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Post by sevenofnine on Dec 27, 2023 13:00:03 GMT -5
You got that right Israel's army chief warns of prolonged war Israel's war with the Islamist militant group Hamas will go on for some time, according to the head of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Herzi Halevi. "There are no magic solutions, there are no shortcuts in dismantling a terrorist organization, only determined and persistent fighting," Halevi told reporters at the Gaza border on Tuesday night. "This war's objectives are essential and not simple to achieve," Halevi said. "Therefore, the war will continue for many more months," he added. "We will reach Hamas' leadership too, whether it takes a week or if it takes months." Israel's leaders vowed to destroy Hamas in the wake of an October 7 www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-idf-chief-warns-of-prolonged-war/live-67828169 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Dec 27, 2023 13:01:27 GMT -5
Meanwhile I can't find my Israel war news blog WHOA 'Israeli strike' in southern Gaza kills 20, Hamas-run Health Ministry says An Israeli airstrike hit southern Gaza's Khan Younis city on Wednesday, killing 20 and injuring dozens more, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a statement. The strike hit a building housing displaced individuals at the al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Younis, according to the statement. The Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service also reported dozens of deaths and injuries due to the "bombing of a residential building in front of al-Amal hospital." www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-idf-chief-warns-of-prolonged-war/live-67828169 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Dec 27, 2023 13:02:01 GMT -5
AH Dude look in the mirror Abbas blames US for ongoing war Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has blamed the US for allowing the Israeli offensive against the militant Hamas group to continue in the Gaza Strip. "Our people have not seen [before] such a war even in the 1948 Nakba," Abbas told Egyptian TV, using an Arabic term that denotes the mass displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. "Unfortunately, whenever the world, the [UN] Security Council and the General Assembly try to stop this war, the US uses the veto and refuses to stop fighting," he said. www.dw.com/en/israel-hamas-war-idf-chief-warns-of-prolonged-war/live-67828169 |
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Post by sevenofnine on Dec 28, 2023 12:43:42 GMT -5
I think safe to say going probably expand into LEBANON Fears Israel Hamas war could 'expand' amid strikes on central Gaza "They are so thin. It's cold, it's windy," said one Palestinian woman who gave birth to quadruplets in a refugee camp bombed by Israel. Gaza hit with massive overnight bombardment Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across Gaza overnight and into Thursday, killing dozens of people in a widening air and ground offensive against Hamas that has forced thousands more to flee from homes and shelters in recent days. An Israeli airstrike on a home in the northern town of Beit Lahiyeh – one of the first targets of the ground invasion that began in October – buried at least 21 people, including women and children, according to a family member. Bassel Kheir al-Din, a journalist with a local TV station, told AP that the strike flattened his family house and severely damaged three neighboring homes. He said 12 members of his family – including three children aged 2, 7 and 8 – were buried and presumed dead, and that nine neighbors were missing. Warnings of wider conflict on Lebanese border Israel's army has warned of a possible "expansion" of operations on its border with Lebanon. This comes as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) concentrates its military force on central Gaza, despite the increasingly desperate plight of civilians. The IDF is also increasing night raids in major cities in the occupied West Bank, including Jenin and Ramallah, according to the Wafa news agency. Israel's army general staff warned shooting was intensifying along its northern border with Lebanon, where Hezbollah operates. The Shiite political and militant organisation is part of the "axis of resistance", a collection of groups close to Iran and hostile to Israel. On Wednesday, Tehran threatened Israel with "direct actions", following the death of a high-ranking Iranian officer on Monday in an airstrike in Syria it blamed on Israel. IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi detailed that Israeli forces "are in a very high state of readiness for an expansion of fighting in the north." www.euronews.com/2023/12/28/fears-israel-hamas-war-could-expand-amid-strikes-on-central-gaza |
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