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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel will pay 'high price' for Gaza ground operation: Hamas
2014-07-18
[Al Ahram] Israel will pay a "high price" for launching a ground invasion of the Gazoo Strip, the Paleostinian Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, movement said on Thursday night.

"The start of the Israeli ground attack on Gazoo is a dangerous step, the consequences of which have not been calculated," said Hamas front man Fawzi Barhum in a statement.

"Israel will pay a high price and Hamas is ready for the confrontation."

Israel launched a ground offensive in Gazoo late Thursday to stamp out rocket attacks, the Israeli army and the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

"Following 10 days of Hamas attacks by land, air and sea, and after repeated rejections of offers to de-escalate the situation, the Israel Defence Forces (army) has initiated a ground operation within the Gazoo Strip," the army said in a statement.

Netanyahu's office said the "prime minister and the defence minister ordered the army to begin a ground operation and enter Gazoo to strike at the terrorist tunnels from the Gazoo Strip into Israeli territory."

At least 240 Paleostinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes since July 8, many of them children, medics in Gazoo said, with a NGO based in the coastal enclave saying 80 percent of the deaths are civilians.
Ynet adds:
Four power lines have fallen in Gaza due to IDF fire
It's going to be an interesting invasion for the Gazans: lack of water, lack of power, and leadership looking forward to 45,000 of their people dying each day so their vision of the Arab Algeria can be attained... Not at all like the previous operations.
Posted by:Fred

#5  I got that, Rambler

I was Green-Helmet-Guy snarking
Posted by: Frank G   2014-07-18 19:24  

#4  Frank, one of the reasons so many children have died is that Hamas refuses to let people evacuate when they have been warned their homes are going to be bombed.

Using human shields is a war crime. Not for the people who go out of their way to avoid civilian casualties, but for those who use them.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2014-07-18 18:19  

#3  What OP said.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2014-07-18 18:16  

#2  "90% of the dead are children, some, repeatedly"
Posted by: Frank G   2014-07-18 18:12  

#1  My only desire is to see Israel complete the total anhialation of Hamass and its supporters. Personally, I'd prefer using ARCLIGHT and bulldozers, but Israel is too civilized for that. That seems to be a problem with all civilized nations: they aren't willing to go full Genghis Kahn against an uncivilized barbarian enemy.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2014-07-18 13:46  

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