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March 12, 2008, 12:26 PM (GMT+02:00)
Creating some confusion, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas insisted in Amman that a Gaza truce had been finalized. "Hamas wanted its leaders protected," he remarked.
The first denial came from Israel's defense minister Ehud Barak Monday, March 10, when he sharply rebuffed reports of a truce deal with Hamas and the ...
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March 11, 2008, 10:20 AM (GMT+02:00)
The Givati Brigade sergeant was critically injured on March 8 by a roadside bomb which killed another member of their routine patrol of the Israel-Gaza border outside Kissufim.
Altogether 10 Israelis died last week from Palestinian terrorist attacks. Hundreds of bombing devices planted by Palestinians are routinely defused on the ... 
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March 11, 2008, 10:20 AM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's counter-terror sources report that for almost two years the Shin Bet's uniquely effective defense system succeeded in thwarting almost every Palestinian terrorist attacks inside Israel. But with the deadly shooting rampage at Jerusalem's Yeshivat Harav which claimed eight lives Thursday night, March. 5. Israel's eight-year terror ordeal ...
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March 9, 2008, 6:56 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources disclose that Israel's security cabinet approved Wednesday, March 5, a series of terrorist targets for early attacks as part of a sustained military offensive against escalated Palestinian attacks from Gaza on Israeli civilians.
Prime minister Ehud Olmert and defense minister Ehud Barak earlier obtained a quiet ... 
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March 9, 2008, 6:56 PM (GMT+02:00)
Yohai Livshitz, 18, and Neria Cohen, 15 from Jerusalem
Yonatan Yitzhak Eldar, 16, from Shilo Yonadav Haim Hirschfeld, 19, from Kohav Hashahar Segev Peniel Avihail, 15, from Neve Daniel Avraham David Moses, 16, from Efrat Ro'i Roth, 18, from Elkana Maharta Taruno, 26, from Ashdod Seven of the wounded students in the shooting rampage are still in ... 
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March 8, 2008, 9:48 PM (GMT+02:00)
Israel's internal security minister Avi Dichter commented after a resident of Jerusalem's Jebal Makaber shot dead eight yeshiva students Thursday that Palestinian terrorists ought to be expelled to Palestinian territory. He intends seeking to amend the law to make this possible because, said the minister, jail is no deterrent to ...
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March 8, 2008, 9:11 PM (GMT+02:00)
A second soldier is critically wounded. Their patrol jeep was struck by a roadside bomb outside Kissufim Wednesday night, March 5. debkafile reports, that an average of five of these devices are routinely discovered and defused on the Gaza border fence day by day.
In Sderot, a Qassam rocket ...
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March 7, 2008, 10:14 AM (GMT+02:00)
Two French lawyers, acting for the Shalit family who are French citizens, told a news conference in Israel Wednesday, March 5, they were ready to meet anyone able to help free the Israeli soldier who was kidnapped in a cross-border raid from Gaza 21 months ago. Emmanuel Altit and Stephane ...
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March 6, 2008, 7:43 PM (GMT+02:00)
Shortly after Israel's withdrawal, Monday, March 3, the Palestinians stepped up their missile and rocket attacks. One of three Katyusha rockets fired from Gaza at Ashkelon hit a seven-story building, sending a dozen people into shock and sowing wide panic in the city of 120,000. Eight missiles exploded in Sderot, ...
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March 5, 2008, 8:57 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources report three Katyusha rockets fired from Gaza exploded south of Ashkelon Wed. March 5 afternoon; three aimed as Sderot and the Eshkol farming region. In the morning, two rockets landed south of Ashkelon and a missile was aimed at Sdot Hanegev - so far 5 ...
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March 5, 2008, 1:40 PM (GMT+02:00)
Sunday, March 2, 40 Palestinian missiles crashed into Sderot and its environs, Five Katyusha rockets were fired from Gaza, four exploding Ashkelon and one in Netivot, the third Israeli town targeted from Gaza. One of four Katyushas fired at Ashkelon exploded next door to the home of internal security minister ...
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March 5, 2008, 1:33 PM (GMT+02:00)
A Palestinian missile hit Ofakim, a town of 30,000, situated 12-15 km east of Gaza and south of Beersheba, Sunday, March 2, crashing into the Salli mausoleum, but causing no casualties.
Defense minister Barak stated that Israel would fight Hamas in Gaza until it was forced to halt its missile-rocket ... 
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March 4, 2008, 1:07 PM (GMT+02:00)
Vacillation or dithering was the original sin committed by the Olmert government in the Lebanon War and the primary cause of its inconclusive outcome, according to the panel set up to examine what went wrong.
The same deficiency dogs the government's handling of Hamas in Gaza, despite prime minister Ehud ...
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March 4, 2008, 10:14 AM (GMT+02:00)
The hazards Israeli faces are existential, industry and trade minister Eli Yishai maintained Monday after the prime minister suddenly ordered Israeli ground troops to pull out of the Gaza Strip in mid-operation. He termed Israel's unilateral disengagement from Gaza in 2005 the "biggest mistake in Israel's history." The opposition Likud ...
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March 3, 2008, 10:40 PM (GMT+02:00)
Friday, Feb. 29, Egypt's intelligence minister Omar Suleiman canceled his visit to Israel because of estimates in Cairo that hectic preparations current in Israel and the Gaza Strip augur a steep escalation of cross-border violence.
debkafile's military sources report: The US has meanwhile posted naval and marine vessels opposite ... 
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March 3, 2008, 10:36 PM (GMT+02:00)
The Israeli fatalities are identified as 1st Sgts. Doron Asulin, 20 from Beersheba and Eran Dan Gur, 20, from Jerusalem.
debkafile's military sources report: Israel's Givati Brigade troops engaged in heavy fighting with Hamas armed forces in the northern Gaza Strip's Sejaya and Jebalya areas Saturday March 1, in ... 
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March 3, 2008, 11:52 AM (GMT+02:00)
Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak made this pledge after a high-level security conference Sunday night May 2 on the Gaza missile crisis. "It's time to act, our operation will press on and Hamas will be responsible for the consequences," he said.
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March 3, 2008, 4:42 AM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources report the Israeli military command is now targeting Hamas rule of the Gaza Strip as ultimately the only effective way of halting the Palestinian missile offensive against civilian locations. It therefore proposes to systematically destroy Hamas institutions one by one until its rule of Gaza ...
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March 3, 2008, 12:16 AM (GMT+02:00)
Reporting this, debkafile's sources say Hamas would claim it had came out ahead of this round after the Israeli Air Force and army failed to stop its two-day barrage of 105 missiles and rockets.
Ashkelon, brought firmly into the Palestinian rocket cycle Wednesday, Feb. 27, was hit by a ... 
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March 1, 2008, 7:14 PM (GMT+02:00)
The mayor, Ronnie Mahtzari, called on the government to remove the gloves for a tough military operation against the savage Palestinian missile offensive on Israeli locations bordering on the Gaza Strip. He said the town is willing to take more missiles, as long as the IDF is allowed to take ...
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