Israeli forces tightens siege on Gaza City, deploy at Philadelphi to block Hamas' weapons route
DEBKAfile Special Report
January 4, 2009, 4:50 PM (GMT+02:00)
Israeli troops in Gaza
An Israeli soldier was killed Sunday in fighting in the Gaza Strip.
DEBKAfile's military sources report that on the second day of their ground offensive against Hamas, Sunday, Jan 4, Israeli forces have closed their siege encirclement of Gaza City. Thirty Israeli soldiers were injured - one critically, an officer and soldier seriously, the rest moderately and lightly. At least 30 Hamas gunmen were killed in the first thrust of Israeli armored infantry, tanks, engineering, artillery and intelligence units into the enclave after a week of intense airstrikes.
Armored and infantry units are fighting for control of Philadelphi arms smuggling corridor.
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Can the IDF break Hamas' fighting motivation?
DEBKAfile Special Analysis
January 4, 2009, 3:57 PM (GMT+02:00)
Most military pundits agree that the Israel's Gaza operation is nothing like the 2006 Lebanon War. In the broader sense this is true. The differences are undeniable.
Therefore, Israel would be better served borrowing American operational modes for overthrowing Taliban in Kabul in 2001 and ultimately defeating al Qaeda in Iraq rather than looking for differences with the Hizballah model of 2006.
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Israeli forces tightens siege on Gaza City, deploy at Philadelphi to block Hamas' weapons route
DEBKAfile Special Report
January 4, 2009, 4:50 PM (GMT+02:00)
Israeli troops in Gaza
An Israeli soldier was killed Sunday in fighting in the Gaza Strip.
DEBKAfile's military sources report that on the second day of their ground offensive against Hamas, Sunday, Jan 4, Israeli forces have closed their siege encirclement of Gaza City. Thirty Israeli soldiers were injured - one critically, an officer and soldier seriously, the rest moderately and lightly. At least 30 Hamas gunmen were killed in the first thrust of Israeli armored infantry, tanks, engineering, artillery and intelligence units into the enclave after a week of intense airstrikes.
Armored and infantry units are fighting for control of Philadelphi arms smuggling corridor.
More...
Can the IDF break Hamas' fighting motivation?
DEBKAfile Special Analysis
January 4, 2009, 3:57 PM (GMT+02:00)
Most military pundits agree that the Israel's Gaza operation is nothing like the 2006 Lebanon War. In the broader sense this is true. The differences are undeniable.
Therefore, Israel would be better served borrowing American operational modes for overthrowing Taliban in Kabul in 2001 and ultimately defeating al Qaeda in Iraq rather than looking for differences with the Hizballah model of 2006.
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Olmert: The Gaza ground invasion was unavoidable
January 4, 2009, 3:55 PM (GMT+02:00)
At the weekly Israeli cabinet meeting Sunday, Jan. 4, prime minister Ehud Olmert said that Israel's ground invasion, in its second day, could not be avoided as the only way to deter Hamas' continuing attack on civilians in southern Israel. Addressing Arab governments, Iran and Hizballah, Olmert stressed: "We have no interest in opening more fronts excepting the south in the north and east.
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