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Israelis Cut Power, Water in Most of Gaza
Associated Press ^ | Jun 28 | IBRAHIM BARZAK

Posted on 06/28/2006 10:09:49 AM PDT by george76

Israel turned up the pressure on Palestinian militants to release a captive soldier Wednesday, sending its warplanes to bomb a Hamas training camp after knocking out electricity and water supplies for most of the 1.3 million residents of the Gaza Strip.

The Hamas-led Palestinian government called for a prisoner swap with Israel, saying the Gaza offensive would not secure the soldier's release.

Hamas-affiliated militants holding the hostage previously made that demand, but this was the first time the government did.

Tensions escalated Wednesday evening as the military fired artillery near Gaza City - the first time Israel has targeted that area during the offensive.

It was Israel's first ground offensive since pulling its soldiers and settlers out of Gaza last summer.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel would not balk at "extreme action" to bring Cpl. Gilad Shalit, 19, home but did not intend to reoccupy Gaza.

(Excerpt) Read more at story.news.ask.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: actofwar; ehudolmert; gaza; gazastrip; iaf; idf; idfonthemove; islam; islamofascism; israel; israelagressor; muslim; palestinian; rafah; waronterror; wot
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1 posted on 06/28/2006 10:09:51 AM PDT by george76
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Good for the Israelis! They're the Jack Bauers of the military world. Smart people don't mess with them.


2 posted on 06/28/2006 10:11:35 AM PDT by American Quilter (Equal laws protecting equal rights...the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country. -- Madison)
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ping for future.
3 posted on 06/28/2006 10:11:41 AM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( is there a posting etiquette for text color and animation? real question.)
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To: george76

It would be a supremely bad idea for them to kill either that soldier, or the settler they kidnapped last weekend.


4 posted on 06/28/2006 10:11:47 AM PDT by Armedanddangerous (Master of Sinanju (Emeritus))
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To: george76
If Israelis do not negotiate a swap, Palestinians militants will conclude "that they should capture more soldiers,"

And if they DID negotiate a swap, Palestinians militants would conclude "that they should capture more soldiers,"

5 posted on 06/28/2006 10:13:52 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: george76

20:02 IAF warplanes fly over palace of Syrian President Assad (Haaretz)

Now, there's a message!


6 posted on 06/28/2006 10:14:30 AM PDT by debg
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To: American Quilter
Chloe, get a satellite over Gaza, now!


7 posted on 06/28/2006 10:14:38 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (What is our exit strategy in the war on poverty?)
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To: Armedanddangerous

I think, but am not 100% positive, that they did kill that settler, who was just a boy, really...


9 posted on 06/28/2006 10:16:15 AM PDT by jacquej
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To: Izzy Dunne
And if they DID negotiate a swap, Palestinians militants would conclude "that they should capture more soldiers,"

And if they get their asses kicked, their weapons destroyed, and their hideouts bulldozed, they'll conclude...

"that they should capture more soldiers." They're a stubborn bunch.

10 posted on 06/28/2006 10:16:33 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (What is our exit strategy in the war on poverty?)
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To: debg
20:02 IAF warplanes fly over palace of Syrian President Assad (Haaretz)

Is that in Damascus?

11 posted on 06/28/2006 10:16:54 AM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Fitzcarraldo

Yes.


12 posted on 06/28/2006 10:17:38 AM PDT by debg
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13 posted on 06/28/2006 10:18:11 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Armedanddangerous
It would be a supremely bad idea for them to kill either that soldier, or the settler they kidnapped

Well, it wouldn't be the first time they have had some supremely bad ideas.

14 posted on 06/28/2006 10:18:45 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: debg

ALLAHU FUBAR! Maybe that pencil necked ferret Bashir will get the message!


15 posted on 06/28/2006 10:18:52 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Fitzcarraldo

Yes. As in soon to be 'smoking ruin' damascus.


16 posted on 06/28/2006 10:19:45 AM PDT by monkeywrench (Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark)
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To: sheik yerbouty

I wish they'd buzz Iran's Imanutjob while they're at it.


17 posted on 06/28/2006 10:21:09 AM PDT by debg
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To: Fitzcarraldo

"From now, according to instructions given by myself and the defense minister, Gaza is sealed off by sea and by land. No one goes out and no one goes in.

This is the first step in a series of steps that we are considering, with patience but also with uncompromising determination that this terrorism has to end."

Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer told Army Radio on Tuesday that, "They have to understand one thing, that nobody is immune, including [Hamas' Damascus-based leader] Khaled Meshal.

Nobody is immune."


http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/731555.html


18 posted on 06/28/2006 10:21:09 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Armedanddangerous

If Shalit is not released immediately and if, heaven forbid, he does not survive captivity, the Palestinians have two scenarios to fear: a major IDF ground invasion of Gaza, and attacks on senior Hamas officials.

The fate of the Hamas government is now dependent on the fate of the kidnapped soldier.

Harming him is liable to constitute a death sentence for the government and some of its ministers.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/731447.html


19 posted on 06/28/2006 10:23:21 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
Sounds like the shiites finally hitting the



20 posted on 06/28/2006 10:25:13 AM PDT by Element187
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