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In reply to the discussion: Congratulations, Hamas. [View all]shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)46. None of which were fired by Hamas
or cited as the reason that Israel went to war.
From Reuters, in April:-
GAZA (Reuters) Seven rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel during the Jewish Passover holiday on Monday, drawing retaliatory air strikes from the Israeli army, officials said, the first cross-border clash in several weeks.
Israels army said its strikes hit two training camps run by Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group that controls Gaza. Medical sources there said two Hamas militants were lightly wounded.
Hamas has largely maintained a truce with Israel since a brief war in late 2012, but it has sometimes struggled to rein in smaller armed Islamist factions hostile to Israel.
There was no claim of responsibility for the latest rocket salvo from any of those factions, who are opposed to troubled peace talks between their Palestinian rivals in the occupied West Bank and Israel.
Two of the projectiles from Gaza exploded in the southern Israeli border community of Sderot in a road and an open area, Israeli police said. There were no reports of any injuries.
Israel holds Hamas responsible for any rocket fire from the Strip and routinely retaliates against it.
Israels army said its strikes hit two training camps run by Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group that controls Gaza. Medical sources there said two Hamas militants were lightly wounded.
Hamas has largely maintained a truce with Israel since a brief war in late 2012, but it has sometimes struggled to rein in smaller armed Islamist factions hostile to Israel.
There was no claim of responsibility for the latest rocket salvo from any of those factions, who are opposed to troubled peace talks between their Palestinian rivals in the occupied West Bank and Israel.
Two of the projectiles from Gaza exploded in the southern Israeli border community of Sderot in a road and an open area, Israeli police said. There were no reports of any injuries.
Israel holds Hamas responsible for any rocket fire from the Strip and routinely retaliates against it.
Israel for its part killed fifteen civilians in the West Bank alone, including two teens that were shot in cold blood in Beitunia in May as CNN cameras looked on:-
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with all due respect exactly what has Israel 'lost' here, what has Hamas 'won'?
azurnoir
Aug 2014
#17
Likud v. HAmas will only move into a cold war stage, waiting for the next hot war between the ...
MohRokTah
Aug 2014
#3
It used to be easier to defend Israel's oppression of the Palestinians. Now that the world
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#56
Hamas did not win. US policy, as far as I can tell, has not changed one iota.
lovemydog
Aug 2014
#16
This represents a very fundamental misunderstanding of the situation, I am afraid.
Spider Jerusalem
Aug 2014
#24
Israel does lie. And the innocent victims are Palestinian civilians and children.
DanTex
Aug 2014
#51
I see, they should visibly travel in open areas and get bombed. Even Hamas isn't that stupid
eridani
Aug 2014
#86
What proportion of those open spaces are occupied by the IDF, part of the new
stranger81
Aug 2014
#87
I am afraid no good answers....although all side making peace would be nice..
EX500rider
Aug 2014
#92
I ask this question because I've been trying to find the answer myself for some time,
stranger81
Aug 2014
#93
I would venture to say that the innocent Palestinian people have gained support
justiceischeap
Aug 2014
#64
Hamas had not fired rockets for 19 months. And it was 3 teens that Hamas DIDN'T kill that gave
magical thyme
Aug 2014
#57
The Palestinians shouldn't fight back, ever, just lay there and take it.
The Straight Story
Aug 2014
#60
Just finished watching Blitzer's interview of Moshe Feiglin, Deputy Speaker in the Knesset
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2014
#81
He kept asking the guy to own up to his previous statements about shipping Gazans off to the Sinai
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2014
#94