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| Israelis quit Gaza after worst clash in over a year |
| 2010-03-27 |
| Israeli troops and tanks left the Gaza Strip on Saturday, witnesses said, ending an incursion into the Hamas-ruled enclave made after the bloodiest clash in 14 months killed two soldiers and at least one Palestinian. The skirmish -- in which the Israelis said they killed two Palestinian gunmen -- was the fiercest since the three-week Gaza war of early 2009. Some 1,400 Palestinians, mainly civilians, and 13 Israelis, mainly troops, died in that conflict. Hamas, having largely held fire since, announced that its men took part in the border clash, calling it self-defence. That drew veiled threats of escalation from Israel. "We have been used to seeing breakaway (Palestinian) groups doing the firing, and Hamas trying to calm things down. Possibly it is loosening its grip, for all sorts of reasons," Defence Minister Ehud Barak told Israeli television on Friday. "Should that indeed prove to be the case, then there will also be ramifications for Hamas," he said, but added: "We have no interest in returning the region to what was in the past." Gazan doctors said a 23-year-old civilian was killed in the clash, and five other Palestinians wounded. Hamas and another faction that took part in the fighting said they lost no men. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #4 Why does the media incessantly repeat easily provable propaganda? Because they're bought and paid for. (No Question mark, Hell no question, it's well known) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-03-27 18:52 |
| #3 .."Some 1,400 Palestinians, mainly civilians".. no bias there [sarc] There would be no way to know that. All a terrorist has to do is drop his weapon , and suddenly poooft he's a civilian. If it had been mostly civilians killed, that would mean very few hamas gunman were engaged, or that most all the civilians had guns. Either way the IDF would have taken the place over in just a few hours. Yet we all clearly saw gun battles for days. It's just another 'wedding-party-in-the-desert-at 3-am. Why does the media incessantly repeat easily provable propaganda? |
| Posted by: Mike hunt 2010-03-27 18:36 |
| #2 Must've dropped the gun... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-03-27 11:57 |
| #1 Gazan doctors said a 23-year-old civilian Other reports identify the 23 year-old casualty as a member of Al Aqsa brigade. Quite proudly proclaim it, in fact. "citizen" is always an afterthought for foreign media. |
| Posted by: Swanimote 2010-03-27 11:46 |