IDF Troops Invade Southern Gaza, Sderot Rocket Blitz and Other Overnight War News …

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Ground Troops Enter Gaza, Strip Shelled With Artillery

IDF tanks assembled at the entrance to Gaza

Troops Take Control of Airport, Open Areas East of Rafah

IDF tanks and troops rolled into southern Gaza before dawn Wednesday, encountering little resistance from Palestinians, in a bid to pressure Palestinian militants into releasing an Israel Defense Forces soldier seized Sunday in an attack on a military position near the Gaza border.

The operation, dubbed “Summer Rain,” was launched after two days of failed mediation over the release of Shalit. Defense sources told Army Radio on Wednesday morning that the Gaza incursion is the first stage of the operation. read more

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Rude Awakening to a Reality Ignored …

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Israel’s Rude Awakening, By Caroline Glick

It is painful to watch Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni try to contend with the terrible outcome of the Palestinian terror strike against the IDF on Sunday morning.

They use so many fancy and angry words. They sound so resolute. And yet, they have nothing useful to say. Two soldiers are dead, a third is now the prisoner of jihadist killers, seven are wounded, an IDF border post has been overrun, and a world view and a security doctrine have been blown to smithereens. read more

Outposts are NOT Illegal or, Government Kept Even Towns Inside “Green-line” in Limbo for Decades …

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Report Shows: Outposts are Not Illegal

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As the gov’t prepares to destroy what it calls “unauthorized” outposts, the Shomron Regional Council presents evidence that the outposts are no more “unauthorized” than many other Israeli towns.

… The State Comptroller’s report of 2005 and many other sources, shows that the outposts were built in the same manner as many towns in Israel over the years.

… A 1999 Knesset speech by then-MK Ariel Sharon explaining the rationale governing the construction of the outposts. Ironically, it was Sharon, as Prime Minister, who later asked for and accepted Sasson’s report against the outposts. read more

Denying Regular Egged Transportation: Another Systematic Prong in Regime’s Efforts to Isolate Yehuda, Shomron Towns?

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MK Ariel: Increase Public Transportation in Judea and Samaria

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In the wake of recent events, including the suspected kidnapping of a youth from Itamar on Sunday, Knesset Member Uri Ariel (National Union-NRP) has called upon the defense minister and the transportation minister to increase public transportation in Judea and Samaria.

“As you know,” MK Ariel explained, “there are warnings of attempts to kidnap civilians. The order not to hitchhike is a command that the public cannot bear, as public transportation is very infrequent (in many communities, a bus comes only twice a day).” In any event, MK Ariel promised to work to make the Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria aware of the dangers in hitchhiking, in the hope of limiting the phenomenon. read more

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Another Kidnapping? Gaza Bridges Bombed, Sderot/Negev Blitz Continue and Other Tuesday Night/Wednesday War News …

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Concerns Mount Over [2nd] Kidnapping Report

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Talks on Recovering Israeli Hostage Fail: TV

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Egyptian- and French-led efforts to negotiate for the release of an Israeli soldier abducted by Palestinian gunmen in the Gaza Strip have failed, Israeli television reported on Tuesday.

Quoting a source close to the mediators, Channel Two said there was “zero chance” of recovering Corporal Gilad Shalit through talks, bringing closer the prospect of a major Israeli military sweep of Gaza. read more

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Parsha Chukas: Tefillot for Rectification of Chait, Unity and Rachel Imeinu

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Parsha Chukas: Tefillot for Rectification of Chait, Unity and Rachel Imeinu

By Moshe Burt

The placement in Torah of our Parsha Chukat and the Parah Adumah raises questions as to why the Parah Adumah and it’s Halachot are mentioned here in our Parsha; only after Korach’s rebellion and after the continued murmuring of the Am against Moshe Rabbeinu, and after the plague which killed thousands only ending with Aaron’s carrying an incense pan amongst the people (upon Moshe’s instruction), and after the story of the rods. read more

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When Does a Regime Admit Their Castastrophic Failure?

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Death of the Concept, by Meir Eindor

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What else has to happen before the architects of this catastrophe admit their failure?

The entire new concept of security, based on the notion that Israel should dig in and realign itself behind a fortified wall, crumbled at Kerem Shalom. Once and for all it was proven that there is no substitute for a strong IDF presence in areas where terrorists organize.

The evacuated area has been filled with dozens of sub-groups of terror organizations, and hundreds of armed cells receive weapons, some from “official” sources, some (mostly anti-tank weapons) which move freely across the Philadelphi Route – an additional Israeli mistake which was given over to Palestinian and Egyptian supervision. read more

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Just Who Planned, Trained and Sent These Murderers to Kerem Shalom Anyway? Military Response?

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Fatah: Hamas Sent the Terrorists to Kerem Shalom

These very peculiar changes and evolvement in headlines and reports are worth noting;

Al Hayat: Abu Samhadana Planned Kerem Shalom Attack

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The London-based Arabic newspaper Al Hayat reported Monday that the attack on IDF forces near Kerem Shalom on Sunday, in which two IDF soldiers were killed and a third kidnapped, had been planned by Popular Resistance Committees leader Jamal Abu Samhadana. Samhadana was killed on June 9 in an IAF air strike. read more

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Events In and Near Gaza and Other War News …

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Naval Closure Placed on Gaza

Navy orders shutdown on Gaza, will increase forces, to prevent possibility that kidnapped soldier will be smuggled out via sea

IDF Does Not Know Location of Kidnapped Soldier

Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades Claim Non-Conventional Weapons

Fatah’s Al-Aksa Martyrs’ Brigades Terror Group: ‘New Weapons’

‘Army of God’ Vows More ‘Quality’ Terror Attacks

Security Guard Shoots at Car at Atarot Checkpoint

Rocks Thrown at Israeli Vehicle, No Injuries read more

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IDF Soldier Missing, Reported Kidnapped, 2 Soldiers Dead in Attack on IDF Base by Hamas and Other Armed Palestinian Groups …

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Hamas Withholding Information on Kidnapped Soldier

2 Soldiers Killed, 4 Wounded in Attack

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Two IDF troops were killed and one reported kidnapped on Sunday when Palestinians attacked a military post and two vehicles in an operation that touched off a gunbattle with soldiers that also left four IDF troops hurt and four gunmen dead.

IDF ground troops entered the Gaza Strip after the Palestinian operatives infiltrated southern Israel via a 100-meter-long, nine-meter-deep tunnel that had been dug, the army assessed, over the past week. read more