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MasterOfPuppets
07-31-2010, 01:55 AM
here we go again...


GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli warplanes fired missiles at five targets across Gaza, killing a senior commander of the Hamas military wing and wounding 11 people, the group said Saturday.

The Israeli military confirmed the air strikes and said they came in response to a rocket attack from Gaza on the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon on Friday. The attack on Ashkelon caused damage but no injuries.

The cross-border violence came after weeks of relative calm and raised concerns of further escalation.

Hamas' military wing, Izzedine al-Qassam, said it would retaliate for the killing of Issa Batran, 42. It identified Batran as a commander of the military wing in central Gaza and a senior rocket maker.
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ricardisimo
08-01-2010, 02:35 AM
I'm sure this time will be different. It's all gonna work out just fine now. You'll see...

Mach1
08-01-2010, 12:35 PM
God forbid they blow up a TERRORIST.

st33lersguy
08-01-2010, 04:29 PM
I'm glad Israel is showing everybody it will not get pushed around

The Patriot
08-01-2010, 04:57 PM
This would be like the US bombing the Pakistan government after the New York car bomber.

JonM229
08-01-2010, 11:08 PM
Israel goes after terrorists in Palestine and elsewhere. Hamas, Hezbollah, etc. target Israeli civilians. Israel is portrayed as the bad guy.


This doesn't make sense.

ricardisimo
08-01-2010, 11:51 PM
Israel goes after terrorists in Palestine and elsewhere. Hamas, Hezbollah, etc. target Israeli civilians. Israel is portrayed as the bad guy.


This doesn't make sense.

If you look at the actual casualty figures (http://www.btselem.org/english/statistics/casualties.asp), and specifically the number of Israeli civilians killed by Palestinians (or by Hezbollah) versus Palestinians and Lebanese civilians killed by the IDF, then its astounding that anyone views Israel with sympathetic eyes. What is it, something like 10:1?

Those numbers are from Israelis, by the way, not Palestinians, not the US, not Europe.

SteelerEmpire
08-03-2010, 11:09 AM
Well, those two are at war... what do you expect ? BANG !

urgle burgle
08-03-2010, 09:36 PM
If you look at the actual casualty figures (http://www.btselem.org/english/statistics/casualties.asp), and specifically the number of Israeli civilians killed by Palestinians (or by Hezbollah) versus Palestinians and Lebanese civilians killed by the IDF, then its astounding that anyone views Israel with sympathetic eyes. What is it, something like 10:1?


Those numbers are from Israelis, by the way, not Palestinians, not the US, not Europe.

course the figures for okinawa in ww2 were close to that ratio. not to mention the bombings on the japanese homeland. but that does happen in war. especially if both sides have declared war on one another. course this is just another time and place, i suppose.....and other stuff