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    Missiles Fired at Tel Aviv

    Palestinian militants have targeted Israel's commercial capital Tel Aviv with missiles fired from the Gaza Strip amid escalating violence in the region.

    Residents took cover after air raid sirens alerted them to a missile threat for the first time there since 1991.

    One missile landed in an uninhabited area while at least one more is thought to have landed in the sea off the city.

    Meanwhile, Israel's defence minister has authorised the call-up of 30,000 reservists.

    The BBC's Richard Galpin, in Jerusalem, says speculation is mounting that the Israeli army is preparing to launch a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20349280

    The drums are getting louder....

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    Bets on when the ME collapses into all-out warfare?

    I say 2014.

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    Hezbollah is calling for an oil embargo.. and everyone else blames Hamas.

    http://www.nationalreview.com/corner...jamin-weinthal#

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    Cool

    Granny says, "Looks like Israel gonna have to give Hamas another spankin'...

    Hamas targets Tel Aviv as part of rocket barrage
    Nov 15,`12 -- Palestinian militants targeted densely populated Tel Aviv in Israel's heartland with rockets for the first time Thursday, part of an unprecedented barrage that threatened to provoke an Israeli ground assault on Gaza. Three Israelis were killed.
    Air raid sirens wailed and panicked residents ran for cover in Tel Aviv, Israel's commercial and cultural capital. Israel responded by moving troops and heavy weapons toward Gaza and authorizing the call-up of tens of thousands of reservists. There was no word on where the two rockets aimed at Tel Aviv landed, raising the possibility they fell into the Mediterranean. A third rocket landed in an open area on the southern outskirts of Tel Aviv.

    The fighting, the heaviest in four years, came after Israel launched a ferocious air assault Wednesday to stop repeated rocket fire from Gaza. The powerful Hamas military chief was killed in that strike, and another 18 Palestinians have died over two days, including five children. Some 100 Palestinians have been wounded. Israeli warplanes struck dozens of Hamas-linked targets in Gaza on Thursday, sending loud booms echoing across the narrow Mediterranean coastal strip at regular intervals, followed by gray columns of smoke. After nightfall, several explosions shook Gaza City several minutes apart, a sign the strikes were not letting up, and the military said the targets were about 70 underground rocket-launching sites.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the army was hitting Hamas hard with what he called surgical strikes, and warned of a "significant widening" of the Gaza operation. Israel will "continue to take whatever action is necessary to defend our people," said Netanyahu, who is up for re-election in January. There were mounting signs of a ground operation. At least 12 trucks were seen transporting tanks and armored personnel carriers toward Gaza late Thursday, and a number of buses carrying soldiers arrived. Israeli TV stations said a Gaza incursion was expected on Friday, though military officials said no decision had been made.

    Defense Minister Ehud Barak said he authorized the call-up of reservists, and the army said up to 30,000 additional troops could be drafted. "We will continue the attacks and we will increase the attacks, and I believe we will obtain our objectives," said Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, Israel's military chief.

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    Analysis: Israeli Gaza offensive looks to be brief
    Nov 15,`12 -- The major operation Israel launched to stop Gaza rocket fire bears some striking similarities to a punishing three-week campaign it unleashed against Hamas militants four years ago.
    Both began with a sudden series of airstrikes that caught Hamas off guard, included a threat to invade the coastal strip and came shortly after an American election and before an Israeli one. But the rules of the game have changed. That means Israel is now likely to carry out a briefer, more focused operation. A prolonged offensive appears riskier for Israel this time around. While Israel's missile defense systems are vastly improved, it is also facing a better armed Hamas that has missiles capable of reaching farther than ever into Israel. Also, Hamas has the key backing of the new Islamist government in Egypt, while a jittery Obama administration and a Europe suspicious of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could give the Israelis little room for error.

    Israel military officials say their goal is identical to four years ago - re-establishing its deterrence following a bout of rocket attacks from Gaza into southern Israel, and delivering a crippling blow to Hamas' missile capabilities. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to discuss the strategy with the media, said one of Israel's two major concerns is avoiding large numbers of civilian casualties.

    The last offensive involved a ground invasion of Gaza - something Israeli officials say they are prepared to repeat if necessary. But some 1,400 Palestinians were killed, including hundreds of civilians, sparking war crimes allegations. The other major concern, according to the officials, is preventing a fallout with Egypt that could damage the countries' peace accord. Under former President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt was instrumental in buffering Arab resistance to Israeli operations and it brokered several cease-fires between Israel and Hamas.

    After Israel launched its current offensive Wednesday with more than 50 airstrikes in Gaza, killing Hamas' military commander, Egypt immediately lashed out at Israel, appealed for American invention and recalled its ambassador from Tel Aviv. "That's the major danger. Last time Egypt was with us," said Efraim Inbar, director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Israel's Bar-Ilan University. "The big question is what will happen if we go in (on the ground to Gaza). This will be a major test for Egypt."

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    Quote Originally Posted by GrassrootsConservative View Post
    Bets on when the ME collapses into all-out warfare?

    I say 2014.

    That long?


    I expect things to get a lot more bloody within weeks if you're talking about an Arab/Israeli war.

    The real betting though is when the first nukes will fly.

    Damn, I keep putting off reading "Revelations".......this could be it folks: "Jesus is coming" ...look busy.


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    Hamas want's sympathy from other countries and hopes he looks like the victim. Keep sending rockets into Israel and they will react.

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    Quote Originally Posted by roadmaster View Post
    Hamas want's sympathy from other countries and hopes he looks like the victim. Keep sending rockets into Israel and they will react.
    Gaza is not very big.. about twice the size of Washington DC.. so its a slaughterhouse... There are no bomb shelters. This is very bad because nobody wins really.... just lots of dead people.

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    11-15 pm.. Ive heard Isreal has called up 30,000 military reservists...
    looks like they're getting ready for a ground campaign..
    Egypts new President Morsi will visit Gaza..

    Isreal may become a whirlling derbish in the midst of her enemies...

    May God have mercy on the innocent..

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    Quote Originally Posted by wvtravlr View Post
    11-15 pm.. Ive heard Isreal has called up 30,000 military reservists...
    looks like they're getting ready for a ground campaign..
    Egypts new President Morsi will visit Gaza..

    Isreal may become a whirlling derbish in the midst of her enemies...

    May God have mercy on the innocent..
    Her enemies being tiny Gaza.. that is made up of 70% refugees??


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    Quote Originally Posted by shaarona View Post
    Her enemies being tiny Gaza.. that is made up of 70% refugees??



    Sorry..I dont share your sympathies,,

    If Cuba were to start randomly lobbing missles into Florida...I'd expect Cuba to be obliterated..

    nuff said..

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