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| Israel and Hamas agree to 72-hour cease-fire |
| 2014-08-01 |
| [USATODAY] The United States and United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... announced Thursday that Israel and Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, agreed to a humanitarian cease-fire that is to start Friday morning for 72 hours. In a joint statement, the U.S. and U.N. said they had gotten assurances that all parties to the conflict had agreed to an unconditional cease-fire during which there would be negotiations on a more durable truce. The statement was released in New Delhi, where Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... was meeting with Indian officials. Earlier Thursday, Israel had vowed to press ahead with its offensive in Gazoo, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country's military would demolish Hamas' network of tunnels "with or without a cease-fire." Netanyahu said he won't accept any truce that will not allow Israel to achieve its goal of destroying the tunnel network it says is used to carry out attacks inside Israel. Hamas said it will only lay down arms once Israel and Egypt give guarantees that a seven-year Gazoo border blockade will be lifted. The firm tone from Israel comes as its military called up 16,000 more reservists Thursday, in a move that may signal a widening of its military operation in Gazoo. It is not clear how many fighters bad boy groups in Gazoo have at their disposal. Israel has activated 86,000 reserves since the conflict began on July 8 in a bid to end rockets fired by Hamas into Israel. The operation expanded July 17 to include dismantling the network of tunnels. Israel said it is no more than a few days away from destroying the remainder of the 32 cross-border tunnels it has uncovered. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 Skid, I think you really meant to ask about the F-15 Eagle and or F-16 Falcon; both of those are very good also and the Israelis know how to get the best out of them. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-08-01 22:40 |
| #11 F18 maint cycle is pretty good Skid; Hardest thing on them will be the airborne dust getting into the moving bits; so that will call for a bit of extra washing and lubing, but other than that, they are actually pretty reliable birds. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-08-01 22:35 |
| #10 CitiCorp, BofE, or Rothschild? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-08-01 20:46 |
| #9 And how long before the Gazans go bankers? |
| Posted by: Omomock Speaking for Boskone4589 2014-08-01 13:29 |
| #8 Israel should cut off electricity supplies in and to Gaza until the IDF soldier is returned. As I recall, Omomock Speaking for Boskone4589, the connection to Israel was cut off by one of the 20% of Gaza rockets that never leave the Strip a week ago, and the main Gazan power generator went up in flames in the last few days -- probably also a Gazan rocket that missed Israel completely, it seems to me. They're down to private generators whose owners can get fuel for them, and averaging 2 hours of power a day, per the UN. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-08-01 11:33 |
| #7 What's the maintenance cycle on the F-18s? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-08-01 11:23 |
| #6 72 hours? Are they trying for some kind of impossible world record here? |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-08-01 11:09 |
| #5 Israel should cut off electricity supplies in and to Gaza until the IDF soldier is returned. After a month or so the resulting stink should influence the Gaza populace to revolt against Hamas influence -- something that is to be hoped for. |
| Posted by: Omomock Speaking for Boskone4589 2014-08-01 10:38 |
| #4 An hour longer than I'd figured. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-08-01 09:52 |
| #3 actually only lasted about 1.5 hours Hamas kidnapped a soldier using a tunnel |
| Posted by: lord garth 2014-08-01 07:55 |
| #2 Lasted about 3 hours, not bad |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-08-01 06:45 |
| #1 In a joint statement, the U.S. and U.N. said they had gotten assurances From each other? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-01 02:37 |