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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas stages military exercises to test Gaza readiness
2016-03-23
[IsraelTimes] Drills involving 1,000 police, emergency service personnel aren’t ‘announcement of war,’ official in the Strip says

Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, staged major military exercises Tuesday to test its readiness in the event of another Israeli offensive on the Gazoo Strip, which has been ravaged by three wars since 2008.

The exercises involving 1,000 police and emergency services personnel were not meant to be seen as an "announcement of war," said a front man for the Islamist movement’s interior ministry.
According to the rules of hudna, there needn't be an announcement when the Muslim party restarts the war. So this makes perfect sense.
For the duration of the exercises, however, a state of emergency was observed in Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya, bordering Israel in the north, and Jabaliya farther to the south.

The media was barred from approaching the area, but loud kabooms could be heard from a distance, with hospitals and schools placed on alert.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Change the tires on the tank!
Posted by: Shipman   2016-03-23 16:50  

#1  Good for the Paleostinians.
They will soon need those drills very much.
Posted by: Elder of Zion   2016-03-23 13:30  

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