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Israeli ground forces enter Gaza in escalation
Israeli ground forces enter Gaza in escalation
By IBRAHIM BARZAK and JASON KEYSER
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli tanks and infantry pushed into Gaza after nightfall Saturday, launching a ground offensive in a widening war on Gaza's Hamas rulers that the Israeli defense minister said "would not be short" or easy.
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Heroic Treason? - video
The ground operation was preceded by several hours of heavy artillery fire after dark, igniting targets in flames that burst into the night sky. Machine gun fire rattled as bright tracer rounds flashed through the darkness and the crash of hundreds of shells sent up streaks of fire.
Artillery guns also fired illuminating rounds, sending streaks of bright light drifting down over Gaza's densely packed neighborhoods. Gunbattles could be heard, as troops crossed the border into Gaza, marching single file. They were backed by helicopter gunships and tanks.
Israeli security officials said the operation is likely to go on, but the objective is not to reoccupy Gaza. The depth and intensity will depend on parallel diplomatic efforts, the officials said.
Israel invades Gaza; Update: “A lengthy operation”
POSTED AT 1:38 PM ON JANUARY 3, 2009 BY ALLAHPUNDIT
Just a headline so far and no one else is reporting it, but they’ve been shelling northern Gaza since this morning to prepare the way so it’s not unexpected.
Now the JPost is reporting it too. Stand by for updates.
Update: From the JPost, big dividends from good intel:
The IAF also hit the home of senior Hamas commander Abu Zacharia Al-Jamal. A Hamas spokesman announced that al-Jamal was killed in the attack, which would make him the third senior operative in the group to be targeted in the past three days.
More:
Israeli defense officials said some 10,000 troops, including tank, artillery and special operations units, were massed on the Gaza border and prepared to invade. They said top commanders were split over whether to send in ground forces, in part because such an operation could lead to heavy casualties but also because they believed Hamas already had been dealt a heavy blow. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were classified discussions.
Fox News reported earlier that Israeli leaders had okayed a ground assault while the Telegraph claimed that they’d nixed it, so it’s safe to conclude this wasn’t done without serious misgivings. I’m actually surprised they went in: They can’t stop the rockets and they surely don’t want to reoccupy, so the only goal realistically is to bloody Hamas’s nose. But they’ve already done that with the airstrikes. Upping the ante by sending in infantry only leaves them vulnerable to a 2006 scenario where Hamas “wins” by surviving. According to Haaretz, Arab leaders told Olmert, “Go in if you must, but don’t dare fail.” What will “failure” look like? What, specifically, are they after? Hamas leaders or Qassam caches, or something else?
If they’d called a ceasefire unilaterally and said, “Let that be a lesson to you,” Hamas would have fired off a few rockets and declared victory. Some victory, though — Israel’s killed several big jihadi fish and plenty of littler ones, and hit dozens of military targets with virtually no casualties on its own side. Now it’s got men in harm’s way and propaganda opportunities galore for the enemy in the form of the “resistance” chucking rocks at tanks while the media spoons it up. Exit question: Isn’t Hamas going to fire off rockets and declare victory anyway after the ground assault?
Update: The point of the war, eloquently stated by a commenter at Commentary: “The military campaign as a whole to the extent that it is conducted effectively, will greatly reduce the number of people existing right now who wish to and are capable of harming Israel. On its own terms, that’s all it can accomplish, and that’s enough. Whether it makes a few people angry in Pakistan is an incalculable-unless, for reasons of your own, you wish to give those who can rent a mob, buy colorful anti-Israel banners, and get themselves on CNN veto power over Israeli policies.”
Update: The JPost says the goal of the operation is to destroy Hamas infrastructure and seize control of launching pads in the north. For how long, though? Until they pull out in two weeks and the pads are re-seized by Hamas?
Update: I’ve said this before, but however slanted you think American media is against Israel, it really doesn’t even approach British media.
Update: “Tens of thousands” of reservists are on their way up.
Update: An IDF spokesman says there are “many, many targets,” so the world shouldn’t hold its breath waiting for a pullout. Question: Are we to infer from the timing that Obama greenlit the operation? I remember people like John Bolton speculating months ago that the IAF would make a run on Iran sometime between the election and the inauguration, partly to avoid putting the new president on the spot and partly to eliminate the possibility that he’d stop them from acting once in office. This ain’t Iran, but the principle still applies. Did The One sign off on this, or did Israel act now precisely so that he wouldn’t have to?
Israel's campaign "won't be easy and it won't be short," Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in a televised address shortly after the ground invasion began. "We do not seek war but we will not abandon our citizens to the ongoing Hamas attacks.
Maj. Avital Leibovich, an Israeli army spokeswoman, told CNN: "We have many, many targets. To my estimation, it will be a lengthy operation."
Heavy Israeli artillery fire hit east of Gaza City in locations were Hamas fighters were deployed before the ground incursion began. The artillery shells were apparently intended to detonate Hamas explosive devices and mines planted along the border area before troops marched in.
A text message sent by Hamas' military wing, Izzedine al-Qassam, said "the Zionists started approaching the trap which our fighters prepared for them."
Hamas said it also broadcast a Hebrew message on Israeli military radio frequencies promising to kill and kidnap the Israeli soldiers.
"Be prepared for a unique surprise, you will be either killed or kidnapped and will suffer mental illness from the horrors we will show you," the message said.
Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwan said in a televised speech that Gaza will "become a graveyard" for Israeli soldiers. He appeared on Hamas' Al Aqsa TV shortly after the ground offensive began but it was not immediately clear whether the appearance was live or taped.
After the invasion, Hamas spokespeople and militants fired off fiery warnings to the Israeli forces. In another message, Hamas warned Israeli forces that "Gaza will not be paved with flowers for you, it will be paved with fire and hell."
Hamas has long prepared for Israel's invasion, digging tunnels and rigging some areas with explosives. At the start of the offensive, Israeli artillery hit some of the border areas, apparently to detonate hidden explosives.
The Israeli government said tens of thousands of reserve soldiers are being mobilized as the offensive in Gaza widens.
Update: Isn’t this operation destined to be finished by Inauguration Day or very shortly thereafter? Obama’s not going to complicate his peace plans by tolerating a long Israeli incursion right out of the chute. They’re on the clock.
Update: A few careless statements from Israeli pols give the NYT all the reason it needs to up the ante further and ask whether anything short of destroying Hamas will do.
Vice Premier Haim Ramon went even further Friday night in an interview on Israeli television, saying Israel must not end this operation with Hamas in charge of Gaza.
“What I think we need to do is to reach a situation in which we do not allow Hamas to govern,” Mr. Ramon said on Channel One. “That is the most important thing.”…
“If the war ends in a draw, as expected, and Israel refrains from reoccupying Gaza, Hamas will gain diplomatic recognition,” wrote Aluf Benn, a political analyst, in the newspaper Haaretz on Friday. “No matter what you call it,” he added, “Hamas will obtain legitimacy.”…
[E]ven if Israel intends to hold back from completely overthrowing Hamas, its choice of assault tactics could head that way anyway. And the Israelis may already be facing a kind of mission creep: after all, if enough of Hamas’s infrastructure is destroyed, the prospect of governing Gaza, a densely populated, refugee-filled area whose weak economy has been devastated by the Israeli-led boycott, will be exceedingly difficult.
Another one bites the dust in Gaza
By Michelle Malkin • January 3, 2009 11:38 AM
A second major Hamas leader is dead.
Good riddance.
Latest development in Gaza: Israel has reportedly dropped leaflets warning residents to evacuate ahead of a possible ground invasion.
Related must-reads: Diana West and Andy Bostom illuminate the root root cause of the conflict. Context is everything.
Israel Sends Troops Into Gaza
http://www.npr.org/news/images/2009/jan/02/gazaphotos/
Hamas declares "Day of Rage" photo gallery
Israeli tanks and infantry entered Gaza after nightfall Saturday, launching a ground offensive that the military said would be a "lengthy operation" in a widening war on Gaza's Hamas rulers.
Heavy gun battles were reported as troops crossed the border into Gaza. Local TV networks broadcast images of troops marching into Gaza after dark.
"We have many many targets," Maj. Avital Leibovich told CNN. "To my estimation, it will be a lengthy operation." She said the goal of the operation was to take over the areas used by militants to launch rockets against Israel.
"The civilians are not our target, only militants, Hamas militants," she said.
Defense officials have said around 10,000 soldiers massed along the border in recent days. Heavy artillery fire in the early evening was intended to detonate Hamas explosive devices and mines planted along the border area before troops marched in.
It was not immediately clear how deep into Gaza the Israeli forces would go.
Israel's offensive against Hamas had begun with a week of aerial bombardment of Hamas target. Israel had held off on a ground offensive, in part because of concern about casualties among Israeli troops.
Hamas leaders have warned that they have prepared a violent welcome. They have also threatened to resume suicide attacks inside Israel.
Living Under Attack
http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_World_News/1_APTOPIX_...
An explosion from an Israeli strike in the northern Gaza Strip is seen from the Israel side of the border with Gaza, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Palestinian militants fired rockets into southern Israel Saturday as Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
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Palestinian relatives of Hamas militant Sami Lobad, who was killed in an Israeli missile strike, react during his funeral in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Palestinian militants fired at least six rockets into southern Israel Saturday as Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_World_News/3_APTOPIX_...
A Palestinian woman holds a child as she sits on the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in the Rafah refugee camp southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions Saturday, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_World_News/4_APTOPIX_...
A Palestinian looks from a window at the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions Saturday, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_World_News/5_MIDEAST_...
A Palestinian man stands near the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions Saturday, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_World_News/6_MIDEAST_...
The smoke trail of a rocket fired by Palestinian militants is seen as it flies towards Israel from Gaza City, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Palestinian militants fired at least six rockets into southern Israel Saturday as Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_World_News/7_MIDEAST_...
Palestinian women take part in a protest against Israel's military operation in Gaza, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions Saturday, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_World_News/8_MIDEAST_...
Palestinians react during a protest against Israel's military operation in Gaza, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions Saturday, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
By IBRAHIM BARZAK and JASON KEYSER
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli tanks and infantry pushed into Gaza after nightfall Saturday, launching a ground offensive in a widening war on Gaza's Hamas rulers that the Israeli defense minister said "would not be short" or easy.
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews;_ylt=AlCM.MkgnxLLffGEqyMtMiIU...
Israel allows some Gazans to flee bloodshed - video
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Israel-launches-airstrikes-Gaza/ss/ev...
Israel launches airstrikes - slideshow
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews;_ylt=Amsy._dQWLr0yVwymPW56EkU...
Israel Troops enter Gaza - video
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews;_ylt=AvaD7wg36v3HFx13JIbRvHQU...
Israel tanks tolling into Israel - Video
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Gaza-Strip-Gaza/photo//090103/481/0f6...
An explosion from an Israeli strike in the northern Gaza Strip is seen from the Israel side of the border … photo
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews;_ylt=AhgkVpv8sdaVsLoROD3RZl0U...
Heroic Treason? - video
The ground operation was preceded by several hours of heavy artillery fire after dark, igniting targets in flames that burst into the night sky. Machine gun fire rattled as bright tracer rounds flashed through the darkness and the crash of hundreds of shells sent up streaks of fire.
Artillery guns also fired illuminating rounds, sending streaks of bright light drifting down over Gaza's densely packed neighborhoods. Gunbattles could be heard, as troops crossed the border into Gaza, marching single file. They were backed by helicopter gunships and tanks.
Israeli security officials said the operation is likely to go on, but the objective is not to reoccupy Gaza. The depth and intensity will depend on parallel diplomatic efforts, the officials said.
Israel invades Gaza; Update: “A lengthy operation”
POSTED AT 1:38 PM ON JANUARY 3, 2009 BY ALLAHPUNDIT
Just a headline so far and no one else is reporting it, but they’ve been shelling northern Gaza since this morning to prepare the way so it’s not unexpected.
Now the JPost is reporting it too. Stand by for updates.
Update: From the JPost, big dividends from good intel:
The IAF also hit the home of senior Hamas commander Abu Zacharia Al-Jamal. A Hamas spokesman announced that al-Jamal was killed in the attack, which would make him the third senior operative in the group to be targeted in the past three days.
More:
Israeli defense officials said some 10,000 troops, including tank, artillery and special operations units, were massed on the Gaza border and prepared to invade. They said top commanders were split over whether to send in ground forces, in part because such an operation could lead to heavy casualties but also because they believed Hamas already had been dealt a heavy blow. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were classified discussions.
Fox News reported earlier that Israeli leaders had okayed a ground assault while the Telegraph claimed that they’d nixed it, so it’s safe to conclude this wasn’t done without serious misgivings. I’m actually surprised they went in: They can’t stop the rockets and they surely don’t want to reoccupy, so the only goal realistically is to bloody Hamas’s nose. But they’ve already done that with the airstrikes. Upping the ante by sending in infantry only leaves them vulnerable to a 2006 scenario where Hamas “wins” by surviving. According to Haaretz, Arab leaders told Olmert, “Go in if you must, but don’t dare fail.” What will “failure” look like? What, specifically, are they after? Hamas leaders or Qassam caches, or something else?
If they’d called a ceasefire unilaterally and said, “Let that be a lesson to you,” Hamas would have fired off a few rockets and declared victory. Some victory, though — Israel’s killed several big jihadi fish and plenty of littler ones, and hit dozens of military targets with virtually no casualties on its own side. Now it’s got men in harm’s way and propaganda opportunities galore for the enemy in the form of the “resistance” chucking rocks at tanks while the media spoons it up. Exit question: Isn’t Hamas going to fire off rockets and declare victory anyway after the ground assault?
Update: The point of the war, eloquently stated by a commenter at Commentary: “The military campaign as a whole to the extent that it is conducted effectively, will greatly reduce the number of people existing right now who wish to and are capable of harming Israel. On its own terms, that’s all it can accomplish, and that’s enough. Whether it makes a few people angry in Pakistan is an incalculable-unless, for reasons of your own, you wish to give those who can rent a mob, buy colorful anti-Israel banners, and get themselves on CNN veto power over Israeli policies.”
Update: The JPost says the goal of the operation is to destroy Hamas infrastructure and seize control of launching pads in the north. For how long, though? Until they pull out in two weeks and the pads are re-seized by Hamas?
Update: I’ve said this before, but however slanted you think American media is against Israel, it really doesn’t even approach British media.
Update: “Tens of thousands” of reservists are on their way up.
Update: An IDF spokesman says there are “many, many targets,” so the world shouldn’t hold its breath waiting for a pullout. Question: Are we to infer from the timing that Obama greenlit the operation? I remember people like John Bolton speculating months ago that the IAF would make a run on Iran sometime between the election and the inauguration, partly to avoid putting the new president on the spot and partly to eliminate the possibility that he’d stop them from acting once in office. This ain’t Iran, but the principle still applies. Did The One sign off on this, or did Israel act now precisely so that he wouldn’t have to?
Israel's campaign "won't be easy and it won't be short," Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in a televised address shortly after the ground invasion began. "We do not seek war but we will not abandon our citizens to the ongoing Hamas attacks.
Maj. Avital Leibovich, an Israeli army spokeswoman, told CNN: "We have many, many targets. To my estimation, it will be a lengthy operation."
Heavy Israeli artillery fire hit east of Gaza City in locations were Hamas fighters were deployed before the ground incursion began. The artillery shells were apparently intended to detonate Hamas explosive devices and mines planted along the border area before troops marched in.
A text message sent by Hamas' military wing, Izzedine al-Qassam, said "the Zionists started approaching the trap which our fighters prepared for them."
Hamas said it also broadcast a Hebrew message on Israeli military radio frequencies promising to kill and kidnap the Israeli soldiers.
"Be prepared for a unique surprise, you will be either killed or kidnapped and will suffer mental illness from the horrors we will show you," the message said.
Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwan said in a televised speech that Gaza will "become a graveyard" for Israeli soldiers. He appeared on Hamas' Al Aqsa TV shortly after the ground offensive began but it was not immediately clear whether the appearance was live or taped.
After the invasion, Hamas spokespeople and militants fired off fiery warnings to the Israeli forces. In another message, Hamas warned Israeli forces that "Gaza will not be paved with flowers for you, it will be paved with fire and hell."
Hamas has long prepared for Israel's invasion, digging tunnels and rigging some areas with explosives. At the start of the offensive, Israeli artillery hit some of the border areas, apparently to detonate hidden explosives.
The Israeli government said tens of thousands of reserve soldiers are being mobilized as the offensive in Gaza widens.
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Update: Isn’t this operation destined to be finished by Inauguration Day or very shortly thereafter? Obama’s not going to complicate his peace plans by tolerating a long Israeli incursion right out of the chute. They’re on the clock.
Update: A few careless statements from Israeli pols give the NYT all the reason it needs to up the ante further and ask whether anything short of destroying Hamas will do.
Vice Premier Haim Ramon went even further Friday night in an interview on Israeli television, saying Israel must not end this operation with Hamas in charge of Gaza.
“What I think we need to do is to reach a situation in which we do not allow Hamas to govern,” Mr. Ramon said on Channel One. “That is the most important thing.”…
“If the war ends in a draw, as expected, and Israel refrains from reoccupying Gaza, Hamas will gain diplomatic recognition,” wrote Aluf Benn, a political analyst, in the newspaper Haaretz on Friday. “No matter what you call it,” he added, “Hamas will obtain legitimacy.”…
[E]ven if Israel intends to hold back from completely overthrowing Hamas, its choice of assault tactics could head that way anyway. And the Israelis may already be facing a kind of mission creep: after all, if enough of Hamas’s infrastructure is destroyed, the prospect of governing Gaza, a densely populated, refugee-filled area whose weak economy has been devastated by the Israeli-led boycott, will be exceedingly difficult.
Another one bites the dust in Gaza
By Michelle Malkin • January 3, 2009 11:38 AM
A second major Hamas leader is dead.
Good riddance.
Latest development in Gaza: Israel has reportedly dropped leaflets warning residents to evacuate ahead of a possible ground invasion.
Related must-reads: Diana West and Andy Bostom illuminate the root root cause of the conflict. Context is everything.
Israel Sends Troops Into Gaza
http://www.npr.org/news/images/2009/jan/02/gazaphotos/
Hamas declares "Day of Rage" photo gallery
Israeli tanks and infantry entered Gaza after nightfall Saturday, launching a ground offensive that the military said would be a "lengthy operation" in a widening war on Gaza's Hamas rulers.
Heavy gun battles were reported as troops crossed the border into Gaza. Local TV networks broadcast images of troops marching into Gaza after dark.
"We have many many targets," Maj. Avital Leibovich told CNN. "To my estimation, it will be a lengthy operation." She said the goal of the operation was to take over the areas used by militants to launch rockets against Israel.
"The civilians are not our target, only militants, Hamas militants," she said.
Defense officials have said around 10,000 soldiers massed along the border in recent days. Heavy artillery fire in the early evening was intended to detonate Hamas explosive devices and mines planted along the border area before troops marched in.
It was not immediately clear how deep into Gaza the Israeli forces would go.
Israel's offensive against Hamas had begun with a week of aerial bombardment of Hamas target. Israel had held off on a ground offensive, in part because of concern about casualties among Israeli troops.
Hamas leaders have warned that they have prepared a violent welcome. They have also threatened to resume suicide attacks inside Israel.
Living Under Attack
http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_World_News/1_APTOPIX_...
An explosion from an Israeli strike in the northern Gaza Strip is seen from the Israel side of the border with Gaza, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Palestinian militants fired rockets into southern Israel Saturday as Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_World_News/2_APTOPIX_...
Palestinian relatives of Hamas militant Sami Lobad, who was killed in an Israeli missile strike, react during his funeral in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Palestinian militants fired at least six rockets into southern Israel Saturday as Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_World_News/3_APTOPIX_...
A Palestinian woman holds a child as she sits on the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in the Rafah refugee camp southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions Saturday, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_World_News/4_APTOPIX_...
A Palestinian looks from a window at the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions Saturday, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_World_News/5_MIDEAST_...
A Palestinian man stands near the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions Saturday, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_World_News/6_MIDEAST_...
The smoke trail of a rocket fired by Palestinian militants is seen as it flies towards Israel from Gaza City, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Palestinian militants fired at least six rockets into southern Israel Saturday as Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_World_News/7_MIDEAST_...
Palestinian women take part in a protest against Israel's military operation in Gaza, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions Saturday, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
http://media.npr.org/images/ap//AP_News_Wire:_World_News/8_MIDEAST_...
Palestinians react during a protest against Israel's military operation in Gaza, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Israeli warplanes and gunboats blasted more than two dozen Hamas positions Saturday, targeting weapons storage facilities, training centers and homes of leaders as its offensive against Gaza's Islamic militant rulers entered a second week. Associated Press © 2009
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