Archive for November 19, 2012

Turkey’s PM Erdogan claims Israel is ‘terrorist state’

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, is scheduled to travel to Gaza with a group of foreign ministers from the Arab League.

By REUTERS

 

ISTANBUL – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan described Israel on Monday as a “terrorist state” in carrying out its bombardment of Gaza, underlining hostility for Ankara’s former ally since relations between them collapsed in 2010.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan – Photo: REUTERS/Umit Bektas

His comments came after nearly a week of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel and Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip. An Israeli missile killed at least 11 Palestinian civilians including four children in Gaza on Sunday.

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Lebanon Army defuses Grads found & aimed at Israel – Syrian gunfire on Israel border

Lebanese security forces discovered rockets positioned just four km from border, set to fire as act of solidarity with Gazans

By Roi Kais & Yoav Zitun

 

Lebanese security forces on Monday discovered two Grad rockets that were aimed at Israel in the southern region of Mazraat Halta, the official Daily Star news agency reported.

Photo: Avihu Shapira

A source told the agency that the rockets, which were found just four kilometers from the Israeli border, were defused by security forces. He said the rockets could reach seven kilometers into Israel if launched in full power.

Security sources hinted that those who placed the rockets may have been planning to launch them toward Israel as an act of solidarity with the residents of Gaza. Continue Reading »

IDF Takes Control of Hamas TV Programming

IDF took over operational control of Hamas TV “to broadcast warnings” to its viewers on the 6th day of Pillar of Defense.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

The Israeli army on Monday took over programming at a Gaza-based Hamas television station “to broadcast warnings” on the sixth day of Operation Pillar of Defense.

PMW Feature Hamas TV

PMW Feature Hamas TV – PMW Screenshot

Al-Aqsa television, the official station of Gaza’s Hamas regime, said in a statement the Israeli army “is interfering with Al-Aqsa TV,” with the picture going on and off for several hours and sometimes appearing scrambled, according to AFP.

“We took over the Hamas television to broadcast warnings,” a military spokeswoman said, indicating the takeover would probably last for a number of hours. Continue Reading »

Under fire from Hamas Israel sends humanitarian aid & basic goods to Gaza

The NGO, ‘Legal Forum for the Land of Israel’ calls for closing the Kerem Shalom crossing during the conflict: “It is obvious to everyone that food and medical supplies won’t be used just for the civilian population in Gaza because, first and foremost, it will go to the heads of Hamas.”

By Edna Adato & Lilach Shoval

 

 

Israel allowed the resumption of humanitarian aid and basic goods transfer to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, through the sole cargo terminal at the Kerem Shalom crossing on the Israel-Gaza border.

A Palestinian girl stands next to humanitarian supplies in a refugee camp in Gaza.

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Hamas ‘Goebbels’ photos of injured Syrians for propaganda

“One can expect little else from an organization that prides itself on lies. Deception is [Hamas’s] way of life.” Jewish Agency social media expert says the truth is “often the first casualty in these situations.”

Hamas has posted photographs from other conflicts on social media in recent days, claiming they are victims of Israeli actions in Gaza.

On Thursday, the Izzadin Kassam tweeted a photograph of a weeping father with his dead, bloody child in his arms, while doctors look on.

Other conflicts on social media

Other conflicts on social media – Photo: Facebook

Soon after, Twitter followers pointed out that the photo was taken at the Dar al-Shifa Hospital in Aleppo, Syria, and originally came from a slideshow on The Guardian website. Continue Reading »

Gaza soccer stadium bombed, weapons cache hit

IDF says multiple weapons hidden under grass in Gaza Strip stadium, where long-range rockets were fired from

By Yoav Zitun

 

IAF aircraft bombed the Gaza Strip’s soccer stadium on Sunday night, after long-range rockets were fired from the site towards Israel. The facility also served as a weapons cache, the IDF said.

Hamas PM at stadium (Archive photo: AP)

Hamas PM at stadium – Photo: AP

The IDF said over 80 targets were attacked in the Strip overnight, including hidden launchers, tunnels and training camps. Great damage was caused to the terror organizations’ weapons depositories.

Amongst targets was an underground launching site, from which rockets were fired on the southern city of Kiryat Malachi Sunday night. Continue Reading »

Israel Gives Hamas a 36-Hr Ultimatum: Stop, Or Else!

Diplomatic message to Morsi: Hamas terrorism must cease by Tuesday evening or Ground Incursion is on

By Gil Ronen

 

Israel has delivered an ultimatum to Hamas through Egypt, according to which the IDF will widen its offensive in Gaza in 36 hours unless Hamas ceases firing rockets and smuggling arms into Gaza, IDF Radio reported Monday morning.

Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz told the station that the time left before Israel steps up its attack can be measured in “hours, not days.”

“We are at a junction,” he said. “Either we go toward a calm or toward a meaningful widening of the operation… including a possible move to achieve complete military decision.” Continue Reading »

Rockets begin again in southern Israel after quiet night

Terrorists in Gaza fire 7 rockets at Israel after no attacks through the night

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 9 during the night

Police station in Gaza City targeted

By YAAKOV LAPPIN, BEN HARTMAN, , JPOST.COM STAFF

Terrorists in the Gaza strip renewed their fire Monday morning after a relatively quiet night on the Israeli front, setting off the red alerts in southern towns. A total of seven rockets landed in open fields outside Eshkol and Sha’ar Hanegev, causing no injuries or damage, Army Radio reported.

IAF strikes in Gaza

IAF strikes in Gaza – Photo: REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

Israeli strikes in Gaza killed nine people overnight Sunday, Palestinian sources reported.

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Sen. McCain: Without Iron Dome, Israel would already be in Gaza

US diplomats support Israel’s right to defend itself, but stress need for negotiations: ‘No one wants ground war’

Yitzhak Benhorin

 

The Iron Dome anti-missile system has successfully intercepted most of the rockets fired at Israel since the beginning of Operation Pillar of Defense. The Interception rate was a source of pride for man US politicians, seeing as the United States contributed an estimated $300 million for the development of the system.

Iron Dome – Photo: AFP

Israel’s ambassador to Washington Michael Oren and Israeli diplomats have expressed Israel’s gratitude to the US’s financial aid on various occasions in recent days. Continue Reading »

Found: Unexploded Rocket on Roof of Building

Apparently, the rocket had become fused with the tar on the roof, and defusing it would have required excessively moving it, which could have caused the missile to explode.

By David Lev

 

A resident of Ashdod on Sunday may have saved many lives – when he found an unexploded rocket on the roof of his apartment building.

An Israeli soldier holds the remains of a rocket fired from the Gaza

An Israeli soldier holds the remains of a rocket fired from the Gaza – AFP photo

During the five days of Operation Pillar of Defense, hundreds of rockets have been fired at Israel by Gaza Arab terrorists. The Iron Dome missile interception system has had an excellent record so far of intercepting Hamas rockets that are aimed at residential areas. Continue Reading »

Hasan Nasrallah: Ground operation would be mistake for Israel

Hassan Nasrallah: “I think that the Israelis would be engaging in a folly and making a very big mistake if they decide to launch a ground military operation against Gaza,”

By The Daily Star

 

BEIRUT: Hamas has the capacity to engage militarily in a ground operation with Israel, should the Jewish State decide to launch one, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said over the weekend.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah speaks on a TV screen during a ceremony in Beirut's southern suburbs, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (The Daily Star/Hasan Shaaban)

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah speaks on a TV screen during a ceremony in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. – The Daily Star/Hasan Shaaban

“I affirm to you that even in a ground operation by Israel, the resistance in Gaza, thank God, has sufficient capabilities, will and plans which were formulated after the 2008 war to fill in gaps, [to face Israel],” Nasrallah said Saturday during a televised speech on the third day of Ashura.

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Obama on Ground Assault: “fully supportive of Israel’s right to defend itself”

Although, President Obama appeared to leave the decision to Israel, Britain warned Israel against a ground incursion into Gaza.

By David Lev

 

Britain warned Israel Sunday against launching a ground operation in Gaza, but the United States appeared to leave the decision to Israel.

Barack Obama

Barack Obama – White House

On a visit to the Far East, President Barack H. Obama said that the U.S. is, and will remain, “fully supportive of Israel’s right to defend itself.”

“There is no country in the world that would be prepared to tolerate” the rain of missiles on its citizens that Israel is, and the U.S. Continue Reading »

GOTCHA! IDF takes out Hamas’s rocket chief

Hamas reports: Strike that targeted Yahiya Abiya also killed 11 civilians, raising death toll to at least 60, with hundreds wounded.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

The Iron Dome intercepted two long-range rockets fired at Tel Aviv on Sunday evening. No injuries or damage was reported, police say.

Hamas claimed responsibility for firing at the city.

It was the second strike on Israel’s commercial capital on Sunday. In the earlier attack, one person was hurt by falling debris from a rocket that was intercepted south of the city.

Smoke rises after an IAF strike in Gaza [file] – Photo: REUTERS


On Sunday afternoon, the IDF assassinated the head of Hamas’s rocket program, Yahiya Abiya in an airstrike. Continue Reading »

Hamas videos: Tel Aviv hit by missile & jet downed

Terror group releases fake videos allegedly documenting Fajr-5 missile targeting TA & Israel Air Force jet hit, in attempt to demonstrate effectiveness.

By Elior Levy

 

Following the assassination of Hamas military chief Ahmed Al-Jabari, Palestinian factions in Gaza have threatened to “burn down Israeli towns.” Indeed, Israel’s south has been subjected to ceaseless rocket attacks in recent days – but a video allegedly documenting the launch of a Fajr-5 missile toward Tel Aviv turned out to be false.

Launched toward TA? – From Hamas clip

Hamas’ military wing is trying to prove, mainly to Gazans, that it possesses the capability to launch long-range rockets. Continue Reading »

Cries From Turkey: ‘Rocket Attacks Pointless’

Turkish Islamic scholar urges Gaza terrorist groups on his television show to stop the rocket fire.

Also message of Peace from Turkish TV, hosted by Aylin Kocaman.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

Turkish Islamic scholar Adnan Oktar is urging Gaza terrorist groups on his A9TV satellite television talk show to stop the rocket fire and instead focus on calling for the Messiah.

Islamic scholar Adnan Oktar

Islamic scholar Adnan Oktar
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Oktar, based in Istanbul, is known for hosting colleagues of various other faiths, including numerous rabbis from Israel, Europe and the United States. He is active in interfaith affairs and has studied Judaic and Christian texts in addition to those of his own Muslim faith, a point for which radical Islamists have often vilified him — and sometimes even threatened him — around the world. Continue Reading »