Nearly 250 Gaza rockets batter South, 3 Israelis killed
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Hamas to blame for escalating tension in Gaza and Israel
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas “bears principal responsibility” for escalating tension in Gaza and southern Israel, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has said.In a statement, Mr Hague said he deeply regretted “the loss of civilian life on both sides”.Israel should do its “utmost to reduce tension”, the foreign secretary said.But he added: “I utterly condemn rocket attacks from Gaza into southern Israel by Hamas and other armed groups.”Three people were killed when rockets fired from Gaza struck southern Israel. Israel killed Hamas’ military chief in Gaza on Wednesday.Rocket attacks from Gaza create “an intolerable situation for Israeli civilians in southern Israel, who have the right to live without fear of attack” and “also risk worsening the plight of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, which is already precarious”, he said.‘Spiral of violence’“Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza should cease attacks against Israel immediately. I call on those in the region with influence over Hamas to use that influence to bring about an end to the attacks.Continue reading the main story“Start QuoteWe are doing all we can to de-escalate the situation”Tony BlairMiddle East envoy“I also strongly urge Israel to do their utmost to reduce tension, avoid civilian casualties and increase the prospects for both sides to live in peace.“It is imperative to avoid the risk of a spiral of violence. The escalation of the conflict would be in no one’s interest, particularly at a time of instability in the region.“These events underline once again the fragility of the situation and the urgent need for progress toward a two state solution which allows Israelis and Palestinians to live alongside each other in peace and security.“Britain will do all it can to support such progress and an urgent resumptions of negotiations,” the foreign secretary concluded.”At a press conference in the Foreign Office, Mr Hague conceded that the UK and other EU nations “don’t have any direct control” over the situation but he said he would be attempting to get his message across “very clearly” in meetings with Israel and Egypt’s foreign ministers.“We can only appeal to the self-interest of all those involved to avoid the spiralling of violence,” added Mr Hague.‘Stable footing’Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander, for Labour, called for “an immediate end to the violence to avoid a spiral downwards to even greater suffering”.He added: “Escalating tension serves no one’s interest. Citizens in both Israel and Gaza deserve to live in peace and security.“The recent rocket attacks into southern Israel that have led to this latest response deserve our categorical condemnation but Israel must at all times act in accordance with international law.“This latest escalation of violence only emphasises why it is vital that negotiations to achieve a political solution to the Israeli – Palestinian conflict must resume with urgency.”Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who represents the UN, US, EU and Russia in the Middle East, told the BBC: “We are doing all we can to de-escalate the situation.“We have got to stop the rocket attacks coming out of Gaza which means the Israeli retaliation ceases then put the situation back on a more stable footing. But if the violence continues then Israel will retaliate and this escalation could get a lot worse.“It’s essential we do it now or it will have an impact right across the region.”
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- Folks remember, there is a very large group of hamas in Oklahoma City and growing daily. These are the war tactics of the group Hamas that has been brought into our country - my state!
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Gaza rocket-fire kills three Israelis
Three people have been killed in southern Israel by rockets fired from Gaza, amid escalating violence. It marks the first Israeli fatalities since militants fired into Israel after it killed Hamas' military commander in an air strike on Wednesday. Eleven Palestinians, including militants, have been killed in the ensuing Israeli operation. More than 50 rockets [...]
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- JESUS help them!
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Exposed: Pallywood Returns to Gaza
What happens when the cameras turn up at the scene of an airstrike in Gaza and there simply aren’t enough Palestinian dead and injured to produce dramatic footage that can be used against Israel in the international media? We’ve seen it before. Palestinians who appear to be injured or even dead for the benefit of the TV cameras turn out to be nothing of the sort once they are no longer the focus.This is all the more so in Gaza, where Palestinian stringers are often filming in the absence of international news crews.The example below is taken from a BBC interview on the targeted killing of Hamas military commander Ahmed Jabari. During the interview (full version here), footage from Gaza is shown. At 2:11 mins in, a Palestinian in a beige jacket and black T-shirt, presumably injured in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike, is picked up and taken away. Yet at 2:44 mins, the same Palestinian has staged a remarkable recovery.We’ve taken the relevant footage so that you can see for yourself.Welcome to Pollywood
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- I was in Israel for the past 10 days, getting back home 2 days ago. I think it is high time that Israel stops being nice and just wipe these people off the face of his earth. Get them out of Gaza, take back all the land that belongs to them including Jerusalem. Having to live with bomb shelters is nonsense. They are not the ones that start the hostilities and they have perfect right to defend their homeland. Go Israel!!!!
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Operation Pillar of Defense: What You Need to Know
November 15, 2012 14:05 by Simon PloskerPresident Shimon Peres to President Barack Obama, 14 November 2012Once again, Israel finds itself engaged in a military operation to end rocket fire from Gaza. The predictable media frenzy has begun. In this primer we will give you the background and information you need to respond to media bias against Israel.BACKGROUNDFor the third time in a month, the civilians of southern Israel are under continuous rocket attack from the Gaza Strip.
The current attacks began on Saturday night (Nov.10) when Palestinian terrorists fired an anti-tank missile at an army jeep traveling on the Israeli side of the border fence. Four IDF soldiers were injured. Since then, over 120 rockets have been fired at Israeli civilians.The lives of 1 million Israeli civilians are being threatened and daily life in southern Israel has been totally disrupted.The residents of communities near the Gaza border suffer constantly from rocket and mortar shell attacks. These attacks occur almost on a routine basis, as do escalations of other types of terrorist activities carried out by Hamas and the other terrorist organizations that operate under Hamas’ protection.The pauses between the waves of rocket attacks are shortening. In the past month, Israel has been subjected to three separate periods of escalation. Since the beginning of the year, more than 800 rockets and mortar shells have been fired at Israel, a record amount since the end of Operation Cast Lead (January 2009). This peak is similar to the attacks that occurred in 2007-8.HOW TO ANSWER ISRAEL’S CRITICSClaim: “Israel rather than Hamas is responsible for this latest outbreak of violence.”Response: The media have short memories. Rocket attacks have been a feature of everyday life for Israelis in the south for many years despite the lack of coverage in the international media. Israel has acted with enormous restraint but there is a limit to how much any country should be expected to tolerate.It is Hamas and other Gaza terror organizations that have chosen to escalate the violence in the past few days, beginning with the attack on the IDF jeep, not to mention the many incidents that have occurred over the past month, virtually ignored by the mainstream media.Below is a timeline summary of the past month’s events courtesy of the Jerusalem Post:- October 23
An IDF officer is critically wounded by an explosive device while on patrol near the Gaza border fence. PFLP takes responsibility.- November 6
An explosion along the Gaza border fence injures three IDF soldiers. Palestinians later fire a Kassam rocket into southern Israel. The same day, Palestinians detonate a massive tunnel along the border, causing no injuries but knocking an IDF jeep sideways.- November 8
In a firefight with Palestinians, apparent IDF fire kills a 13-year-old Palestinian boy. Palestinian mortar shells lightly injure an IDF soldier along the border later in the day.- November 9
Palestinians fire an anti-tank missile at an IDF jeep on patrol along the Gaza border, wounding four soldiers. Immediately afterwards, IDF tanks return fire into Gaza, killing five Palestinians and wounding at least 25. Palestinians later fire a number of Qassam rockets into southern Israel.- November 10-12
Palestinian terror groups fire upwards of 100 rockets and mortars into southern Israel. Islamic Jihad and a Salafi Jihadist group claim responsibility for a majority of the rockets. At least eight Israelis are injured in the attacks.- November 13
An apparent cease-fire is mediated between Israel and Hamas, with both sides conditioning their silence on the other side’s halting attacks. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warns of future strikes, saying “I am responsible for choosing the right time to exact the highest possible price – and so it will be.”- November 14
Four rockets hit southern Israel in the morning; the IDF says it is looking into the possibility the rockets were fired from Sinai.Later Wednesday, the IAF assassinates Ahmed Jabari, head of Hamas’s armed wing, the Izzadin Qassam Brigades in the central strip. The IAF hits an additional 20 targets throughout Gaza, mostly targeting long-range rocket storage sites and reportedly assassinating a regional Hamas commander.Claim: “Israel’s response is disproportionate to the threat.”Response: Palestinian rockets are not “home made” projectiles – they are deadly and threaten a large number of Israeli population centers. Gaza’s status as a terror base has also been enhanced as a result of quantities of upgraded weaponry smuggled from Sudan, Libya and Iran, which pose an even greater threat to the Israeli civilian population.
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- Am reminded of the prophecy that Israel will stand alone against her enemies in the last days. God is in charge; it is all going according to plan. Hate what's happening, hate our treasonous POS POTUS and his dark ideology, love Israel - but they are in God's hands, as are WTP of faith all over this planet. Prepare every needful thing!!
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- They are here in your country too Mercy! You too need to prepare!
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- I eagerly await news that a new Grand Canyon is now in the Muslim countries, compliments of Israel.
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- WARNING! WARNING! i hate to report this but i perceive that in 2013 suicide bombers will begin to blow themselves up on americas streets. god help us! pray for both america and israel!
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