Thousands flee major battle with Israel in Gaza

Quote:Escalating their ground offensive, Israeli troops backed by tanks and warplanes battled Hamas militants in a crowded neighborhood of Gaza City early Sunday. The fighting, including heavy Israeli tank fire, killed scores of Palestinians, forced thousands to flee and damaged or destroyed dozens of homes.

Palestinian health officials reported at least 65 people killed as air and artillery strikes echoed across the city for hours. They put the number of displaced at 35,000.

At least 425 Palestinians and 20 Israelis have been killed in the near two-week conflict which escalated as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon headed to the region to try to revive cease-fire efforts.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, meanwhile, said he expects to come to the Middle East in coming days and that he support's Egypt's call for an immediate cease-fire, rejected last week by Hamas. The Islamic militants say they want guarantees that Gaza's border blockade will be eased before agreeing to stop fighting.

[b]Kerry told NBC's "Meet The Press" program on Sunday that he is siding with Egypt, saying that "you cannot reward terrorism," referring to Hamas.[/b]

Sunday's battle in Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood was the deadliest so far in Israel's 3-day-old ground offensive, which followed 10 days of heavy airstrikes on targets linked to Gaza's Hamas rulers. Israel has said it sent thousands of troops into Gaza to destroy Hamas rocket launchers and tunnels dug by the Islamic militants to sneak into Israel.

The Israeli military said 8 percent of more than 1,700 rockets fired at Israel since July 8 came from Shijaiyah.

Hundreds of people have been killed. It's sad.

Death and destruction is what Hamas wants.

(07-20-2014 12:01 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Death and destruction is what Hamas wants.

That is exactly what they are going to get. But both sides are experiencing death and destruction.

A great Jew once said. " He who lives by the sword dies by the sword".

(07-20-2014 12:03 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 12:01 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Death and destruction is what Hamas wants.

That is exactly what they are going to get. But both sides are experiencing death and destruction.

A great Jew once said. " He who lives by the sword dies by the sword".

Another great Jew said

“Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.”

Yeah but the great Jew I'm talking about sits at the right hand of the Father.

(07-20-2014 12:14 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Yeah but the great Jew I'm talking about sits at the right hand of the Father.

We are all at his right hand. God surrounds us all.

Recruitment will be up big time.

(07-20-2014 12:39 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 12:14 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Yeah but the great Jew I'm talking about sits at the right hand of the Father.

We are all at his right hand. God surrounds us all.

Maybe so but He was the first and HE also said.

Love your enemy.

Israel needs to make this so painful, inflict so much damage, that Hamas will think twice about doing this again.

(07-20-2014 12:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Israel needs to make this so painful, inflict so much damage, that Hamas will think twice about doing this again.

That approach has failed for decades.

(07-20-2014 01:52 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 12:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Israel needs to make this so painful, inflict so much damage, that Hamas will think twice about doing this again.

That approach has failed for decades.

Really? It worked with the Egyptians and Jordanians. When was the last time they attempted to attack Israel? The Syrians only fight by proxy. Other than the Lebanon action in the 80's the only wars Israel have fought have Ben existential.

(07-20-2014 01:52 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 12:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Israel needs to make this so painful, inflict so much damage, that Hamas will think twice about doing this again.

That approach has failed for decades.

Then it wasn't painful enough.

Mach?

Liberals act like the death of an Israeli soldier is somehow worth less than the death of a Hamas terrorist that just happens to be a civilian. Civilian or solider end the end, they are still someone's mother or father, someone's brother or sister, someone's son or daughter. To the families of those who die the fact they are soldiers doesn't lessen the pain. Make no mistake, Hamas rejected the cease fire and the chance for hostilities to end. Since Hamas is the aggressor Israel is doing what any nation should under these circumstances, attacking the source of the threat to neutralize future threats against them.

How does that IDIOT John Kerry expect Israel to sit down and negotiate with Hamas when Hamas does not recognize Israel's right to peacefully exist?

(07-20-2014 02:15 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 01:52 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 12:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Israel needs to make this so painful, inflict so much damage, that Hamas will think twice about doing this again.

That approach has failed for decades.

Then it wasn't painful enough.

It breeds future terrorists.

(07-20-2014 03:23 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 02:15 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 01:52 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 12:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Israel needs to make this so painful, inflict so much damage, that Hamas will think twice about doing this again.

That approach has failed for decades.

Then it wasn't painful enough.

It breeds future terrorists.

What doesn't?

(07-20-2014 03:28 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 03:23 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 02:15 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 01:52 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 12:54 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Israel needs to make this so painful, inflict so much damage, that Hamas will think twice about doing this again.

That approach has failed for decades.

Then it wasn't painful enough.

It breeds future terrorists.

What doesn't?

Cleaning up refugee camps...

Do some just want Israel to sit and take rocket attacks day after day?

(07-20-2014 03:30 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 03:28 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 03:23 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 02:15 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(07-20-2014 01:52 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  That approach has failed for decades.

Then it wasn't painful enough.

It breeds future terrorists.

What doesn't?

Cleaning up refugee camps...

'Refugee Camp' is a misnomer.