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| IDF preparing for possible Gaza offensive |
| 2014-06-29 |
| [Ynet] Armored brigades have been instructed to prepare for the possibility of being transferred to the Gazoo Division, while the Air Force has deployed additional Iron Dome batteries. The IDF is preparing for a possible significant offensive in Gazoo, a year and a half after Operation Pillar of Defense. Armored Corps brigades have been instructed to prepare for the possibility of being transferred to the Gazoo Division, while the Air Force has deployed additional Iron Dome batteries. More than 40 rockets were fired from the Gazoo Strip at Israel since the beginning of Operation Brother's Keeper to find three Israeli teenagers who have been kidnapped some two weeks ago. 24 of them fell inside Israel, out of which 11 were fired over the weekend. The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted seven of the rockets. The IDF believes the success of the Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, terror cell in Hebron in heating up the Strip as well, encouraging rouge terror groups to open a second front against Israel. The IAF attacked three hidden rocket launchers in the central Gazoo Strip on Saturday night in response to four rockets fired at southern Israel, one of them hitting a factory that caught fire and was burned to the ground. The military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees took responsibility for the rocket fire, saying it was a response to the IAF's assassination of two of its operatives on Friday. The army was expected to continue responding to the rocket fire throughout the night. So far, the IAF has struck some 30 terror targets, mostly identified with Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... or Hamas, the latter Israel sees as responsible for everything that happens in the Strip. Despite the fact the past two weeks have seen the most rockets fired from the Strip since Operation Pillar of Defense, rocket fire has yet to reached beyond the Gazoo border communities. Ashdod and Beersheba have not yet been hit, and Hamas is careful not to join the rocket launching. Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon spoke to Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi on Saturday night after a rocket hit a factory in the city. Ya'alon told Davidi that the IDF was "working to restore the calm to the south of Israel. We will not tolerate attempts by terror organizations in the Strip to disrupt the daily lives of the South's residents. As we have done in the past few days, we will continue acting with a heavy hand and attack terror elements firing at Israel, and strike them with a painful blow." The defense minister added that "at these very moments, the IDF and security forces are working, and will continue to chase and catch terror elements that are trying to hurt us. You, the mayors of cities and regional councils, are showing true leadership and responsibility in situations like these. The residents, who unfortunately have a lot of experience with these kinds of events, are also showing responsibility and a strong stance. You allow us to do our best to restore the calm to the area. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 *happy sigh* Delightful sillies, all of you. :-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-29 15:55 |
| #4 Well then, that settles that hash. Tea? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-06-29 14:29 |
| #3 Rouge is the new black, you know. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-06-29 13:33 |
| #2 Is "fancy" and approved term? I'm working from a list 3 years old and it's not on it. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-06-29 10:34 |
| #1 encouraging rouge terror groups to open a second front against Israel. fancy |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-06-29 09:50 |