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"Israel kills a Hamas leader; Jerusalem hints attacks to continue; Palestinians call for 'day of wrath'" by Isabel Kershner, The New York Times | January 2, 2009
Palestinians searched for bodies yesterday in the rubble of the destroyed house of Hamas senior leader Nizar Rayyan in the refugee camp of Jabaliya in Gaza. (Abid Katib/Getty Images)
That was only ONE HOUSE destroyed?
JERUSALEM - Israel broadened the scope of its air offensive against the Hamas infrastructure in Gaza yesterday, destroying important symbols of the government and, for the first time in its six-day-old campaign, killing a senior leader of the militant Islamic group.
With Israeli troops and tanks massing along the border with Gaza in preparation for a possible ground invasion, Israel also pursued diplomatic avenues to explain its positions.
Foreign minister Tzipi Livni of Israel flew to Paris to meet with French leaders who are seeking ways to promote a cease-fire. Before she left, Livni suggested that Israel was seeking more time for its military operation, which officials say is intended to bring an end to the incessant rocket fire from Gaza that has plagued southern Israel for years.
Yesterday afternoon, the Israeli air force bombed the house of Nizar Rayyan, a senior Hamas leader, killing him along with his four wives and nine of his children, four of them under age 18, Palestinian hospital officials said....
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Medical officials in Gaza said the number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli bombardment had topped 400. While many of the dead were Hamas security personnel, the United Nations said, a quarter of those killed were civilians. Some Israeli officials have put the number of Palestinian civilians killed closer to 10 percent....
--MORE--"Honestly, I didn't highlight or keep much because I'm sick of the Jew York Times and their red-headed step-child, the Boston Globe.
Sick of them making excuses for the murdering Israeli butchers and making it appear that it is the poor, beleagured Jews are always the ones suffering.
Of course, you have to be quick with them:
A Palestinian reacts as he and others carry the body of one of the children of Hamas leader Nizar Rayan, who was killed Thursday in an Israeli airstrike with 4 of his wives and 10 of his children in the town of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 2, 2009. Israel bombed a mosque it says had been used to store weapons and destroyed the homes of more than a dozen Hamas operatives on Friday, the seventh day of a blistering offensive in Gaza and the day after an airstrike killed a prominent Hamas figure. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Yeah, look at that guy; they don't love their children, right, Zionist scum?
We will see how long that photo stays up, no?
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And here is more evidence to support my decision to cease purchasing AmeriKa's Zionist War Dailies.
"Israel destroys Hamas homes, flattens Gaza mosque" by Ibrahim Barzak and Matti Friedman, Associated Press Writers | January 2, 2009
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip --Israel bombed a mosque it claimed was used to store weapons and destroyed homes of more than a dozen Hamas operatives Friday, but under international pressure, the government allowed hundreds of Palestinians with foreign passports to leave besieged Gaza.
Israel has been building up artillery, armor and infantry on Gaza's border in an indication the week-old air assault against Gaza's Hamas rulers could soon expand with a ground incursion.
But at the same time, international calls for a cease-fire have been growing, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected in the region next week to push for a halt to the violence. Israel has so far been cool to a truce, and in a setback for diplomatic efforts, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she had no plans to come to the region.
"Hamas has held the people of Gaza hostage ever since their illegal coup against the forces of President Mahmoud Abbas," she said. Hamas seized control of Gaza from Abbas' Fatah forces in 2007 and Abbas set up a rival government in the West Bank.
You just get tired of it. They WON ELECTIONS FAIR and SQUARE, you fucking c***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rice charged Hamas "has used Gaza as a launching pad" for firing rockets into the Jewish state and that, as a result, the Palestinians living in Gaza have had "a very bad daily life." She said the U.S. supports a "durable and sustainable" cease-fire, but any halt in fighting would depend on the willingness of Hamas to stop firing rockets into Israel.
I am for EXECUTING that fucking STINK-ASS BITCH RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!
Little fucking COCK-SUCKING Zionist whore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The offensive spurred anti-Israel protests around the Middle East, the Muslim world and in parts of Europe on Friday.
Yeah, protesting MASS-MURDERING DEBAUCHERY is ANTI-ISRAEL!!
Well, THAT ABOUT SAYS IT ALL, doesn't it?! Nice to know what you STAND FOR, 'eh, SHIT-STINK STATE?!!!!!
Btw, shit Zionist War Daily press -- the PROTESTS are in AMERICA, too!!!!
There was no letup in violence Friday, with Israel attacking new targets and Palestinians firing at least 30 rockets into southern Israel. But Israel managed to open its border with Gaza to allow nearly 300 Palestinians with foreign passports to flee.
"There is no water, no electricity, no medicine. It's hard to survive. Gaza is destroyed," Jawaher Haggi, a 14-year-old Palestinian American said after crossing into Israel. She said her uncle was killed in an airstrike when he tried to pick up some medicine for her cancer-stricken father, who died of his illness several days later.
Yup, MORE BLOOD on those stink-fuck NaZionist hands!!!
Oh, yeah, I WILL NOT BE PURCHASING an a Zionisrt AmeriKan War Daily tomorrow. Look at what the SHIT JOURNALISM is doing to me!!!!!!
Many of the evacuees were foreign-born women married to Palestinians and their children. Spouses who did not hold foreign citizenship were not allowed out. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said most of the evacuees were Russian or Eastern European, and they were allowed to leave at the request of foreign embassies. They said the decision was not related to military plans, including the looming possibility of a ground invasion.
Israel launched the aerial campaign last Saturday in a bid to halt weeks of intensifying Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza. It has dealt a heavy blow to Hamas, but failed to halt the rockets. New attacks Friday struck homes in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, wounding four Israelis, two moderately, police said.
Before the airstrikes Friday, Israel's military called at least some of the houses to warn residents of an impending attack. In some cases, it also fired a sound bomb to warn away civilians before flattening the homes with missiles, Palestinians and Israeli officials said.
Yeah, the fucking mass-murdering assholes are just so compassionate! Oh, this type of "JOURNALISM" is ABSOLUTELY RANK, folks, and I WILL NO LONGER PURCHASE these types of SHIT SCREEDS from a ZIONIST PIECE OF CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After destroying Hamas' security compounds, Israel turned its attention to the group's leadership. In airstrike after airstrike, warplanes hit some 20 houses believed to belong to Hamas militants and members of other armed groups, Palestinians said.
They said the Israelis either warned nearby residents by phone or fired a warning missile to try to reduce civilian casualties. Israeli planes also dropped leaflets east of Gaza giving a confidential phone number and e-mail address for people to report locations of rocket squads. Residents stepped over the leaflets.
Israel used similar tactics during its 2006 war against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Yeah, that is a GREAT EXAMPLE for the HUMANENESS of the STINK-FUCK NaZIONISTS!!!!!!
Yeah, folks, I need to wrap this up because I AM BOILING at this PIECE of CRAP ZIONIST GARBAGE!!!!!!!! FUCK AP and FUCK AmeriKa's god-damn shit jew media!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Most of the targeted homes Friday belonged to activist leaders and appeared to be empty at the time, but one man was killed in a strike in the Jebaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza.
Separate airstrikes killed five other Palestinians -- including a young teenage boy east of Gaza City and three children -- two brothers and their cousin -- who were playing in southern Gaza, according to Health Ministry official Moaiya Hassanain.
More than 400 Gazans have been killed and some 1,700 have been wounded in the Israeli campaign, Gaza health officials said. Hamas has said around half of the dead are members of its security forces. The U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for the Palestinians Territories estimated Friday that at least a quarter of the 400 Palestinians killed and about 2,000 people have been wounded.
Yeah, don't spend TOO MUCH TIME on that ISRAELI MURDER and SLAUGHTER!!!
Three Israeli civilians and one soldier have also died in the rocket attacks, which have reached deeper into Israel than ever before, bringing an eighth of Israel's population of 7 million within rocket range.
You know what? WHO GIVES a FUCK about some SHIT-STINK FUCK ISRAELIS att his point?!! NOT ME, you fucking piece of shit jew propaganda!!
I'm sorry, world, but THIS IS BULLSHIT!!!!!!! This is FUCKING BULLSHIT "REPORTING" and BULLSHIT "JOURNALISM!!!!!!!!!!!!"
They ONCE AGAIN turned it around to the POOR, SUFFERING ISRAELIS -- and now it is ALL 7 MILLION of them!!! UN-FUCKING-REAL!!!
Go on, Israeli and her lackeys!!! Let's get this WWIII up and running so the SOONER YOU WILL BE GONE!!!!!!
Oh, btw, are there any PALESTINIANS out of ISRAEL'S RANGE? Do Palestinians have JET FIGHTERS and HELICOPTERS and TANKS? No? Then FUCK OFF, shit media and shit-stink state!!!
The mosque destroyed Friday was known as a Hamas stronghold, and the army said it was used to store weapons. It also was identified with Nizar Rayan, the Hamas militant leader killed Thursday when Israel dropped a one-ton bomb on his home.
You know, I am just tired of answering stink Israeli accustaion and lie after stink Israeli accusation and lie. Blogs are telling me they bombed GAS CANISTERS for ELECTRICAL USE!!
You see, if you think I'm ever believing a shit Jew War Daily again, WRONG!! In fact, AFTER TODAY, I'm not buying one ever again!! I'll do my blog work and that's it!! FUCK AmeriKa's god-damn JEWS MEDIA!!!!!!
That airstrike killed 20 people, including all four of Rayan's wives and 11 of his 12 children. The strike on Rayan's home obliterated the four-story apartment building and peeled off the walls of others around it, carving out a vast field of rubble.
That explains the photograph at the top!
Israel's military said the homes of Hamas leaders are being used to store missiles and other weapons, and the hit on Rayan's house triggered secondary explosions from the stockpile there....
NOPE!
"The Israeli-Palestinian B'Tselem group in Gaza has testimony from the owner of the truck, as well as photographs taken at the scene, which appear to suggest that the vehicle was being used to transport gas welding canisters from a metalworking shop."
Then again, I would expect NOTHING BUT LIES from the god-damn shit-stink state of Iz-ray-HELL!!!!!!!
Fear of Israeli attacks led to sparse turnout at Friday's communal prayers at mosques throughout Gaza. But thousands of people attended a memorial service for Rayan. Throngs of people prayed over the rubble of his home and the destroyed mosque nearby.
An imam delivered his sermon over a car loudspeaker as the bodies of Rayan and other family members were covered in green Hamas flags. Following the prayers, a sea of mourners marched with the bodies, with many people reaching out to touch and kiss them....
Concerned about protests, Israeli police stepped up security and restricted access to Friday prayers at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, barring all males under 50 from entering. Prayers in Jerusalem ended without incident, though in a nearby east Jerusalem neighborhood youths clashed with anti-riot police on horseback. No injuries were reported.
Yup, MORE OCCUPATION and the DENIAL of PRAYERS is really going to help matters!! The INDIGNITY with which Palestinians have to live under is sickening and it is TIME for the GOD-DAMNED OCCUPATION to END!!!!!!
Jerusalem's mufti, Mohammed Hussein, said a mere 3,000 Palestinians attended Friday's prayers because of the tough restrictions, which barred all males under the age of 50 from entering. "We condemn these measures, and we believe they contradict the principle of freedom of worship," Hussein said.
In the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian police broke up a demonstration by about 3,000 Hamas supporters and arrested about a dozen people. Police also broke up a similar protest in the nearby town of Qalandia. There were anti-Israel protests in Hebron, Nablus and elsewhere in the West Bank.
Keep going, Israel! You are only HASTENING the DAY you are DONE, and the WHOLE WORLD will issue a COLLECTIVE CHEER when you finally depart from this planet, you LYING, LAND-STEALING, MASS-MURDERING, GENOCIDAL sacks of shit!!!
