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| Debka: Israel halts war games to deploy troops, resources in escalating Gaza sector |
| 2012-10-25 |
| Defense minister Ehud Barak and Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz decided Wednesday, Oct. 24, that the heavy Palestinian missile assault from the Gaza Strip, which escalated to 60 rockets on Israeli civilian locations, in a few hours, must be stopped. The bulk of the personnel taking part in the joint Israeli-US war game Austere Challenge 12 and the Turning Point 6 home front exercise were ordered to pull out, together with anti-missile interceptors and other resources, and redeploy in southern Israel across from the Gaza Strip. Following this decision, another 13 rockets were fired at Ashkelon early Wednesday afternoon. Military sources report that the two exercises were effectively halted -- "reduced" according to the official communiqué - after a wide range of towns and villages within range of the Gaza Strip, including Ashkelon, took a heavy beating from round after round of rockets, including Grads. |
| Posted by:Au Auric |
| #6 Sign that the Paleos fear Zero will lose so they're making hay while they can? Sign that Paleos don't fear Israel. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-10-25 15:03 |
| #5 Ma'an reports the Al Mujahideenn Brigades continued shooting off rockets on Wednesday, although Israel still says only one made it over the fence. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-10-25 13:24 |
| #4 Sign that the Paleos fear Zero will lose so they're making hay while they can? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2012-10-25 09:38 |
| #3 reports today are that Egypt told Hamas to stop and Hamas did stop -- only one rocket fired since midnight 10-25 local time as of 10-25 noon local time |
| Posted by: lord garth 2012-10-25 07:16 |
| #2 Interesting. I thought the timing of the combined exercise would diminish and confuse the IDF with silly US support obligations. Now it seems a possible predeployment to disguise the fielding of equipment. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2012-10-25 06:51 |
| #1 The way to 'solve' this missile problem is for the Israelis to shoot an exact equal number of rockets or bombs, indiscriminately into Palestinian Gaza villages. Only much larger. Like daisycutters. 1 rocket = 1 daisycutter. Pooft... problem solved after first day. |
| Posted by: Mikey Hunt 2012-10-25 01:22 |