Israeli ground troops move into Gaza

[WiseOne]

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli troops began moving into Gaza on Saturday night, Israel Defense Forces said. "We have just a short while ago launched the second stage of the operation against Hamas infrastructure," IDF spokeswoman Maj. Avital Leibovich told CNN. Earlier, the Israelis used ground artillery for the first time in the eight-day-old conflict when Israeli tanks fired shells into Gaza from the northern and eastern borders.

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WiseOne's Comments, what will the implications be for this? Will Syria or Lebanon try and attack Israel? Is this in prophecy? Do YOU think this is the precursor to World War III? Good luck, Israel...I know you are tired of all this stuff by now. I cannot say as I blame you at ALL for what you are doing...but, I warn you to be prepared and watch yourself on ALL sides! It is imperative that you watch for ANY contingency as there are enemies round about you, as I'm sure you know. Israel...you have much more to come, good luck again!

[rodger]

let the two witnesses come in Jesus name Amen.

[jacob]

To Israel: Recognize Jesus Christ as your Messiah, Your King, And Your God. Follow His ways. For He is Divine Love and Mercy.

[Anthony]

In Israel and the Occupied Territories, a Palestinian family that lost twenty-nine relatives in the Israeli attack on Gaza has filed a $200 million lawsuit against the Israeli government. The ordeal of the Samouni family drew international attention after it was revealed Israeli forces shelled their homes and then blocked medical aid. In addition to the twenty-nine dead, another forty-five relatives were injured, most of them children. Family member Naela Samouni described her family’s ordeal.

Naela Samouni: “My mother-in-law died, my sister-in-law and her daughter and two more people. The majority of my family died in the home that I am standing in
now. Of course, we’re going to file a lawsuit against them.”

The surviving members of the Samouni family now live in the rubble of their destroyed homes.

Suit: Israel Stealing West Bank Resources
Meanwhile, an Israeli human rights group has filed a High Court challenge seeking to block Israeli digging in the occupied West Bank. The group, Yesh Din, claims Israeli mining in the West Bank amounts to a robbery of Palestinian resources. Yesh Din attorney Michael Sfard said Israel is violating international law.

Michael Sfard: “The natural resources that are digged out of the earth in the West Bank is transferred into Israel for the benefit of the Israeli construction market. This is, of course, an illegal enterprise. It violates the very basic principles of international law and laws of belligerent occupation. It is also immoral, because we’re literally swallowing chunks of the earth of the West Bank that belongs to the people of the West Bank and for their future development.”

According to Yesh Din, 75 percent of the resources mined by Israeli companies in the West Bank are being transferred to Israel. Some of the remaining gravel is being used to construct new Israeli settlements that further carve up Palestinian land.



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