“Operation Summer Rains”
UPDATED- Saturday, July 08, 2006
UPDATED- Saturday, July 08, 2006
>>> 8:40am CDT - Good Morning one and all.
Let’s see what has been going on over in Gaza these last few hours... Telegraph.co.uk is reporting... Israel has withdrawn its forces from most of the northern Gaza Strip... They’ve pulled out of the towns of Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun, the Erez industrial zone, and three former Israeli settlements. Read this story in full HERE
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VOAnews.com is reporting... The Palestinian Hamas government has called for a cease-fire by militants and Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip after nearly two weeks of fighting that has left about 40 Palestinians dead. A statement Saturday by Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh urges Palestinian militants and Israeli forces to halt military operations in Gaza and return to calm. Read story in full HERE
Let’s see what has been going on over in Gaza these last few hours... Telegraph.co.uk is reporting... Israel has withdrawn its forces from most of the northern Gaza Strip... They’ve pulled out of the towns of Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun, the Erez industrial zone, and three former Israeli settlements. Read this story in full HERE
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VOAnews.com is reporting... The Palestinian Hamas government has called for a cease-fire by militants and Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip after nearly two weeks of fighting that has left about 40 Palestinians dead. A statement Saturday by Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh urges Palestinian militants and Israeli forces to halt military operations in Gaza and return to calm. Read story in full HERE
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>>> 10:15am CDT
Our friends at the DEBKAfile have a good read on their take of "Operation Summer Rains." Click it out HERE
Our friends at the DEBKAfile have a good read on their take of "Operation Summer Rains." Click it out HERE
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>>> 1:15pm CDT
The Jerusalem Post just reported... An explosion in a home in the Sajiyeh neighborhood on the outskirts of Gaza City Saturday night resulted in the deaths of at least six people, witnesses at the scene said. Some reports put the number of dead at as low as two people dead... According to hospital officials, a six-year-old girl was among the dead, while another six people were wounded. The IDF responded to initial accusations that an IDF shell had struck the house by saying that it had not been firing in the direction of the house at the time of the incident... Read this story in full HERE
The Jerusalem Post just reported... An explosion in a home in the Sajiyeh neighborhood on the outskirts of Gaza City Saturday night resulted in the deaths of at least six people, witnesses at the scene said. Some reports put the number of dead at as low as two people dead... According to hospital officials, a six-year-old girl was among the dead, while another six people were wounded. The IDF responded to initial accusations that an IDF shell had struck the house by saying that it had not been firing in the direction of the house at the time of the incident... Read this story in full HERE
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>>> 8:25pm CDT
GulfDailyNews.com is reporting... Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas left the Gaza Strip today after failed efforts to secure the release of a captured Israeli soldier, Fatah officials in Gaza said... Read story in full HERE
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israel.jpost.com is reporting... “The situation in Gaza is not even close to developing into a humanitarian crisis,” head of the Gaza Liaison Administration Col. Nir Press told The Jerusalem Post, claiming that charges made by the Palestinians were aimed at deceiving the international community. Read this story HERE
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GulfDailyNews.com is reporting... Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas left the Gaza Strip today after failed efforts to secure the release of a captured Israeli soldier, Fatah officials in Gaza said... Read story in full HERE
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israel.jpost.com is reporting... “The situation in Gaza is not even close to developing into a humanitarian crisis,” head of the Gaza Liaison Administration Col. Nir Press told The Jerusalem Post, claiming that charges made by the Palestinians were aimed at deceiving the international community. Read this story HERE
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Let’s see-- Kentucky.com is reporting... Palestinian witnesses said Israeli tanks moved into an abandoned Israeli settlement in northern Gaza early Sunday, a day after pulling back. An Israeli military spokesman denied the claim, saying there were no Israeli forces in any part of the northern Gaza Strip. Read this story HERE (We’ll see how this one plays out. AJ)
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>>> 12:45am CDT – Sunday, July 09, 2006
IsraelNationalNews.com is reporting... Prime Minister Ehud Olmert remains firm in his opposition to a prisoner exchange deal to obtain the release of IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit, distancing himself from statements released last week by Public Security Minister Avi Dichter. Dichter had indicated that a prisoner release deal was indeed possible, but the prime minister stated the senior minister’s statement was unauthorized... Read story in full HERE
IsraelNationalNews.com is reporting... Prime Minister Ehud Olmert remains firm in his opposition to a prisoner exchange deal to obtain the release of IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit, distancing himself from statements released last week by Public Security Minister Avi Dichter. Dichter had indicated that a prisoner release deal was indeed possible, but the prime minister stated the senior minister’s statement was unauthorized... Read story in full HERE
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Let’s pray diplomacy and politics can work here and now... and also pray no harm has come to this Israeli soldier. History is on hold-- we shall know its direction soon enough...
God speed Israel...
AubreyJ.........
God speed Israel...
AubreyJ.........
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NOTE: More ongoing updates can be found at YnetNews.com
A good Summary of all the day/night events can be viewed at IBA (Israel Broadcasting Authority) TV NEWS in ENGLISH
NOTE: More ongoing updates can be found at YnetNews.com
A good Summary of all the day/night events can be viewed at IBA (Israel Broadcasting Authority) TV NEWS in ENGLISH
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