going to take?
Hamas has full control o0ver teh tunnels and what goes in and out. Hamas is equally as culpable as the PLC. Either way more gunpowder ism about to be burned all this to distr5act the world attention from Assad and his possible indictment for crimes against humanity.
How many israelis have to do die before israel gives up its ethnic cleansing campaign? End the occupation of palestine, send the colonists out of palestine, end the siege of gaza, and israel can live in peace.
Today: 10 Rockets fired into Isr from Gaza - 6 wounded Suicide bomber blows up on Egypt border 20 killed in NW Pakistan mosque blast Twin explosions in Kabul kill 9 Turkey launches fresh strikes on PKK in Iraq 52 dead today in Karachi violence We Israelis have such nice neighbors.- Good folks!!
Hamas must be destroyed for peace to have a chance. All these terror attacks are the result of leaving Hamas in control of Gaza. RIP fallen Israelis.
apart from that, im wondering, why lieberman had that multi-thousand-shekel-dinner a few days ago...
Seems that Netanyahu is allowing Israeli casualties in preperation for the vote in the UN in September
Never give a state to those terrorists !!!!!
the end will be the destruction of both. Israel should be smarter, but I think it's too much to expect
Let's say together: Enough Violence.. Give peace a chance !
Is this Israeli-speak, or do other readers understand exactly what this means?
mashal's little trip to egypt to meet with ahmed al- ja'abari had nothing to do with shalit. that was just an excuse for the meeting.
Kick all the Aza scum back to Egypt where they belong. Then, flatten the entire strip so they have nothing left to go back to. This will teach the hamas - jihadis a lesson they will never forget.
Like before there is no good answer to the rockets always "no damage" but today they made victims. If israel dont close all tunnels and remove all rockets, Hamas will win.
There has been NO investigation as to where the terrorists who caused the tragedy in the Eilat came from. I'm not sure how people "sneak across the border", last time I checked the border is pretty tight. People that have dire emergencies can't even get out. So, although it make sense to point fingers at Gaza and Hamas, all the media outside of Israel seems to think that these terrorists came from Egypt (which makes sense considering the MAJOR resistance Egypt has had to Israel, including countless attempts to bomb the natural gas pipe). But for Israel to embark on a price tag policy maneuver and kill Palestinians in retaliation is shameful. Now there are 18 people dead, over 30 injured and NOTHING has been investigated, nothing has been resolved. Just simply a mass blood shed in someone's honor and vice versa. Life is ticking away, change is now... make your change, stand up!
they should realise that al qaeda is a threat not only to israel, but also to egyt's sovereignty and well being.
It is Iran who is calling the shots. They are in danger of losing Syria, therefore the attack on an US ally. Israel could also use cheap missiles to counter attack the bombardment. The army should shoot at targets just as the terrorists do. For every rocket fired the army should shoot back 10 cheap missiles. They will land in Gaza where they land even if it cause injury. This should be the tit for tat and not the expensive gadgets the army is using in retaliation for every home made and cheap rocket.
barak was an exceptionally courageous commando and a good general. however, he cannot stand up to the psychological pressure coming from saint obama. if he cannot take the pressure, he should resign.
if a zionist were to write posts threatening the palestinians with annihilation such a post would never be posted and rightly so. but jew-haters can post whatever they want.
Palestinians attack, then israel does, then palestianans attack claiming revenge. Doesn't anybody there want peace? What do the palestenians want and what do the Israelis want?
This is how the media distorts news and disseminates it in a totally biased way.
or Israel could try what USA is - tying to integrate with Mexico, that way the narco and human traffic would still exist, but they could ignor the problem completely, because it would no longer be 2 countries. - stupid plan!
the ngo's and isms are silently applauding.
the border between israel and the sinai is as porous as a sieve. finish a double fence and mine the border.
persity shows moral bankruptcy, and Hamas is behaving like the tyrants being toppled in the Arab spring, by their own people.
the continued Hamas rocketting will encourage israel to another massive retailiation like Cast Lead. Will that be good for Gaza's people?in Hamas strange mentality everything the do and fail at is perceived to be a success. if Israel is pushed towards annhiliation I think it will respond with unprecidented force in the spirit of "never again". Hamas unites Israeli's more than anything else. beware, haters of Zion!!!!!!.
Is that infromation from your reporters, Haareta? I suspect that's the information the IDF fed you. It may be true, but you should attribute the claim to "IDF sources". Otherwise you're claiming it as absoulte truth, and given the number of untruths the IDF has come up recently, that's not very good journalism.
Please tell. It's funny, it's the Popular Resistance Committee's goal to destroy Israel but you don't believe they would do something like this. I bet they claimed responsibility and you still think its some propaganda scheme by Israel. Your sad.
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Are you blid so that you cannot see and deft so you cannot hear! It was the Arabs that said they would destroy Israel from the face of the earth.
A large proportion of the talkbacks are from people biased to the bone against Israel and anything jewish anyway. At the end of the day, reputation makes truth because there's no such thing like indisputable evidence. I think the IDF is credible, a lot more than the palis anyway.
How about world media untruths? the constant dribble that keeps coming and coming, the constant lies and inacurate reporting and the fact that if an Arab dies it's news and big bad Israelis and if an Israeli dies it's their own fault and they deserve it. Get real how about some factual reporting on what is actually going on in this region not a bunch of Israel hating arab loving bull! for example here in NewZealand we accused 3 Israeli backpackers of being Mosad during the Earthquake in Christchurch...the reporting said that the guy who died had 5-6 passports.....turned out he had two...as a lot of people do. that was only one fact he got wrong and over exagerated so he could get a story. Dont tell me there is not a majority of miss informed idiots out there passing themselves off as journalists.
And thats not even in the story, sheesh!
What do you base your assumption on? Is it based on your hatred for Jews or on your hatred for "Zionists". Otherwise you're claiming what you have to say actually has merit and is worth listening to, and based on your deep anti-semitism and sympathy for murderers, that's not very reliable...
Cell phones, GPS, Internet. Not every Palestinian is in love with Hamas. How do you think IDF does pinpoint bombing of militants in cars and on motorcycles? An operation the size of Eilat is going to generate a lot of buzz. If one thing Arabs are good at, it is playing both sides of the street.
why do you bother with this website?
Does Murray still miss Mussolini?
Otherwise don't BS on talkbacks to peddle your own propaganda.
So, do you have an inside information we are not aware of? Come on!
the continued Hamas rocketting will encourage israel to another massive retailiation like Cast Lead. Will that be good for Gaza's people?
It will make them wish they were still under Israeli governance. It was much safer!
innocent Arab civilians are the most numerous victims, over and over.
Hamas itself (their inteerior minister) claims the majority of the prople killed in Gaza were Hamas members, therefor not civilians.
that the Islamists (Hamas, PRC, etc) care about the innocent Arab civilians do you?
and the continued Zionist occupation and theft of Palestinian territory will encourage resistance.
There seems to be this incessant blame put on Israel for the deaths of innocents on the Gazan side of the border. Two points... 1. Arab innocents are routinely placed into harms way by the militants (even arms caches and rockets are kept in private homes). 2. Statistically, the ratio of Israeli civilians to combatants who are killed or wounded, invariably is greater than the ratio of Arab civilians to combatants (in spite of the presence of civilians in harms way). This tragically reveals that the Arab side is quite indiscriminate about who dies.
Tell the bloody palestinians to cease and desist and there will be no more casualtys on both sides.
the palestinians have no heart.
But what about Palestinians children?
Give back what you took by force and this could all be over so quickly, try telling the palestinian grandmother your supposedly 'moral' army shot in the leg simply for fun that you're scared and imagine how she feels - a least you have a shelter. it's interesting to note that for a people/race who have suffered so much in their history that the leaders of the modern jewish people seem incapable of empathy toward their closest neighbours...
You crazy people...you steal a land, and then you are surprised that people are angry at you... you occupy a people, you close their ports and their borders, you build large cement walls like prisons, and checkpoints, and you continue to demolish homes aimlessly and steal land and control how much water can come in and out (incidentally, settlers have no quota cuts), and I could go on and on...and then EGYPTIANS attack a bus of Israeli soldiers, Hamas says it was not them, and Israelis STILL launch an airstrike on civilians in Gaza...and trust me, honey, Israeli rockets are far more powerful and devastating than the silly Katushas coming in... interesting how when Hollywood shows Jews defending themselves during WWII or in Munich, the world says nothing, but when Palestinians do, they are terrorists... try being in someone else's shoes for a day... if you don't like rockets, MOVE!!!! "have no heart"... you sicken me! Your Zionism is going to ruin your very country...
The Palestinian kids don't even have a shelter and the F16's of the IAF are WAY more accurate and deadly that a few Kassam bottle rockets !
The facts are irrelevant, each side blaming it on the other, Hope no civilsn injuries will be caused anymore by the two sides... But i disagree with the fact that its only Pals. to blame, damage & pain have been inflected by both sides upon each other !! so rather than blaming, pressure your government for peace !! cz also the IDF had no heart when they bombed Pals when unlike you had no shelters to hide from the rockets .... Anyhow hope for that innocent civilians from both sides are safe and for peace.
I'm sure they are having a lot of fun in Gaza in their cozy homes..
And what about the children of gaza? Who are constantly being targeted? Dont get me wrong i pray your kids dont get hurt too but its time you people of Israel started searching for the truth and looked at whos provoking the rockets from gaza
if only gazans were so lucky
Go out on the streets and protest against Netanyahu and ask him to end the occupation and allow the Palestinians to get their freedoms and lands back. Ask him to end his terror against the Palestinians and ask him to offer them a valid and fair peace proposal.
has one?
It can be done. It must be done.
They have no heart, maybe because the Israelis have been starving them for the past 5 years.
@ least u have a shelter to protect u but the Palestinians r under ur government attacks and strikes and they have no shelter no place to go if they have no heart then u and ur ppl and ur government have no soul or heart!!!!!!
Either the government kills the terrorists or you move to florida. Housing is cheap in Florida. No bombs either.
That's the only way.
5 Egyptian soldiers were killed in Sinai, and Israel is bombing Gaza ruthlessly. They killed 1400 in 2008, and so far they killed hundreds this year, therefore I salute all the martyrs and families of Gaza for their courage. As we all know,Israelis are traitors and have no heart,yet they are cowards. Be afraid,we will avenge the 5 troops that were killed on our borders yesterday,sooner or later.
And what about the children of gaza? Who are constantly being targeted? Dont get me wrong i pray your kids dont get hurt too but its time you people of Israel started searching for the truth and looked at whos provoking the rockets from gaza
has the IDF a heart for the palestionans during cast lead when they killed children and women?? Israel is the terrorist entity, which is stealing land and water, imprison and humlitate the indigenious population. Teh Jews consider themselves as the God´s chosen people, who can subjugate all others. Be aware that this arrogance is no longer tolerated. Change you politic and make peace than you have no problems with your children having fear from the Palestinians.
The Pals have no god. Pray to the God of Israel that He will remember this insult to His people.
They are late to go to the park. Try peace, you will see it's better.
yes.
How about start by ending your seige of Gaza. Act like a good neighbor before expecting to be treated like one. Good luck in your shelter.
You can leave and give back my land?
I know you are suffering horribly and am very sorry for you. I want you to know that I are thinking about you, your anxiety and fear and are with you in spirit. I have confidence in the men and women of the Israel Defense Forces to do what they need to do. Shalom.
Not all Palestinians comitted the terror attacks.
Be strong. I wish there is a way for readers here to help you.
Do you sleep well when F16s are targeting apartment blocks, farmers in their fields and dropping phosphorus on children?
not stealing land, cleansing ethnic groups and acting like a theocratic, fascist country!!
Sorry Joe, the writer's family didn't come from Europe, they came from an Arab country like many Israelis whose ancestors were cruelly evicted from Muslim lands and taken in only by Israel. At the time the land was mostly empty and barren as it was left devastated by the Ottoman Turks who ruled it for nearly 500 years. Whose land did they take?
Sorry Joe, the writer's family didn't come from Europe, they came from an Arab country like many Israelis whose ancestors were cruelly evicted from Muslim lands and taken in only by Israel. At the time the land was mostly empty and barren as it was left devastated by the Ottoman Turks who ruled it for nearly 500 years. Whose land did they take?
It is because of Europe there is an Israel. Blame them
No land stolen in Palestine as it was owned by the Ottomans who crushed the Mamalukes to occupy it. Then the British crushed the Ottomans and took ownership. It was about 98% empty at the time of course. Jews and Arabs both lived in Palestine throughout the Mameluke, Ottoman and British occupations. All Gaza has to do to have peace is to accept UN resolution 242. Or the 1947 UN declaration of the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine. Do that and renounce violence and suddenly no blockade. Seems to me the only ones to occupy Gaza these days are the cruel Hamas autocrats. How is that democracy coming along there? Any elections recently Hamas?
Only jews have the right to have a state? Palestinians have the same right. Enough is enough,spoiled child,israel.
When jewish terrorists were blowing up buses and the King David Hotel and assassinating British members of government should jews have been granted a state? Were their actions a disgrace to the jewish religion?
When jewish terrorists were blowing up buses and the King David Hotel and assassinating British members of government should jews have been granted a state? Were their actions a disgrace to the jewish religion?
Islam is an insult to the world. It is of the devil.
The summary in this article does not include the IAF bombing of Egypt, killing Egyptian police. That has been already been reported here in Haaretz, JPost and even Y-Net. The summary also omits the civilian casualties in Gaza from the IAF bombing campaign that is apparently ongoing. I have yet to read of a claim of responsibility for the initial attack, just the Israeli government assertion that it was the PRC. Maybe it was, maybe not. That somebody in Gaza thinks they are under attack and decided to shoot back rockets is no surprise. That Iron Dome doesn't work as well as advertised is no surprise either. The IDF still has a better-proven system sitting in warehouses and on its ships.
Those wouldn't be the same Egyptian guards killed by two suicide bombers would it? Didn't realise that suicide bombing was ow part of the IDF inventory of war crimes? Except of course that suicide bombing is okay in your eyes as a reasonable act of retaliation, isn't it?
Being Informed you are improperly programmed. Please report to Emperor Ming's Brainwash if liberal; or to Emperor Murdoch's Fox news if conservative.
The summary also neglects to mention that the Egyption soldiers shot back at IDF soldiers covering for the terrorists who were escaping and assisting them. Also, can wright the nonsense in the first part since I hate Israel and I don't need to back it up with any proof since this is the Internent remember?
Mark, please its best if you are clueless or lack any knowledge of the conflict to shut up. You were not at the scene of the carnage. You are privy to the IDF intelligence assessments etc.. Again its best to keep mum and out of affairs of matters you have no clue about. And if you keep reading there are articles about the retaliation attacks in Gaza. As for the Iron Dome contrary to your un expert opinion its working quite well. Once all the kinks are removed it should perform even better.
easy to sit at home in your armchair and tell the world how it is isn't it? Try living it big shot. Because of course there has to be a reason the poor terrorists are killing innocent people! when will you wake up and see what is really going on there. Oh yeah and of course they would have to be fired at to want to hurl rockets into Israel, Mate they have been doing it constantly for weeks now.....but hey in your eyes it is ok for arabs to kill Israelis but not the other way around, there is something very wrong with your way of thinking .... very wrong.
It's amazing. Not a single point in your article is true. One can only assume that the news sources you turn to are Al Jazeera and others of its ilk. Far from being informed, you are nothing more than a pathetic little liar and anti-Semite.
Iron Dome did not fail to engage all the missiles. There is nothing in the article that indicates so. The only fault is that there are not enough ID units in the area to cover all the populated areas.
Iron Dome works. There may be some operational errors as the crews gain experience
You know it all, don't you Mark?
You will buy whatever lies the Arabs sell. Useless to present facts to you, you will ignore those that to not conform to your anti-israel prejudice. In this post I violated my principle of not dignifying your post with an answer. litvac120
Most people think Israel staged it in order to divert attention from internal crisis and change the world's opinion on Palestinian statehood declaration in September. If Israel made the intelligence before bombing they would get more positive reactions from the world. Anyway, my condolences for the lives lost and the injured ones may get well ASAP. Civilian life is sacred. No matter Arab or Israeali.
Exactly how do you come to the conclusion that "most people think Israel staged it"? I don't think that is an accurate description of most people's take on this. Are you just basing it on your own opinion?
Most idiots believe that.
And yes, it's unfortunate that so many people resort to conspiracy theories whenever something happens involving Israel. The thing is, you don't cure antisemitism by timing military interventions differently. These people are sick, there isn't much you can do about it.
That is the truth. conspiracy theory is at work in israel as usual. Shame on the "chosen"!
Yes, yes......it is all part of the Zionist conspiracy for world domination. We Jews are expert manipulators and schemers and, of course, also embedded within your clearly paternalistic, anti-semetic neo-leftist response is a deeper pressuposition about Palestinians as well (certainly they are not sharp enough to determine the potential benefit for themselves in the timing of terror atacks) that fits in well with your "open space" for conspiracy theories. NB: Yes, the Shabak (Israeli secret intelligence agency) was responsible for 9-11.
My observation form many other attacks, there are enough reasons to think Israel staged it. Intelligence are ready to do anything to serve a certain political achievements. Internal crises in Israel is not the only thing, the fatah-hamas reconciliation is important, the September bid for Palestinian statehood is another, etc, etc..
That only shows Israel is willing for peace. They could end the lives of most terrorists, but they don't.
Netanyahu has gotten what he had been working towards for years. Resurgent terrorism to justify his policies.
He and Barak talk the talk but I doubt that they can walk the walk ! Barak is a sniveling coward !
and people like you should be jailed for incitement and homicide. One day your turn will come...
all the residents of Gaza to leave the area as quickly as possible. They also must be told that there will be nothing left to return to. This is a horror brought to the doorstp of thousands of innocent people by the Hamas and their terror affiliates.
Pave Gaza..... It is cha eaper to put down a cubic meter of asphalt over every square meter of gaza than it is to bomb it continuously. Besides, the Gooks can't hide on asphalt.
don't forget long island
One State solution is the best for all. No israel, No Palestine. One Man, One Vote, Equality for all inhabitants. Equal Pay for Equal Work, Equal Water Rights. No Apartheid, No Segregation...A Very True Secular Democracy. Let us call it:”State of Holy land”.
there are not many countries that have long term simmering hot feuds, but this seems to the case. with Hamas vowing to annhiliate Israell will only take so much before it acts on a major scale, and things calm down, then revive.
Israel is not fighting the Arabs. There are no Jewish terrorists. They are all Arabs. There is a difference between wanting to destroy the Jewish State and wanting to kill Jewish civilians. The Arabs cannot destroy Israel but can kill innocent civilian Jews.
is that you kevin??? tell your boy alice to stop sending his friends in...it's only just begun israelis!! you had your chance!
Attacks from within Egypt by those wearing Egyptian military uniforms. So naturally it's time for Israel to butcher a few more Palestinians. As never before just a matter of time before such actions are returned in kind. And I'm not referring to a few over-sized firecrackers falling aimlessly in some desert.
Like to see you sit in chair in the middle of Sderot or Ashdod and not run for cover when one of these 'over-sized firecrackers' is on the way.
Probably like most of your bs, from the recesses of what you call a brain.
on your head!
2008 strikes should be repeated. Start mass bombing Gaza. Every tunnel, every terror center, every storage site must be brought down to dust. Now may be a good time to blast the hamas leadership before they go hiding in their holes again.
people like you assure me of that good idea
Israel should FLATTEN GAZA once and for all. Whether the Israeli leaders will do it is debatable. They should also take Sinai back because Egypt now is full of terrorists like Alqaida and the MB's .. Last but not least the so-called Arab Spring is approaching Autumn and will end TO WINTER..Not only for the Arabs ,but also the Arab/Pals as well.
We've heard it all before Sweden!
Yeah, just keep on bombing. And if you kill 100 Gazans for each Israeli, what good will it do? Remember how our thousand plane raids had absolutely no effect on the German and Japanese will to resist?
It as apparent that when Israel retaliates in GAZA they know where the tunnels and the terrorists are beforehand. Why not go into GAZA, blow up ALL the tunnels, and then get all the terrorists at once, end of story?
They kill their own people.
Because they have a multi layered tunnels underneath the whole of Gaza..The IDF may find a few,but what off the hundreds?? Easy to say ,but too dfifficult to DO
There really is no excuse.
That would ruin the game of cat and mouse that the Israelis play. But instead of mice, they use Palestinians.
they're already doing so, they're just hiding it
The way I hear it is this; the Israelis started this round of tit-for-tat-violence on 10 August when a bunch of IDF cowboys decided to take potshots at an old lady and her herd of goats who were around 600 metres inside Gaza. They managed to shoot her in the leg as well as ten of her goats. This was in broad daylight and the IDF hotheads could quite clearly see who they were shooting at. And this isn't the first time the IDF have opened fire on obviously unarmed civilians inside Gaza so is it any wonder that the Palestinians - if, indeed, they were Palestinians - should retaliate?
Did you just make that lady-and-goats story up or did you get it from an Iranian news agency?
The attacks near Eilat had to have been conceived long before the incident you mention. That incident too was a gratuitous and senseless act.. The rocket attacks might be retaliation retaliation, They might just be escalation of ongoing rocket attacks. We may trace the tit-for-tat back to the pogroms of 1920. If we do, then someone will point to a bandit shot by a Shomrin outside Petach Tikvah.
I have found reference to it on 2 very clearly anti-Israel personal blogs and no news outlet, not even an Arab news source. so ... fact or fiction?
Can you provide a link to a source which verifies your story?
You can't just say things like that. Prove it, prove it.
The incident described never happened. And if you believe that 7 "militants" would sign up a for a suicide mission to avenge an allegedly wounded sheepherder, you really don't understand these terror organizations. Meanwhile military intelligence has been warning for weeks that such an attack was being planned and that Sinai would be exploited as an access point. Israel needs to complete the barrier on that long border and reestablish deterrence .
You haven't decided to denie that it was palestinians, or divert blame to Israel.
Did Israel retaliate because they had a clearly marked school bus dstroyed in borad day light? It can go either way, Pal.
if you lost track go back to the decision of the UN "who gets what"
Care to post links to goat-shooting? That is, anything other than al-jazeera?
Where are you located? If you heard it you must be living in Gaza.No one else heard it.Yes, You must be living in Gaza. The gazans are famous for their fantasies litvac120.
talkbackers to other articles are ranting about how Israel supposedly killed two Egyptian officers in the fray. Can anyone credibly affirm or deny this?
Israel also killed Egyptian soldiers last night as well as killing a child in bombing raids in Gaza and wounding dozens more including women and children.. I heard it from Gaza, saw the photos -- why hasn't Haaretz published an article on this??
They apparently got caught in crossfire.
Since when Haaretz's talkbackers need any facts to start ranting?
suggest you go and read it again.. At least as far as I'm aware..
An Israeli helicopter chased terrorists, who then encountered Egyptian soldiers who were also out looking for them. Since the terrorists can't target the helicopter, they fired at the Egyptian soldiers, killing two. Obviously pro Palestinians would say the terrorists were actually mossad agents in a larger false flag operation meant to divert attention from global warming
Israel is very sensitive about violating Egypt's sovereignty over Sinai. Reports I've seen say the terrorists crossed close to an Egyptian military post. Perhaps not all of them were turning that blind eye to those PRC operatives.
5 Egyptian policemen including an officer has been killed by the IDF on Egyptian territory.
but it seems like they were Palestinians who obtained Egyptian army clothes
but it seems like they were Palestinians who obtained Egyptian army clothes
magnitude. I have been saying for months that this government's weak response to Hamas attacks only serves to encourage them toward more of such adventures. Weakness in the face of attack and hostile fire never discouraged an enemy. This 'tit for tat' defense is not working. Others will also be encouraged to test Israel's resolve. Bibi and Barak better come up with a better strategy now or start packing their bags. This has gone on long enough. You will never have peace with terrorists.
So expect a full-scale military response and don't cry.
= terrorism.
For the insane palestinian mind every Israeli, young and old is a valid target. There can be no reasoning with them.
One of the soldiers who died wasn't even targeted in the first place, he came with his platoon to stop the terrorists and got shot in the fire exchange that followed.
Oh really..were the two sisters and their husbands soldiers? Was the Yeshiva student in uniform? Stop the nonsense already...it is sickening. Justifying the unjustified is tantamount to supporting the terrorists which I am sure you do.
Then why did a family of 4 have its car blown up by an anti tank missel on their way to Eliat?
The victims included two sisters in their fifties as well as their husbands. And I suppose that's because your pal heroes were unable to find a schoolbus like the last time. Your pals are terrorists and you are only an apologist for them.
Notice how Israeli soldiers blood is more important than palestinaisn cilians.
Notice how Israeli soldiers blood is more important than palestinaisn cilians.
Justice? I dont think hamas and Fathat understand that meaning, and Likud is getting the same disease as the palestinians, ignorance and stupidity, like your comment!
SOLDIERS and civilians
did you not read the part about attacking a bus? this article also doesnt note that they shot up civilian cars and killed many civilians, which it probably should
Six of the fatalities were Israeli citizens not soldiers in uniform most were over fifty.Get that through your thick skull.
Egged bus are military targets?
How's that solution Mohamed....
Netanyahu has what he needed. The terrorist of Eilat have ensured the long horrible nightmare of the Palestinians will extend for decades more.
by the most moral army in the World!
and good night gaza and good riddance.
Mohamed, just wait until we kick your arab ass.
It will be Israel saying good night to you pal.
and good bay Gaza!! the best and only solution.
It won't be long before there will be a permanent Bye Bye to Palestine.
why do you print this gabage
Coming soon to a theater near you
that is a step forward! The sad part is that, what message are the "palestinians" sending to the world? is this the country that should be accepted at the UN? Oh well, good luck with that lie too!
in 1 week your tune will change 180 degrees... as usual.. All your breed can do is to attack innocent civilians,, including your own(sirya and egypt, libya and so forth) pathetic breed...