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UN-Israel relations going up in Gaza’s smoke 2009-01-15 07:47:09 Looking at the massive plume of thick smoke rising above the Gaza skyline on Thursday, Israel
is tasked with coordinating humanitarian aid shipments into the Strip couldn’t believe their eyes. Thousands of sacks of wheat and other foodstuffs sent through the Israeli crossings over the past weeks and stored at the food storage warehouse at UNRWA [...]
IDF will try avoid hitting Gaza ambulances 2009-01-14 15:56:04 Due to increased pressure by international medical and humanitarian agencies, the IDF has tightened open-fire orders regarding Palestinian ambulances suspected of being involved in terrorist activity, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
As part of the army’s increasing coordination with international humanitarian agencies, IDF soldiers in Gaza have been told to exercise extreme sensitivity to t
What are Egypt and Hamas talking about? 2009-01-14 02:55:17 Israel wants Egypt
to guarantee that it will implement some mechanism that stops weapons smuggling into Gaza. If they do this, Hamas
will not be getting any more weapons, and that means a totally different Hamas over time than what we’re used to.
Can Hamas survive without a constant supply of weaponry? Will it focus [...]
Salaries to Hamas men paid at Gaza’s Shifa Hospital 2009-01-12 03:56:51 Internal security minister and former Shin Bet secret service head Avi Dichter had some interesting things to say Monday morning on Army Radio about Hamas
in Gaza.
Regarding Israeli intelligence reports that the Hamas leadership has taken refuge in Gaza’s Shifa Hospital:
“Shifa Hospital has long ago ceased to be just a hospital, just as the UNRWA [...] Read more:Salaries
IDF denies firing on UN aid convoy at Erez Crossing 2009-01-10 10:38:50 The IDF was not responsible for the death of a Palestinian aid worker contracted to the UN and the wounding of two others last Thursday, the IDF Spokesperson said Saturday.
“An IDF investigation has found that it was not the army who fired on a UN truck at the Erez Crossing
,” the Spokesperson’s office said. The [...] Read more:firing
Treading water and dying in Gaza 2009-01-09 10:39:44 Day 14
The Israeli cabinet has decided to keep the forces inside Gaza but not to approve a wider, stronger attack against Hamas.
I fear this is the worst possible decision. It is a decision not to decide.
The current force inside Gaza has moved from a posture of aggressive forward movement and attacking Hamas in [...] Read more:water
Who fired at a UN convoy? 2009-01-08 11:17:56 Who killed the Palestinian driver of an aid truck and wounded two others as their convoy made its way into the Gaza Strip through the Erez crossing during Thursday’s “humanitarian cease-fire?”
According to the foreign media, who based their information on UN sources, IDF tank shells blasted the truck. According to the Magen David Adom medic [...]
Go in hard or get out quick 2009-01-08 05:33:08 Day 13
It is getting harder to shake the feeling that the government and army have been feeding the media a problematic line of information.
We were told repeatedly over the past week that the IAF has managed to severely disrupt the Hamas military wing command-and-control apparatus, and that Hamas commanders on the ground [mostly under [...]
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