Israel Update: Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Israel Update:
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
* Palestinians Blow Up Border Wall To Egypt *

* In.Reuters.com brings us this news today and it starts off like this... Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured into Egypt from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday through a border wall destroyed by militants, and stocked up on food and fuel in short supply because of an Israeli blockade... "Those people are hungry for freedom, for food and for everything," said an Egyptian shopkeeper...
Read this report in full at link below...
Palestinians blow up border wall, flood into Egypt

* Guardian.co.uk has this take...
Egypt is watching with mounting alarm as the crisis in the Gaza Strip spills over onto its own territory - part of a nightmare Middle Eastern scenario in which the ever-volatile Israeli-Palestinian conflict gets dangerously out of hand...
Read the rest at link below...
(Link has Map/Video/Photos and more)
Alarm for Egypt as Gaza crisis crosses the border

* AP.Google.com reports...
The United States expressed concern Wednesday about tens of thousands of Palestinians pouring into Egypt from the Gaza Strip across a broken security barrier at the border of the small territory run by Hamas militants... "We are concerned about that situation and frankly I know the Egyptians are as well," State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said...
US Worried About Gaza Border Breach

* IsraelNationalNews.com...
The United National Security Council convened to discuss the events in Gaza, but failed to reach an agreement on a statement or action... Libya, the current council chair, drafted a statement that would call on Israel to open its borders with Gaza and ensure "unhindered access for humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people," according to the AFP... Israeli Chargé d’Affaires Gilad Cohen delivered a statement responding to the failure to mention the shelling of Sderot on behalf of Israel. The following are excerpts:
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Israel Tells UN Security Council to Condemn Hamas

* DEBKAfile...
Senior military sources told DEBKAfile that the strategic feat achieved by Hamas Tuesday night, in capturing a section of Sinai from Egyptian forces, is irreversible. Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held tense talks on the crisis Wednesday night, Jan. 23...
Hamas’ seizure of Northern Sinai from Egypt sends Washington, Jerusalem and Cairo into tense consultations

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* Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs *
Here’s a great report on all these rocket attacks that no one in the MSM seems to care to report on...
It starts off like this... Since the Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in mid-June 2007 until the end of December 2007, 475 missiles and 631 mortar bombs have been fired at Israeli cities...
Following link has lots of info, videos, photos and more...
Missile fire from Gaza on Israeli civilian targets
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Israel Monitors Border Situation

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