Israel’s Military Demands Decision on Gaza
Full Text of MENL Release;
Israel’s military, encountering fresh Hamas threats, has urged the government not to maintain a limited ground troop presence in the Gaza Strip.
Officials said Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz has demanded that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz either expand the current military operation in the Gaza Strip or order a withdrawal. Halutz, officials said, has argued that a static force in the Gaza Strip would result in Israeli casualties.
“We can’t remain in a stationary position for much longer,” a military
source said. “We’re either inside and fighting or outside the Gaza Strip.”
Report: Israel, Palestinians Close to Shalit Deal
Commentary;
The above headline, coming from an Arab source, should be taken with a few thousand grains of salt. It is only bing reported to re-emphasize the following point; Since when have they EVER kept to even one agreement ever penned, i.e., “in exchange for the IDF halting its operations in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian organizations would apparently agree to stop rocket attacks on Israel.”
Sneh to be Deputy Defense Minister
Excerpt;
“Amid charges that he has mishandled the crisis in the Gaza Strip, Defense Minister Amir Peretz appears poised to receive a deputy with extensive security experience to assist him at the ministry …”
9 Arrested in Counter-Terrorism Operations
Full Text;
IDF soldiers involved in counter-terrorism operations throughout Judea and Samaria during the night apprehended nine suspects, including the terrorists suspected in the kidnapping/murder of 18-year-old Eliyahu Asheri.
Members of the elite Duvdevan unit entered Ramallah, surrounding a police station where Asheri’s captors were holed up. Realizing they would have to surrender after soldiers warned failure to do so would result in the building being destroyed with them inside, the terrorists decided to turn themselves in.
Other arrests were made in Shechem and Bethlehem, where Fatah Tanzim and Islamic Jihad terrorists were taken custody.
Israel Furthers Gaza Offensive, Kassams Fired into Israel
Firebomb Attack Against IDF Soldiers in Jericho
Early Morning Kassam Rocket Attacks
IDF kills Senior Al-Aksa Commander in Jenin
Terrorists Shot and Wounded in Jenin
3 Kassams Land in Western Negev; None Wounded
Troops in Jenin Exchange Fire; Two Gunmen Wounded
Report: IAF Strike Kills Hamas Man in Beit Hanoun
Report: IDF Corners Fugitives in Ramallah Building
Molotov Cocktail Hurled at Israeli Vehicle
Motorist Uninjured in Shooting Attack
Kassam Lands in Western Negev; Causes Forest Fire
Terrorists Fire Kassam at Western Negev
Palestinians Fire on IDF Troops in Nablus
Palestinians Fire on Israeli Car Near Kalkilya
IDF Shelling Causes Kibbutz Walls to Crack
Hamas Member Killed in IAF Strike
IDF Soldier Lightly Wounded in Arrest Operation
IDF Arrest Two Tanzim Suspects Near Ramallah