Sunday, March 01, 2009

On Ground Updates: Israel - March 01, 2009

On Ground Updates: Israel
Six weeks after last Gaza war, Israel grows impatient with continuing Palestinian Rocket Attacks…
Israeli Army says Palestinians have fired over 110 rockets and mortar
shells at Israel since Gaza offensive ended January 18th
Sunday, March 01, 2009

File Photo by IDF Spokesperson

Grad Rocket that penetrated school's fortification Saturday was of a type rarely fired, with vast potential for damage. In total, seven rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza Saturday…

* YNetNews.com brings us the following report and it starts off like this... Grad rocket that penetrated school's fortification was of a type rarely fired, with vast potential for damage. In total, seven rockets fired into Israel from Gaza Saturday…
Read their full report at link below…
Experts: Grads in Ashkelon were advanced
> Also from YNetNews.com is the following report this afternoon…
6 Qassams hit Negev region
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* IsraelNationalNews.com has the following report... Hamas fired a rocket on the Gaza Belt area Sunday afternoon shortly after outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert threatened a “serious, painful, strong, and uncompromising retaliation” following eight rocket attacks on the Sabbath… The Prime Minister warned that the Israeli response will be “beyond the expectations of the terrorists…until total quiet is restored to the South." Acting Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said that Israel will take military action if the rocket attacks do not stop… The afternoon rocket strike, which caused no injuries or damage, was a clear challenge to Olmert, who will leave the next government with results of action or inaction on his part…
Read the rest at link below…
Hamas Flexes Muscles, Answers Olmert’s Threat with Kassam
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* KhaleejTimes.com has this report… Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed on Sunday to respond ‘severely’ to militant rocket strikes from Gaza as Tony Blair made his first visit to the war-battered enclave as Middle East Quartet envoy… ‘If the rocket fire from Gaza continues, we will hit back severely, so much so that the terrorist organizations will understand that Israel is not ready to resign itself to this,’ Olmert said at the weekly cabinet meeting… ‘Defense Minister Ehud Barak will give directions so that Israeli forces bring calm to southern Israel,’ the outgoing premier said…
Read the full report at link below…
Israel warns of severe response to Gaza rockets
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* EuroNews.net brings us the following NEWS VIDEO at link below…
Blair’s first visit to Gaza as Mideast envoy
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* BBC News website reports Blair’s visit with the following NEWS VIDEO
Blair's first envoy visit to Gaza
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* NYTimes.com reports it this way today…
Blair Visits Gaza as Rockets Continue
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* Bloomberg.com has this report up on their website this Sunday afternoon and it starts off like this… Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Egypt late today on her first mission to deal with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that President Barack Obama has made an early diplomatic priority… The plane carrying Clinton and her aides touched down in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. Clinton will join Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and other Arab leaders tomorrow at a conference to raise money for rebuilding the war-damaged Gaza Strip. Middle East special envoy George Mitchell will also attend the gathering… In the wake of the conflict in Gaza between Israeli forces and Hamas, Obama is trying to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in a broader effort to stabilize the Middle East…
Read the full report at link below…
Clinton Arrives in Egypt to Address Israel-Palestinian Conflict
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