A Terrible Storm coming from the North!
Latest in a Nutshell on Gaza Strip and Israel
From a MULTIPLICITY of Excerpted News Sources
January 8, 2009
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Do not be surprised if the current conflict in the Gaza Strip, after all the shouting and screaming, eventually on down the line leads to the calm before the storm known as “Peace and safety” in II Thessalonians 5:3,4. Middle East events over the last two years appear to be leading to a well-planned conspiracy which will finally culminate in a brief calm before a terrible storm comes on Israel from
the north. I believe that storm will suddenly roar south at some point in time between 2010 and 2015.
I Thessalonians 5:3,4 – For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. [4] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Ezekiel 38:8,9 – After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. [9] Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
All Excerpts from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/ Daily Alert
January 8, 2009
Excerpt 1 from New York Times
Rockets Fired from Lebanon into Israel’s North
Steven Erlanger
At least three rockets were fired into the north of Israel from Lebanon on Thursday, wounding two Israelis near the town of Nahariya. The Israeli Army said it “responded with fire against the source of the rockets.” (New York Times)
Excerpt 2 from Jerusalem Post
Rockets Believed Fired by Palestinians, Not Hizbullah
Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
Hamas Pulling Back into Crowded Cities
Griff Witte
Rather than stand and fight, Hamas has opted for a tactical withdrawal, with its fighters melting away into Gaza’s sprawling cities and refugee camps. “They’re hitting here and there with antitank missiles and mortars. Overall, though, they’re not confronting the Israeli presence in Gaza,” said former chief of staff retired Gen. Amnon Lipkin-Shahak. Until now, Israeli casualties have been lighter than expected. Six Israeli soldiers have died in five days of ground operations, although only two were killed by Palestinians.
The four others died as a result of “friendly fire” incidents.
For the time being, military commanders have ordered ground troops to tighten their grip on less-populated areas that had long been used for launching rockets, while Israeli warplanes and helicopters continue to pound suspected hideouts from the air.
For Hamas, the objective is to survive and to show the world that it continues to engage by firing rockets into southern Israel.
“Whatever the outcome, they’re going to say, ‘We won.’ They’re going to say, ‘We were attacked by a vastly superior force, and the rockets kept coming,'” said Martin van Creveld, professor emeritus of military history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Washington Post)
Excerpt 3 from UK Times
Hamas Army Hides Among Gaza Civilians
Azmi Keshawi
Abu Jundal, a Hamas platoon commander, stands on a Gaza City street, unarmed and wearing civilian clothes. “We work in shifts, one day on, one day off, so we do not get exhausted,” he said. His was one of three platoons operating in this sector of the northern Gaza Strip. He said that his unit had not yet seen close-quarters combat, having used only rocket grenades, landmines and mortars against the Israelis. (Times-UK)
Excerpts 4 & 5 from YNet News
Israeli Cabinet: Gaza Operation to Continue
Roni Sofer
Israel’s National Security Cabinet voted Wednesday in favor of continuing IDF military operation in Gaza in light of ongoing Palestinian rocket fire. Israel has not yet accepted the Egyptian-French ceasefire initiative, but is conducting a dialogue with
Egypt in order to advance the issue. (Ynet News)
Hamas in Deep Distress
Hanan Greenberg
Israeli defense officials believe that Hamas is in deep distress. None of the Hamas administrators has an
office from which to work, while its military infrastructure has been damaged extensively.
However, their rocket capabilities still exist.
(Ynet News)
Excerpt 6 from Haaretz
Hamas’ Armed Wing Seen Ignoring Cease-Fire Deal
Amos Harel
Israeli defense sources say that Hamas’ military wing wants to continue fighting despite its heavy losses and will not agree to a cease-fire.
Israel can identify some 290 Palestinian casualties by name so far.
Some 200 of them are known operatives in terror groups or others involved in the fighting.
(Ha’aretz)
Excerpt 7 from Jerusalem Post
Hamas Will Not Agree to Stop Weapons Smuggling in Cease-Fire Deal
Yaakov Katz
Hamas will not agree to stop smuggling weaponry into Gaza under a new cease-fire with Israel, and the deployment of U.S. military engineers along the Gaza-Egypt border will likely be incapable of stopping them, Israeli defense officials say. (Jerusalem Post)
Excerpts 8, 9, & 10 from Haaretz
IDF Officer Killed in Gaza Battle with Hamas
IDF Major Roi Rosner, 27, was killed and several soldiers wounded on Thursday near the former settlement of Netzarim in Gaza. (Ha’aretz)
25 Palestinian Rockets Strike Israel Wednesday
Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday fired 25 rockets into Israel. Buildings were damaged in Beersheba and Ashkelon.
Rockets also struck Sderot, Ofakim, Netivot, and Kiryat Malachi. (Ha’aretz)
Israeli security forces on Thursday shot and killed a Palestinian terrorist trying to blow up a gas station in Mishur Adumim near Jerusalem. (Ha’aretz)
Excerpt 11 from New Republic
No Reprieve for Hamas
Martin Peretz
Israel is gradually crippling Hamas by killing its armed men and demolishing its arms caches
and tunnels.
The IDF can ill afford to stop the fighting when a reprieve would permit Hamas to start with its missilery again.
It is true that most Palestinians aspire to statehood, and Israel as a whole longs for the Palestinians’ statehood, too. But the fact is that, fragmented as the Palestinian will is, prone to violence as its political culture is, peace will not be an axiomatic consequence of independence. (New Republic)
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