Military clash in Gaza unavoidable: Israeli defence official

oberliner

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Sun Dec-21-08 11:24 AM
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Military clash in Gaza unavoidable: Israeli defence official

JERUSALEM (AFP) � A senior Israeli defence official said on Sunday that a military clash in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip was unavoidable as militants again targeted southern Israel with rockets.

Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government was set to weigh during its weekly meeting on Sunday Israel's response to the violence that has spiralled rapidly since Hamas decided not to renew a six-month truce that ended on Friday.

"It is obvious where we are heading in Gaza. The situation is intolerable but clear. The army's considerations are the only thing that is deciding when events will unfold," the defence official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGBZvSmGRmMJLdxr_t1yMh_NLaiA

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bemildred

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Sun Dec-21-08 11:27 AM
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1. Another anonymous loudmouth who thinks things are not bad enough yet. nt

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tekisui

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Sun Dec-21-08 11:39 AM
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2. Not anonymous, according to this article:

Senior officials said after the weekly cabinet meeting that Israel was preparing a "response" to continuing rocket strikes from the besieged Palestinian coastal strip.

"We are preparing our response to the Hamas threat, with the decision yet to be taken on the timing and the scale," Amos Gilad, a senior adviser to Defence Secretary Ehud Barak, told public radio after ministers debated whether to launch a major ground incursion.

"We have to prepare for it carefully, like for a surgical operation," he said.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4695341&mesg_id=4695341

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bemildred

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Sun Dec-21-08 11:45 AM
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3. It appears to me that it says the same thing there.

Certainly there quite a few of them, and not all speak anonymously all the time.

You can sort of estimate how bad the situation is by how incoherent their arguments are.

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