COPY of pre-blog email (as in ‘About’).:
Further to last weekend’s news below, rather than have the Israel Defence Force massively attack Gaza once again, a very muddle-minded ‘ceasefire’ has been decided upon.
The opening paras of a detailed Debka report state,
“…Hamas and the Jihad Islami agreed to desist from attacking Ashdod, Beersheba, Ofakim and Netivot, Palmachim and Kiryat Gat, the towns at the outer edge of their range, but permitted to keep up their regular mortar and missile fusillade against the communities abutting on the Gaza Strip.The IDF agreed to suspend its counter-actions by land, air and sea. Although 17 Hamas commanders had been killed in those 48 hours, Israeli strikes had left intact the Islamists’ capabilities for expanding their attacks as far as Israel’s heartland around Tel Aviv any time they saw fit – as they have done so many times in the past.The communities not covered by the deal would have to keep on dodging between bomb shelters instead of living normal lives….” [see http://www.debka.com/article/20834/ ]
This comes after non-stop Palestinian missile and mortar attacks from Gaza throughout March, the butchery of 3 young children and parents, a bomb in Jerusalem, and Russia-sourced missile attack upon a school bus, together with various defensive actions by Israel.
The IDF actions were particularly aimed at preventing terrorist assaults over Passover (19 April) and there’s wisdom in not making a full military assault in view of the preparations for this holy period. Even so, from the broader perspective of Israel’s international relations it will be interesting to note if anything significant happens on that date…
Let’s continue to ‘keep watch’
Richard
From: Richard Barker
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 8:06 AM
Subject: MASSIVE BLITZ OVERNIGHT ON SOUTHERN ISRAEL
I believe friends concerned for Israel should know right away about this savage air attack at midnight, our time:
by internet news:
early morning analysis from ‘where the media stops’:
Please be free to circulate accordingly
Richard
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