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=== News Update ===
Hamas Kills 9 Israeli Troops, Captures 2 in Gaza Op.
Hanan Awarekeh Readers Number : 849
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04/01/2009 After a week of the "Operation Cast Lead" against Gaza,
Israeli occupation army started on Saturday evening a ground military
operation into the coastal strip in order to destroy the Hamas
infrastructure in the area of operations.
And as it has vowed, the Palestinian resistance was waiting for the
occupation soldiers to foil their aggression, killing nine of them
and wounding dozens others, according to Ezz-eddine Al-Qassam
Brigades, Hamas military wing. Hamas resistance fighters also said
that they have destroyed an Israeli Merkava with bomb B-29.
Hamas also said it had captured two Israeli soldiers, an event which
would highlight the political risk domestically for Israel of sending
its troops into Gaza. A spokesman for Hamas' armed wing said Israeli
troops faced certain death or capture. "The Zionist enemy must know
his battle in Gaza is a losing one," spokesman Abu Ubaida said.
Israeli defense officials said that top commanders were split over
whether to send in ground forces because such an operation could lead
to heavy casualties. Israeli occupation army admitted the killing of
one of its soldiers, adding that 30 others were wounded, two of them seriously.
On Sunday, Israeli occupation troops pushed deeper into Gaza and
clashed in fierce battles with Hamas resistance fighters. Explosions
shook the northern Gaza Strip and thick black smoke billowed skywards
as fighting raged in the largest Israeli military operation since the
2006 war in Lebanon. A Palestinian resistance spokesman said the
Israel is intensifying its shelling in the Strip to cover its harsh
defeat there.
Infantry and tanks were operating in Netzarim, just three kilometers
(nearly two miles) south of Gaza City, the main population centre of
the densely populated territory, witnesses said. Heavy fighting was
also reported north of Gaza City and outside the northern towns of
Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanun and Jabaliya.
The ground invasion followed a week of intense air and naval
bombardment unleashed on the Gaza Strip on December 27. "Operation
Cast Lead" had killed at least 480 Palestinians, including 80
children, and wounded more than 2,300 others before the ground troops
rolled in, according to Gaza medics.
Large numbers of Israeli occupation forces are taking part in this
stage of the operation including infantry, tanks, engineering forces,
artillery and intelligence with the support of the Israel Air Force,
Israel navy, the Shin Bet security service and other security
agencies. The Israeli cabinet has also authorized an emergency call
up of tens of thousands of occupation reservists.
Ahead of an Israeli cabinet meeting on Sunday, Israeli Defense
Minister Ehud Barak told reporters that Israel will expand and
intensify its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip "as much as
necessary." "This operation won't be easy and won't be simple," he
said. "The operation will be expanded and intensified as much as
necessary. War is not a picnic."
On Saturday morning, Israeli Radio quoted a spokesman for the Hamas
military wing as saying it had repelled an attempt by Israeli
occupation soldiers to infiltrate the Shajaiyeh section of Gaza City.
Hamas said that its resistance fighters detected the soldiers and
fired six mortar shells. Hamas said the occupation soldiers
reportedly opened fire and then returned to the occupied territory.
source:
http://www.almanar.com.lb/NewsSite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=69127&language=en
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