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93 articles tagged "Gaza War Diary"
DEBKAfile
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January 18, 2009, 5:53 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources reveal a secret war waged by the US, Israel and Egypt to shut down Iran's serpentine maritime routes through the Red Sea and Suez for refilling Hamas' depleted arsenal by sea. After Hamas lost an estimated 60 percent of its weapons stocks to Israeli bombardments, ...
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January 18, 2009, 5:53 PM (GMT+02:00)
Palestinians sources confirm that Siad Sayam died in an Israeli aerial strike over Gaza, Thursday, January 15, as the third week of Israel's offensive ended. Killed with him were his brother, Salah Abu Sarah, head of the organization's security service and Mahmoud Watfa, commander of Hamas military wing. In Damascus, ...
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January 17, 2009, 10:51 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources sum up the Egyptian-Hamas ceasefire accord presented to Israel as no better than a repeat formula of last year's failed informal truce, which led to the outbreak of the current Gaza fighting. One senior officer told us: For this we didn't have to go to ...
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January 17, 2009, 12:12 PM (GMT+02:00)
The Gaza Hamas faction failed Monday, Jan. 12, to persuade its Damascus leaders to accept the Egyptian ceasefire terms and was ordered to carry on fighting in the Gaza Strip. It is now up to the Israeli defense cabinet to decide whether Israeli forces stand still on their present battle ...
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January 17, 2009, 12:12 PM (GMT+02:00)
An Iranian "Shahed" was turned back from reaching the Gazan coast by an Israel Navy Saar 4.5 ship Tuesday, Jan 13, and again Wednesday, attempting to breach the 40-km blockade Israel imposed on Gaza on Dec. 27. After the first try, the boat tried to unload its cargo of food, ...
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January 16, 2009, 5:53 PM (GMT+02:00)
The Memorandum of Understanding - MOU - signed by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni Friday, Jan. 16, provided a US commitment of "the resources, wherewithal and technology" necessary to "inhibit the ability of Hamas to rearm" - but no guarantees to stop the ...
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January 16, 2009, 12:55 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources report Sunday, Jan. 11, after a day of heavy Israeli aerial bombardment and Hamas rocket fire, the two warring parties dashed forward: The Israeli high command poured reservists into the Gaza Strip to pile military pressure on the enemy, while Hamas-Gaza leaders headed for Syria ...
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January 15, 2009, 7:56 PM (GMT+02:00)
When Hamas-Damascus clamped a veto on his Gaza ceasefire ultimatum Monday, Jan. 12, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak acted fast: He summoned an Arab summit for setting in motion a plan for an inter-Arab force to monitor the Philadelphi Corridor. Arab foreign ministers meet in Kuwait Friday, Jan. 16, to prepare ...
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January 15, 2009, 9:01 AM (GMT+02:00)
Four days before he enters the White House, DEBKA-Net-Weekly discusses Barack Obama's catch-22 on the Gaza crisis - given the profound split among Arab rulers.
What have Iran, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Hizballah and Hamas gained - or lost - from the 19-day Israel-Hamas conflict? Are too many cooks spoiling ...
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January 14, 2009, 6:56 PM (GMT+02:00)
The US Navy's Military Sealift Command is hiring a merchant ship to carry the arms on two separate journeys from the Greek port of Astakos to Israel in mid-to-late January, according to Reuters. A 'hazardous material" designation on the manifest mentions explosive substances and detonators, but no other details. One ...
DEBKAfile
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January 14, 2009, 7:52 AM (GMT+02:00)
Israel's Central Elections Committee voted Monday, Jan. 12, in a stormy session to exclude the United Arab List and Balad from participating in the Feb. 10 general election. The High Court must rule on their appeal by Friday, the final date for registering Knesset lists.
The ruling Kadima and Labor ... 
DEBKAfile
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January 13, 2009, 2:04 PM (GMT+02:00)
In an edgy, emotional speech over Damascus TV, Hamas' Damascus leader Khaled Meshaal dropped a bomb on the Cairo ceasefire talks attended Saturday, Jan. 10, by the heads of Gaza's embattled Hamas faction, just when they were on the point of unconditionally accepting a ceasefire. He declared Hamas must fight ...
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January 13, 2009, 10:21 AM (GMT+02:00)
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei thanked groups of volunteers waiting at Iranian airports Friday, Jan. 9, to be dispatched to Gaza to fight Israel, but told them:...one must pay attention that in this regard our hands are tied."
debkafile's Iranian sources: Egypt would never grant them access to ... 
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January 12, 2009, 11:08 PM (GMT+02:00)
Israel announced Wednesday, Jan. 7 a three-hour daily halt in military operations from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. as a goodwill gesture for the passage of humanitarian aid. Israel suspended attacks in certain areas to allow people to get supplies. As the first pause took effect, Ashkelon took 4 rockets. ...
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January 12, 2009, 9:55 PM (GMT+02:00)
Thursday night, Jan. 8, Israeli forces fought their way into Jebalya in the northern half of the Gaza Strip, showing they were not deterred from going forward into the adjoining densely-packed alleys of Gaza City's downtown. Significantly, most Hamas leaders hail from Jebalya.
Rafah, which is split between southern Gaza ...
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January 12, 2009, 6:29 PM (GMT+02:00)
After five rockets from Lebanon exploded in the Nahariya-Kabri district, early Thursday, Jan. 8, West Galilee police ordered people to stay under cover, like citizens in the south for the past month. One rocket hit a home for retired citizens. Three were injured and 11 went into shock. Israeli aircraft ...
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January 11, 2009, 9:33 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's Washington sources disclose that Washington, Cairo, Amman and Jerusalem are hammering out the lines of a ceasefire deal that will be contingent on the state of combat in the Gaza Strip. Jerusalem accepts the proposition that the ceasefire lines will follow the lines of combat reached in ...
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January 11, 2009, 9:33 PM (GMT+02:00)
"Lt. Col. Amir" said in an Israeli TV interview that Israeli paratrooper 1st Sgt. Alexander Mashvitzki, was killed in close combat with a Hamas terrorist Tuesday, Jan. 6, who was then shot dead. He was not a suicide bomber. The unit had disarmed hundreds of varied explosive devices.
DEBKAfile
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January 11, 2009, 9:32 PM (GMT+02:00)
Capt. Omer Rabinovitch, 23, from Arad, member of the Golani Brigade was the ninth Israeli combatant killed in the thirteen days of Israel's offensive against Hamas.
Sgt. Amit Robinson, 20, from Kibbutz Magal was shot by a Palestinian sniper in the turret of his tank. Maj. Ro'i Rosner, 27, from Holon ... 
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