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2019-11-13 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Egypt, Fatah, UN and Russia seek a truce in Islamic Jihad vs Israel action

[IsraelTimes] Egyptian and UN officials on Tuesday night were pushing for a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza terrorist groups, as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad vowed to step up attacks against the Jewish state in retaliation for the targeted killing of a PIJ terror chief... .

Mladenov "is heading urgently to Cairo," a diplomatic source told The Times of Israel on Tuesday night, adding that the international organization "has been involved throughout the day to de-escalate" tensions between Israel and terror groups in the Gaza Strip. ...

The Ramallah-based Palestinian leadership has been in contact with Egypt and the United Nations to push for a ceasefire between Israel and terror groups in the Gaza Strip, Azzam al-Ahmad, a senior Fatah and Palestine Liberation Organization official said earlier on Tuesday.
[IJ only launched a half dozen or so rockets between late evening on the 12th and dawn on the 13th]

Sure, but they lobbed about 200 from Monday night through Tuesday.
Update at 1:45 a.m. ET: The Times of Israel is liveblogging today’s events here.

Posted by lord garth 2019-11-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top
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#1 as of a few minutes ago, the rocket count for IJ is about 250 so IJ was able to put up about 40-45 rockets during daylight on the 13th

I think almost all the IJ rockets launched daylight on the 13th were under 40km

Posted by lord garth 2019-11-13 10:36|| 2019-11-13 10:36|| Front Page Top

#2 From the liveblog: As of a few minutes ago, today’s PIJ rocket tally is over 200 for a two-day total of over 400. More are expected overnight. Israeli retaliation has killed 24 Gazans, at least half terrorists. Hamas threatens to join in the festivities instead of just offering moral support; Israel promises that if they do, Israel will start destroying buldings as they did in 2014.

Naftali Bennett seems to be happily settling into his role as defense minister. He is, as I recall, one of Bibi’s proteges, who went on to forge his own path. But having seen that conditions are not yet ripe for his own prime ministry, he has returned to the fold.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-11-13 11:01|| 2019-11-13 11:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Put all of those Gazooks to the sword.

Posted by Zorba the Really Smart7675 2019-11-13 11:08|| 2019-11-13 11:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Targeting buildings is a fine idea as long as they are full of PIJ, Hamas, UN, etc.

Posted by AlanC 2019-11-13 11:21|| 2019-11-13 11:21|| Front Page Top

#5 AC, for Arabs - especially Gazans (population density) people are cheap. But buildings cost money. And, with fracking & USA terminating UNWRA's jizya, money is in short supply.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-13 11:24|| 2019-11-13 11:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Since Egypt, Fatah, UN and Russia are the ones seeking a truce (i.e., a hudna), rest assured that the thing they are looking for is a cease fire - by Israel.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2019-11-13 11:33|| 2019-11-13 11:33|| Front Page Top

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