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Hamas fires rockets after declaring ceasefire contingent on Israeli withdrawal
Debkafile ^ | January 18, 2009, 5:34 PM (GMT+02:00) | Staff

Posted on 01/18/2009 8:53:51 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out

Sunday, Jan. 18, Hamas leader Mussa Abu Marzuk in Damascus declared an immediate ceasefire on behalf of all the Palestinian organizations conditional on Israel's withdrawal from Gaza within a week. A few minutes later, two rockets exploded in two kibbutzim near the Gaza border, topping 15 fired earlier at Sderot, Ashkelon, Eshkol, Ashdod and Kiryat Gat. DEBKAfile's military sources report that armed Hamas units are moving to take control of the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces redeploy ready to withdraw.

(Excerpt) Read more at debka.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: ceasefire; gaza; hamas; rockets

1 posted on 01/18/2009 8:53:51 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Israel needs to end these escalations.

(just warming up for the new administration)


2 posted on 01/18/2009 8:55:18 AM PST by BobL
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To: chuck_the_tv_out
For those that dismiss Debka, go here.
3 posted on 01/18/2009 8:56:27 AM PST by SouthTexas
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To: SouthTexas

If I were Israel, I’d pull out then drop all the artillery they could possibly send into Gaza and just level the place...Hamas will never stop hating Israel and desiring her obliteration - so either kill or be killed. This “let’s not harm innocent children” is NOT biblical.


4 posted on 01/18/2009 9:02:08 AM PST by princess leah
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To: SouthTexas

that’s the 15. the debka story refers to another 2 after their “ceasefire”


5 posted on 01/18/2009 9:02:57 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Israels’ fault for disrupting Hamas’ lines of communication?

(nobody told ‘em)


6 posted on 01/18/2009 9:20:59 AM PST by This_far
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To: princess leah

I’d run the tanks, then the bulldozers through. Push them all into the sea.


7 posted on 01/18/2009 9:50:13 AM PST by SouthTexas
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Yes, that's what they do.

8 posted on 01/18/2009 9:50:48 AM PST by SJackson (The American people are wise in wanting change, 2 terms is plenty, Condi Rice)
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9 posted on 01/18/2009 9:53:09 AM PST by Colonial Warrior (Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out
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A short-range rocket stuck the Eshkol region at approximately 3:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon, landing in an open area. No one was injured and no damage was reported. The attack came one hour after Hamas terrorists allegedly announced their acceptance of the ceasefire. However, they continued to demand that the IDF withdraw all its forces from the region, which Israel is not likely to do in the near future.
Just before 2:30 p.m., two long-range Grad rockets exploded in the coastal cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon....

10 posted on 01/18/2009 9:53:21 AM PST by SouthTexas
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Either Gaza continues to kill Jews or Jews take over Gaza.


11 posted on 01/18/2009 6:58:18 PM PST by TomasUSMC ( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
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