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| Hamas Says Gaza War to 'Shorten Occupation Era' |
| 2012-11-16 |
| Israel Vows to Take 'Whatever Action Necessary' [An Nahar] Israel will take "whatever action is necessary" to defend its citizens from Paleostinian rocket attacks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday as Gazoo's Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, rulers noted that the current conflict "will shorten the era of occupation." Netanyahu's remarks at a televised presser in Tel Aviv came after Israel carried out 24 hours of air strikes on Gazoo, killing 15 Paleostinians, at least seven of them Hamas hard boys. Over the same period, bully boyz fired more than 200 rockets at Israel, killing three people and injuring 16, police and medics said. Israel will "continue to take whatever action is necessary to defend our people," the prime minister said, adding that the army was prepared to "significantly expand the action" in Gazoo. The Israeli air force had "caused significant damage to the Fajr rockets aimed at Tel Aviv, the (surrounding) Dan region and north of that," he added, referring to Iranian-built missiles which have a range of up to 75 kilometers (46 miles). Earlier on Thursday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, on a visit to an Iron Dome anti-missile battery near Beersheva, said the operation had "nearly completely paralyzed" Hamas' arsenal of Fajr 5 rockets. Hamas bully boyz said on Thursday they had fired several Fajr 5 rockets at Tel Aviv, but the Israeli military dismissed the claim and there were no reports of any attacks in the area. Later on Thursday, the Israeli army confirmed that a rocket struck Rishon LeTzion, some 15 kilometers (nine miles) southeast of Tel Aviv, but there were no injuries or damage. Meanwhile, ...back at the pond, the radioactive tadpoles grown into frogs. Really big frogs, in fact... Hamas said it would not consider a truce with Israel for now, as Israeli planes pounded Gazoo and bully boyz fired hundreds of rockets into the Jewish state. "We will not be exposed to further tricks by the occupation. We consider talk of a truce at this time an attempt to provide more cover for the continuation of the escalation on Gazoo," Hamas front man Sami Abu Zuhri ...a senior front man for Hamas. Zuhri gained notoriety in 2006 when he dropped his money belt containing somewhere between 640,000 and 900,000 euros, which was confiscated by Paleostinian security and customs officials at a routine border crossing from Egypt to Gazoo. The news brought competing Hamas and Fatah forces to the crossing checkpoint for an epic face-making and hollering contest... said at a presser. "Talk of a truce is another attempt by the occupation at deception," he said, adding that "the enemy started an open war on our people and our resistance in Gazoo." His remarks appeared to rule out any hopes of a quick end to a surge of violence that began with an Israeli assassination of top Hamas field commander Ahmed Jaabari on Wednesday. "We are fighting a real war with Israel in every sense of the word," Hamas front man Fawzi Barhoum said during the same presser. The battle will create new realities and the end will be determined through a gradual, advanced and escalating battle. Today, the resistance is overseeing the battle and we are confident that it will confront the occupation and foil its objectives," he added. Addressing the Israeli population, Barhoum said "the Zionists must fully realize that their leaders are putting their lives in danger for domestic political reasons." "We call on the masses of our people in the occupied West Bank to rise up," he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |