Go Israel!
Posted on 01/15/2008 7:56:57 AM PST by Danae
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli tanks and helicopters raided Gaza in pursuit of rocket squads Tuesday, killing the son of the territory's most powerful leader and 16 other Palestinians in the bloodiest day of fighting since Islamic Hamas militants overran the coastal area in June. Palestinian sniper fire across the border killed a 19-year-old volunteer from Ecuador at an Israeli communal farm. That death and the killing of Hussam Zahar, 24, the militant son of hardline Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar, threatened to fuel the violence at a time when Israel and moderate Palestinians in the West Bank are trying to move peacemaking into high gear.
Mahmoud Zahar is widely viewed as the mastermind of Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza, in which the Islamic group's vastly outnumbered fighters routed rival Fatah forces. Hamas, he vowed, will respond to Tuesday's raid "in the appropriate way. We will defend ourselves by all means." Hamas immediately stepped up its involvement in the daily barrage of rocket and mortar fire on southern Israel. While allowing other militant factions to attack southern Israeli communities with impunity, the Islamic militant group hasn't taken the lead on the assaults in recent months. But after the younger Zahar was killed, Hamas claimed to have fired 17 mortars at two small border crossings with Israel.
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Grow your son up to be a killer then be willing to accept the consequences.
Why doesn’t Israel just drop a bomb on them and be done with it.
Ya. I am beginning to think that the ONLY solution to the problem is literally a full take over by Israel, bus the civvies to the Jordanian or Syrian Border and be done with it. If these animals were NOT lobbing shells into Israel, then I am certain Israel would not be in the position of needing to defend herself. Just clear it out (all the palestinian territories) and be done with it.
At what point in time do these guys realize that to continue this fight is a dead end game?
Go Israel!
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The Hamas government called a three-day mourning period, and ordered flags on all government buildings to be lowered to half staff. Hamas called a general strike in Gaza and the West Bank on Wednesday to protest the large number of deaths.
Now I'm confused. Don't those guys celebrate martyrdom? Don't they indoctrinate their children to believe that the highest purpose in life is to become a martyr? In that case, wouldn't the "appropriate "response from Hamas be celebration of their martyrdom, handing out candies, and dancing in the streets? Or, is martyrdom reserved for "the other guy", the stupid peons who are bred to be slaughtered so that others can become wealthy and powerful, but not for those leaders and their families?
Rhetorical question only - I understand perfectly well what those Palestinian barbarians are up to.
Reminds me of the movie Patriot Games where the younger of two brothers gets killed in a bomb attack that was foiled by Harrison Ford. The older brother gets an extreme hatred towards Ford through out the movie. It was the older brother that involed the young one in the bombing but he blamed Ford for the death of the kid. Good movie.
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