Posted on 01/10/2009 1:14:15 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israel pounded rocket sites and tunnels Saturday while its planes dropped leaflets warning of an escalation, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas predicted a "waterfall of blood" unless all parties adhere to the U.N.'s call for a durable cease-fire.
Hamas fighters kept up attacks on southern Israel, launching 15 rockets. And with neither side ready to step down, the death toll in two weeks of fighting rose to more than 800 Palestinians, according to Palestinian medical officials, and 13 Israelis.
Flames and smoke rose over Gaza City amid heavy fighting.
Diplomacy was not finished, but it appeared to be in retreat following both sides' defiance of Thursday's U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a halt to fighting. Struggling to keep peace efforts alive, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak invited representatives of Gaza's Hamas rulers to Egypt for further talks on his cease-fire initiative.
Defying the international calls for a cease-fire, Israel threatened to launch a "new phase" in its offensive.
"The IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) will escalate the operation in the Gaza Strip," said the leaflets in Arabic dropped from planes. "The IDF is not working against the people of Gaza but against Hamas and the terrorists only. Stay safe by following our orders."
The leaflets urged Gaza residents not to help Hamas and to stay away from its members.
Israel launched the offensive on Dec. 27 to halt years of Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel. A week later, ground troops moved in.
Israeli defense officials say they are prepared for a third stage of the offensive, in which ground troops would push much further into Gaza, but are still waiting for approval from the government.
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Live from Gaza...interesting. Big boom just now...
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-satellite-news-teleport-room
Gaza is a smokescreen for Iran to finish its nukes. Israel shold hit Iran before it is too late.
Wow. I can’t believe Olmert has sprouted a pair — big ones. Even if it’s a gimmick tied to the upcoming Israeli elections, it’s quite impressive. Go IDF.
Iran, this dress rehearsal’s really for you, and everybody knows it.
"Mother of all battles", "Waterfall of Blood"..... If these cowards were as skillful with weapons as they are with prose, we would have all been dead long ago.
That was hysterical!
Related to your observation:
Why Arabs Believe In Force Fields (Interesting!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157509/posts
To protest Gaza op, Venezuela gives Israeli diplomats 72 hours to leave.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053582.html
Translation: We might get serious here if you don't back off.
Heh heh! Right on the money!
The math will surely wake up even the dumbest sand monkey eventually.
RIP IDF warriors. IDF kill another 800 ASAP.
"As each day goes by, and for each moment that the cease-fire demanded by the Security Council is not observed, the crisis continues," said U.N. spokesman Chris Gunness.Wow, more UN brilliance. Now I wanna be a "UN spokesman" too.
Go about it grimly and methodically Israel. You may not get another chance.
These moon worshippers sure use a lot of flowery rhetoric while their asses are being kicked all over the pace.
disgusting savages - they kill children, then cry for peace once the good guys bring the wood.
Good. This is what needs to be done.
Remember in Iraq, the insurgency was able to operate when our troops were in secluded mega-bases before the Baghdad Security Plan and the troop surge. You have to go in and mix it up with the population to draw out the terrorists.
Israel needs to go in and clean house. The opinion of the elites always seem to be against Israel, so might as well just finish the job and sign meaningless paperwork at the UN (of Oil for Food and Rwandan Genocide fame) later.
Hamas rocket attacks on civilians? We've seen that kind of stuff before...
“Oh, and btw, Arabs? Up until now we *haven’t* escalated.”
Have a great day, all.
I hope Israel does a dual air bomb - send some to Gaza and send more over to Iran and take out their nuclear areas - all of them...DO it before January 20, 2009.
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