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93 articles tagged "Gaza War Diary"
DEBKAfile
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January 10, 2009, 12:21 PM (GMT+02:00)
Wednesday, Jan. 7, Cairo presented Hamas with an ultimatum to reply to Egypt's ceasefire proposals by 6 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 8. That night, Israel launched a massive air and artillery assault on Hamas arms smuggling tunnels running under the Philadelphi route along the Egyptian border and adjoining houses in Rafah. ...
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January 10, 2009, 11:34 AM (GMT+02:00)
1st Sgt. Alexander Mashvitzki, 19, from Beesheba, was killed Tuesday, Jan. 6, when his combat engineering unit came under Hamas fire in Gaza City. Four of his comrades were injured.
In the past 24 hours, an Israeli paratroop officer and three Golani Brigade fighters have been killed accidentally by friendly fire, ... 
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January 9, 2009, 10:35 AM (GMT+02:00)
Three Golani Brigade soldiers were killed and more than 20 injured, one critically, 3 seriously and the rest suffering moderate to light injuries, by an Israeli tank shell fired by mistake at a building in which they sheltered in Tel al Shakef at the eastern edge of the Tofah district ...
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January 8, 2009, 3:51 PM (GMT+02:00)
The close, longstanding Turkish-Israel relationship may be the first strategic casualty of Israel's Gaza offensive against Hamas. Monday, Jan. 5, Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan outdid many of the Jewish state's enemies in vituperation when he accused Israel of "perpetrating inhuman actions which would bring it to self-destruction. Allah ...
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January 8, 2009, 3:51 PM (GMT+02:00)
The three killed mistakenly Monday night, Jan 5, by an Israeli tank shell in mid-battle with Hamas on the fringes of Gaza City were members of the Golani Brigade's 13th Battalion:
Cpl. Yusuf Muadi, 19, from Yerka Major Dagan Vertman, 32, from Maaleh Machmesh 1st Sgt. Nitai Stern, 21, from Jerusalem The fourth killed ... 
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January 7, 2009, 11:24 PM (GMT+02:00)
1st Sgt. Dvir Emanueloff, 22, from Givat Zeev, died in battle with Hamas in Jibalya Sunday.
debkafile's military sources report that on the second day of their ground offensive, Sunday, Jan 4, Day 9 of its offensive against Hamas, Israeli forces closed their siege encirclement of Gaza City. One ... 
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January 7, 2009, 11:23 PM (GMT+02:00)
High-placed Israeli officers have told debkafile's sources that the Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip Saturday night, Jan. 3, gained less ground in its first 24 hours than officially indicated - in much the same way as civilian casualties are overstated by the Palestinian side. While essentially bisecting ...
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January 7, 2009, 9:34 AM (GMT+02:00)
Most military pundits agree that the Israel's Gaza operation is nothing like the 2006 Lebanon War. In the broader sense this is true. The differences are undeniable.
Therefore, Israel would be better served borrowing American operational modes for overthrowing Taliban in Kabul in 2001 and ultimately defeating al Qaeda in Iraq ... 
DEBKAfile
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January 7, 2009, 8:34 AM (GMT+02:00)
Under heavy Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Hamas reversed its refusal to send emissaries to Cairo for ceasefire talks Monday, Jan. 5, Day 10 of Israel's Cast Lead offensive. debkafile reports that Muhammad Nasser and Imad al-Alami, Hamas chief operations officer, have arrived in Cairo from Damascus and Beirut. ...
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January 7, 2009, 8:34 AM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's Washington source report that in a telephone conversation with prime minister Ehud Olmert, US president George W. Bush okayed Israeli air, sea and ground operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. He promised the US would veto a resolution condemning Israel at the UN Security Council meeting ...
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January 6, 2009, 6:33 PM (GMT+02:00)
Saturday night, Jan 3 - Day 8 of Israel's Gaza operation, Israel launched its tank and armored infantry invasion of the Gaza Strip. Arab sources report crossings at several points. Israeli military spokesman defined the goals of the operation, commanded by Maj. Gen. Yoav Galant, as securing Hamas' rocket launching ...
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January 6, 2009, 6:23 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources report that Hamas does not propose to put its entire 15,000-strong army in harm's way against the expected Israeli military invasion. It will confine its resistance to small pockets and sabotage and let Israel troops occupy most of Gaza Strip territory. Assuming the incoming force ...
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January 6, 2009, 2:48 PM (GMT+02:00)
The latest DEBKA-Net-Weekly looks hard at how the Israel-Hamas conflict is forcing world leaders, from Barack Obama to Vladimir Putin, to rethink their Middle East designs and driven Iran, Syria and Hizballah to a crossroads.
And what is Israel really after? There are some surprising disclosures in the latest More... 
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January 6, 2009, 12:55 PM (GMT+02:00)
At the weekly Israeli cabinet meeting Sunday, Jan. 4, prime minister Ehud Olmert said that Israel's ground invasion, in its second day, could not be avoided as the only way to deter Hamas' continuing attack on civilians in southern Israel. Addressing Arab governments, Iran and Hizballah, Olmert stressed: "We have ...
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January 5, 2009, 10:33 PM (GMT+02:00)
As a Hamas delegation landed in Cairo from Damascus, Monday night Jan. 5, the Hamas and Jihad Islami units which took refuge in Gaza City's northern districts the day before launched a counter-offensive against the Israeli troops deployed at the northeastern edge of the city, taking advantage of conditions on ...
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January 5, 2009, 6:32 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's two sites in English and Hebrew came under a massive cyber attack on our servers at the moment Israeli ground forces crossed into the Gaza Strip Saturday night, Jan. 3. The attackers tried and failed to block and replace our content. We did our utmost to restore ...
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January 4, 2009, 3:30 PM (GMT+02:00)
On Day 5 of the Gaza operation, prime minister Ehud Olmert said: "Israel held back for years and finally decided to try a ceasefire. But it was violated by Hamas." As the scope of the Hamas cross-border attacks widened, his office said the French 48-hour truce idea was not on ...
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January 4, 2009, 3:24 PM (GMT+02:00)
Although Israeli Defense Forces have the defense cabinet's green light for a ground operation in the Gaza Strip, the final go-ahead had not been given Friday, Jan. 2 - Day 7 of the Gaza campaign by the trio of decision-makers.
debkafile quotes the view among high-ranking military sources ... 
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January 4, 2009, 3:24 PM (GMT+02:00)
Nine sophisticated, heavy Grad rockets had hit Beersheba by the end of Day 5 of the Israeli operation against Hamas, Wednesday Dec. 31. Most exploded in built-up areas. One dropped through the ceiling of an empty classroom. Twenty-one shock victims taken were hospitalized.
Beersheba's 250,000 citizens were ordered to stay close ...
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January 4, 2009, 1:28 PM (GMT+02:00)
Friday night, Jan 2, Israel scattered leaflets over Gaza locations advising citizens to stay and home and not go out in the streets. By then, air strikes had hit the homes of 45 Hamas leaders and commanders, including Imad Aqal at the Nuseirat refugee camp, whose home contained a weapons ...
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