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93 articles tagged "Gaza War Diary"
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DEBKAfile
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January 3, 2009, 10:36 AM (GMT+02:00)
The Czech foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg, who takes over the European Union's presidency on Jan. 1, defended Israel's right to strike Hamas.
"Let us realize one thing:" he said. "Hamas increased steeply the number of rockets fired at Israel since the cease-fire ended on December 19. That is not acceptable any ... 
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January 3, 2009, 9:50 AM (GMT+02:00)
On Day 3 of Israel's Gaza operation, Dec. 29, Hamas hit back hard with volleys of rockets and missiles at points closer to central Israel than ever before. The three Israelis killed were IDF career officer, Sgt. Maj. Lutfi Nasr e-Din, 38, from Daliat Hacarmel, at Nahal Oz, a woman ...
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January 2, 2009, 10:56 PM (GMT+02:00)
On Monday, Dec. 29, Day 3 of Israel's Gaza operation, the spokesman said Iran had embarked on preparations for operations against Israel in line with the directives laid down by supreme ruler Ayatollah Ali Khameini in his speech Sunday.
In his speech, Khameini issued a fatwa calling on Muslims to ... 
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January 2, 2009, 2:40 PM (GMT+02:00)
According to earlier reports, Israeli leaders were considering a two-day truce proposal for which France is pressing. Tuesday night, Dec. 30, the IDF spokesman issued a strong denial of any such recommendation by the military or the Shin Bet.
In Hamas' first public statement, a masked spokesman read out a ...
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January 2, 2009, 10:49 AM (GMT+02:00)
A rocket fired from Gaza early Monday, Dec. 29, hit a half-finished building in central Ashkelon, killing one person, injuring 18 - five seriously. The victims were building workers at the site. Five Qassam missiles exploded in Sderot striking a house. Seventy missiles and 2 Grad rockets fired by midday ...
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January 1, 2009, 10:39 AM (GMT+02:00)
Amid continuing massive air strikes and wide speculation about whether or not Israeli ground forces will cross into the Gaza Strip, debkafile's military sources report the focus of combat switched Sunday, Dec. 28, Day 2 of the Israeli Gaza operation. thereby sowing confusion in Hamas ranks and not ...
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December 31, 2008, 11:02 PM (GMT+02:00)
An improved Grad rocket landed on open ground in the Yoav Council region, location of the towns of Beersheba, Kiryat Malachi, Ofakim and Netivot as well as Kiryat Gat, the only town not targeted by a Hamas rocket so far. But the Lachish region east of Kiryat Gat was.
On ...
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December 31, 2008, 4:02 PM (GMT+02:00)
Hassan Nasrallah in his second speech in two days on the Gaza crisis Monday, Dec. 29, did not offer to help Hizballah's hamas allies, but offered the view that Israel could not hold out for long with air attacks.
Israel's Deputy chief of staff Maj. Dan Harel warned: The campaign has ... 
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December 31, 2008, 12:11 PM (GMT+02:00)
In an air offensive dubbed "Cast Lead," Saturday, Dec. 27, some 150 Israeli bombers and helicopters struck 100 targets, destroying dozens of Hamas military compounds across the Gaza Strip in reprisal for the Palestinian long-term missile blitz.
The operation had two elements of surprise:
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December 31, 2008, 8:52 AM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources report that Hamas kept a reserve fighting force in and around the tunnels dug under the Philadelphi strip of border land between the Gaza Strip and Egyptian Sinai. The destruction of 40 tunnels in this key pocket Sunday, Dec. 28, Day 2 of the Israeli ...
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December 30, 2008, 9:06 PM (GMT+02:00)
The Israeli cabinet Sunday, Dec. 28, approved call-up orders for 6,500 reservists the day after Israel's devastating assault on hundreds of Hamas military sites in Gaza, in which 282 Palestinians, 90 percent in uniform, were killed. Hamas activated its Iran-made improved Grad Katyusha unit long distance bringing some 700,000 Israelis ...
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December 30, 2008, 1:29 PM (GMT+02:00)
Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert defined the objective of the Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip as "improving the lives of citizens in the South and giving them a normal life." He addressed a televised speech to the nation Saturday night, Dec. 27, flanked by defense minister Ehud Barak and ...
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December 30, 2008, 8:05 AM (GMT+02:00)
Retaliating for Israeli air strikes which destroyed Hamas compounds across Gaza, Saturday, Dec. 27, a Palestinian missile struck a home in Netivot, killing an Israeli man and injuring 7 civilians, three seriously. Another hit Kiryat Gat and Ashkelon sustained a volley of missiles. The Sderot synagogue took a direct hit, ...
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