Thursday, December 25, 2008

Israel: On Ground Updates - Christmas Day - December 25, 2008

Israel:
On Ground Updates
Christmas Day
Thursday
, December 25, 2008
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* IHT.com brings us this report early this Christmas morning and it goes in part like this...
...Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired more than 80 rockets and mortars at southern Israel and Israel a Hamas gunman in an air strike... Livni described the latest escalation as "unbearable.”... "Hamas needs to understand that our aspiration to live in peace does not mean that Israel will take this kind of situation any longer. Enough is enough," Livni told reporters in Cairo... "We cannot tolerate a situation in which Hamas continues to target Israel, Israel's citizens, and this situation is going to be changed," Livni added... Livni said on Wednesday that Israel will "change the reality" of the situation in the Gaza Strip...
Read the full report at link below...
Egypt says Israel-Gaza truce unlikely with escalation
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* IsraelNationalNews.com brings us this report...
The IDF has received authorization to plan, but not execute, a large-scale counter-terrorist operation in Hamas-run territory. Hamas ridiculed the decision and warned against "opening the gates of hell."... Following a very lengthy meeting of the security cabinet Wednesday regarding Israel's response to ongoing rocket attacks from Gaza, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that he has ordered the IDF to prepare for retaliation. The order to execute those military plans, however, has apparently not been given at this time. Dozens of rockets have already been fired at Jewish communities in the south of the country, with the most recent fired into Kibbutz Sha'ar Hanegev, causing minor damage to the perimeter fence...
Read the rest at link below...
No IDF Green Light Yet; Hamas Threatens 'Hell'
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* JPOST.com reports...
One day after Palestinian gunmen launched a massive rocket barrage against Israeli towns and cities in the western Negev, the attacks showed no signs of slowing, with three rockets landing near a southern kibbutz early Thursday morning...
Read the full report at link below...
Negev kibbutz fence hit by Kassam
> Click out Slideshow: Tension in the South
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