Wednesday, 16 June 2010



Shin Bet chief warns against lifting Gaza siege. Hamas has 5,000 missiles 
DEBKAfile Special Report June 15, 2010, 5:33 PM (GMT+02:00) 
Tags:  Gaza blockade   Hamas missiles   Yuval Diskin  
Shin Beit Director Yuval Diskin

Shin Beit (Israel's internal security service) director Yuval Diskin sternly warned Tuesday, June 15, that the steps embarked on by prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and defense minister Ehud Barak to ease the Gaza siege gravely imperiled Israel's security. 
Transferring inspections of Gaza-bound vessels from the Israeli Navy to international monitors or foreign ports would leave Israel wide open to a "gigantic security breach." On land, he said, Hamas had piled up 5,000 missiles, a few of which could reach Tel Aviv.

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Terrorist attack from Sinai against S. Israel thwarted
DEBKAfile Special Report
June 16, 2010, 9:27 AM (GMT+02:00) 

Tags:  IDF   Sinai   Terrorists 

Mt. Harif, a desolate MidEast flashpoint

An Israeli border patrol intercepted and fought off a band of armed terrorists carrying explosives as they crossed into southern Israel through the Egyptian border of Sinai  opposite the Israeli desert town of Mitzpe Ramon early Wednesday, June 16. One terrorist was killed in the ensuing firefight - the rest, at least seven, fled back across the border. Investigation will try and determine if the came from Gaza or the al Qaeda cells in Sinai.

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