‘Pillar of Cloud’ Operation Launched to Punish Gazan Terror (Updated)
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The IAF has begun an attack on terrorist target in Gaza.
Photo Credit: IDF Spokesperaon's Office
Update, 5:34 PM, Israel Time: The IDF carried out an extensive attack damaging to the long-range launch capabilities (over 25 miles) of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The attack caused significant damage to underground launch systems and weapons and ammunition storehouses belonging to terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip. The purpose of the attack is to disrupt the launch capabilities of terrorist organizations and damage terrorist network buildup.
At 4:10 PM Israel time, Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz approved an extensive attack against Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and other terrorist organizations operating in the Gaza Strip. As part of this campaign, the IDF attacked a car driven by the head of the military wing of Hamas in Gaza, Ahmed Jabari. Jabari led the Hamas terrorist organization in recent years and directly coordinated numerous deadly attacks against Israel.
The purpose of the campaign, dubbed ‘Pillar of Cloud,’ is to strike a blow at the command and control of Hamas and to undermine the organization’s terrorist infrastructure. For the time being the operation is intended as a surgical strike of the IDF, in collaboration with the ISA (Israel Security Agency or Shabak), with targets picked based on accurate intelligence and advanced fire capabilities.
The IDF will continue to attack targets that are serving as bases for terror against Israeli civilians. The Army will do the maximum to improve the security of Israel’s southern communities and improve the security situation around the Gaza Strip. Home Front Command and emergency authorities have taken all the require steps and Israeli citizens are being asked to follow Home Front Command instructions.
IDF spokesman Brigadier General Yoav (Poly) Mordechai said that IDF operations got underway following the “intolerable situation in the south of Israel, in order to harm the terrorist organizations operating in the Gaza Strip.” During the night IDF Chief of Staff Gantz approved a highly detailed plan – but as of now, all the options are open for inflicting serious damage on Hamas and other terrorist organizations.”
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Stay strong Israel…G-d is with you.
What will Israel do now that hundreds of rockets have caused damage and death to the people of Sderot and other communities? The taking out of a key Hamas leader is good, but not good enough. During Operation Cast Lead the underlining objective was not to defeat and completely destroy Israel’s enemies, which is why Israel is having trouble today with Hamas rockets killing civilians and destroying homes. The first error is the notion that is often said in Israeli circles: “We don’t want to rule over another people”. This position is completely unsound and a paradigm shift is needed. Ruling over a people or ethnic group is not instinctively evil. Most countries of the world rule over their ethnic, racial or religious minorities with very little opposition and in peace.
The second erroneous belief is the concept of neutralizing the enemy. Many in Israel do not believe in destroying their enemies who seeks to destroy her. Hampering their capabilities to launch rockets is not enough. Destroying roads, buildings, lines of communications and military apparatus does not in itself win a battle. In order to win a war against terrorism on the home front you cannot neutralize the enemy you must eradicate the enemy. When an enemy seeks your life and that of your family and country you do not neutralize the enemy, you destroy them completely so they will never again re-group and try to kill you. Since Israel has failed to completely destroy her enemies in Operation Cast Lead we are now faced with another war and an invasion of Gaza. This barrage of rockets could have been avoided if Israel completely destroyed her enemies from the very beginning.
Third, you recover what you lost by inhabiting the land. The government of Israel made a grave mistake in 2005 by pulling out of Gaza and that has made Hamas and Israel’s enemies are more brazen in the belief that all of the land from the river to the sea is theirs.
Lastly, after Israel takes control of the land she must annex it. Here is where the problem lies; Israel is not willing to take back that which she lost simply because it would create turbulence at home and abroad- (international community). If Israel wants to live in peace without fear of missile attacks, coming into towns and killing innocent civilians, Israel must deal ruthlessly with her enemies, with the stated goal of complete victory over her dead enemies.
“For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.” Deuteronomy 20:4.
Abraham Santiago
You can not eradicate an enemy when that target is a thought. A thought has no physical existence. Good luck, my friend! http://www.ifamericaknew.com
Why aren’t more people listening to you? I’ve read so much in the old Testement of when Israel was headed to war with whoever was antagonizing her, that the God of heaven and earth commanded them to eradicate everything and everyone in that city…men, women, children, and even their livestock that they had…..seems pretty extreme I admit but who am I to argue against the Living God…
keep on!
As is written in the Bible, when the Israelites left Egypt they were guided by the Amud Anan,’pillar of cloud’ during the day, and Amud Aish, ‘pillar of fire’ at night. Stand by for the next phase!
Israel should act, not react. our prays are with you always. bless the IDF.
Israel must defend her citizens, rocket attacks are unacceptable and must be stopped. Wishing everyone a success with each strike. Bahazlacha!
So, is Israel going to actually “declare war”, or will this be yet another half finished job? Israel needs to either isolate and cut off Gaza completely, or reclaim it completely – we all know that negotiations are a joke.
I really despise how Israel, the perpetrators of such inhumanity against the Palestinians, feel they have the right to continually “punish” the people whom they are oppressing.
I’m glad you found time in your busy schedule, what with protesting the massacring of 300 civilians a day in Syria, blowing up markets in Iraq, public hangings in Iran and cutting arms in Saudi Arabia — to visit our little corner of the galaxy. So, you despise us. Stand in line — most of you do. But we’ll try to move on with our lives and accept that not everyone loves us. Just a warning — the line of those who hate us includes some pretty nasty folks, so — watch your back…
NOW all of a sudden the media and the demoslamists will begin paying attention as they join a chorus of condemnation of the Jewish State for this “act of aggression” against the “peaceful residents” of Gaza. Given that NONE of the world’s media – including the alleged ‘right wing’ FOX News – has provided any news of the hundreds of rockets fired at civilians of the Negev, this will come as a “shock” to a readership now used to being spoon fed pablum and propaganda by a media whose every word is edited and censored by the obama “press” office.
NOTA BENE: NONE of the below printed anything in the past week about the terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians. Now they are ALL up in arms:
CNN writes of the “murder” but no mention of any rocket fire.
MSNBC: writes of “assassination” and buries reason at end of article in one sentence.
FOX: Writes of “killing,” buries reason at end of article, and declares Israeli response “controversial”.
Gaza based nazi owned haaretz: Condemns “assassination with the kapo schocken alleging “Israeli aggression will lead to war”.
BBC: shows a picture of the terrorist as “a warm family man” condemning the murder.
Guardian: Calls neutralization a “murder sure to increase the violence in the South” and that Israel should “be condemned for its aggression.
Bunch of terrorists. Shame on your humanity!
They are partners in the crime. If it was not for American-Jewish support, Israel will never be able to carry out its activities!
HUUURRAAAAA!
How about getting a Hebrew speaker to translate – it is “Pillar of Defense” not Cloud.
The problem is that we all ARE Hebrew speakers, and the IDF in its wisdom has picked two separate names for the operation, one in Hebrew, Amud Anan, meaning Pillar of Cloud, and one in English, meaning Plillar of Defense. Personally, I believe you need TWO pillars if you want to put De fence in between.
I hope united nations steps in very soon to put israel in place. its not just israel invading other pples countries and kill and torture.did those guys ever ask to be allowed into palestine? no wonder they fight to get back what’s theirs. its time for the world to step in and to stop israel and the ethnic cleansing.
How about if they do that right after they’re done “stepping in” in Syria, where some 40,000 civilians have been killed since January of 2011. I’m just saying.
Unfortunately Hamas will not or cannot control it’s “troops”. It would be prudent for the Hamas leadership to remember that the “Gates of Hell” allow 2-way traffic.
Whatever, the media distortion is already well under way. The expectation persists that Israel must not “overreact” to hundreds of missiles – even in many so-called friendly foreign offices. What else can one expect with the likes of Catherine Ashton as the spokesperson for the EU?
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Israel’s assault on Gaza raises doubts that it has any interest in finding the lasting peace settlement it proclaims to want. Does the campaign have an alternative objective as part of a strategy to engineer a strike on Iran? It’s probably the world’s most tragic never-ending story.For almost 65 years now, Israel has been bombing, maiming and humiliating the Palestinians, bulldozing their homes and placing Gaza in lock-down mode turning it into the world’s largest concentration camp.In the latest outbreak of violence this week both sides are accusing the other, “You started it!”Who knows? At this stage, does it really matter anymore who started the violence? On Wednesday 14th, an Israeli helicopter attack killed Hamas military wing leader Ahmed Jabari, triggering a violent reaction from Hamas which rained little rockets over southern Israeli towns, which in turn brought in more Israeli air attacks killing 19, injuring 100 and leaving six children dead.Dejá-vù: it’s January 2009’s “Operation Cast Lead” revisited; this time they’re dubbing it “Operation Pillar of Defense.”Clearly, Israel’s right-wing leaders do not want a peaceful agreement with the Palestinians.That’s why they’ve systematically sabotaged all possibility of reaching a two-state solution.The last honest Israeli who tried to bring peace was Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, until he was gunned down in the streets of Tel-Aviv in November 1995; not by an Islamic fanatic, not by some mad Neo-Nazi, but by one Ygal Amir: an ultra-right-wing Zionist fanatic linked to both the fundamentalist Settlers’ Movement and Israel’s security agency Shin-Beth.Since then, Israel’s extreme right-wing Apartheidists have called the shots and will continue doing so even more now that Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has merged with Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu.Maybe this latest bout of Palestine-bashing is their way of celebrating their new Gross Partei….
Israel’s assault on Gaza raises doubts that it has any interest in finding the lasting peace settlement it proclaims to want. Does the campaign have an alternative objective as part of a strategy to engineer a strike on Iran? It’s probably the world’s most tragic never-ending story.For almost 65 years now, Israel has been bombing, maiming and humiliating the Palestinians, bulldozing their homes and placing Gaza in lock-down mode turning it into the world’s largest concentration camp.In the latest outbreak of violence this week both sides are accusing the other, “You started it!”Who knows? At this stage, does it really matter anymore who started the violence? On Wednesday 14th, an Israeli helicopter attack killed Hamas military wing leader Ahmed Jabari, triggering a violent reaction from Hamas which rained little rockets over southern Israeli towns, which in turn brought in more Israeli air attacks killing 19, injuring 100 and leaving six children dead.Dejá-vù: it’s January 2009’s “Operation Cast Lead” revisited; this time they’re dubbing it “Operation Pillar of Defense.”Clearly, Israel’s right-wing leaders do not want a peaceful agreement with the Palestinians.That’s why they’ve systematically sabotaged all possibility of reaching a two-state solution.The last honest Israeli who tried to bring peace was Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, until he was gunned down in the streets of Tel-Aviv in November 1995; not by an Islamic fanatic, not by some mad Neo-Nazi, but by one Ygal Amir: an ultra-right-wing Zionist fanatic linked to both the fundamentalist Settlers’ Movement and Israel’s security agency Shin-Beth.Since then, Israel’s extreme right-wing Apartheidists have called the shots and will continue doing so even more now that Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has merged with Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu.Maybe this latest bout of Palestine-bashing is their way of celebrating their new Gross Partei….
Israel’s assault on Gaza raises doubts that it has any interest in finding the lasting peace settlement it proclaims to want. Does the campaign have an alternative objective as part of a strategy to engineer a strike on Iran? It’s probably the world’s most tragic never-ending story.For almost 65 years now, Israel has been bombing, maiming and humiliating the Palestinians, bulldozing their homes and placing Gaza in lock-down mode turning it into the world’s largest concentration camp.In the latest outbreak of violence this week both sides are accusing the other, “You started it!”Who knows? At this stage, does it really matter anymore who started the violence? On Wednesday 14th, an Israeli helicopter attack killed Hamas military wing leader Ahmed Jabari, triggering a violent reaction from Hamas which rained little rockets over southern Israeli towns, which in turn brought in more Israeli air attacks killing 19, injuring 100 and leaving six children dead.Dejá-vù: it’s January 2009’s “Operation Cast Lead” revisited; this time they’re dubbing it “Operation Pillar of Defense.”Clearly, Israel’s right-wing leaders do not want a peaceful agreement with the Palestinians.That’s why they’ve systematically sabotaged all possibility of reaching a two-state solution.The last honest Israeli who tried to bring peace was Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, until he was gunned down in the streets of Tel-Aviv in November 1995; not by an Islamic fanatic, not by some mad Neo-Nazi, but by one Ygal Amir: an ultra-right-wing Zionist fanatic linked to both the fundamentalist Settlers’ Movement and Israel’s security agency Shin-Beth.Since then, Israel’s extreme right-wing Apartheidists have called the shots and will continue doing so even more now that Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has merged with Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu.Maybe this latest bout of Palestine-bashing is their way of celebrating their new Gross Partei….
God is never with the oppressor.He might lose the leash of the dogs to see how far they can go.
God is never with the oppressor.He might lose the leash of the dogs to see how far they can go.
God can never be the oppressor, he sometime unleash the dogs to see how far they can go.Your time is coming, go and look at the History of the whole world. No oppressor could survive fora long time and their History were written an evil.
This is not a 'punishment' but rather an effort to contain and diminish the terrorist capability to continue rocket attacks aimed at our civilian population. This is not only the right of every government of every country but an obligation to protect its citizens.