120 Pinoys having difficulty leaving Gaza – Israel Embassy

H/T Michael Laudahn:

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MICHAELA DEL CALLAR November 21, 2012 11:01am

 As tension flared anew between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas militants, some 120 Filipinos in Gaza are reportedly being prevented by the Islamist militants from leaving Gaza, the Israeli Embassy in Manila said Wednesday.

“Concerned, Israel has an open crossing for those who wish leave Gaza – but is blocked by Hamas,” the embassy said in a statement.

“Hamas is also holding hostage a number of foreigners that would like to leave the Gaza, amid the on-going events. Even the 120 Filipinos in Gaza have difficulty in leaving,” it said.

Amid escalation of violence between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza in recent days, long-raging conflict between the Jewish state and the Palestinian territory has long existed.
Israel launched a military strike in Gaza on Nov. 14, 2012, in an offensive dubbed as Operation Pillar of Defense, following days of rocket attacks from Gaza

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Suspected Collaborator With Israel Killed on Gaza Street

NY Times:

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Palestinians gathered on Friday around the body of a man identified as Ashraf Ouaida in Gaza City.

By and FARES AKRAM
Published: November 16, 2012

GAZA — Masked gunmen in Gaza killed a man here on Friday as a suspected collaborator with Israel on the third day of its deadly aerial bombardments, shooting him multiple times and leaving his body beneath a billboard featuring a Hamas fighter holding a rocket.

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The man the gunmen shot, identified as Ashraf Ouaida, had a poster hung around his neck accusing him of cooperating with the Israelis in the killing of 15 Palestinian leaders.

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REPORT: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards overseeing missile fire

H/T Richard

WND:

Aiding jihadist groups as they launch projectiles into Jewish state

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TEL AVIV – Advisers from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Units are in the Gaza Strip helping to oversee the firing of long-range rockets by jihadist groups there, according to informed Middle Eastern security officials.

The information comes as the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad group today claimed responsibility for what it said was missile fire at Tel Aviv. The organization has claimed it fired Iranian Fajr-5 missiles aimed at Tel Aviv.

Earlier today, one rocket launched from the Gaza Strip landed in Rishon Letzion, some seven miles south of Tel Aviv. About three hours later another explosion was heard in the Tel Aviv area.

No casualties were reported in either Tel Aviv or Rishon Leztion.

Since yesterday, Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile defense system has intercepted 105 rockets, while 274 rockets have struck Israel, mostly in cities near the Gaza Strip.

The escalation began last week, when Hamas fired more than 120 rockets and mortars into Israel in a four-day period.

WND:

Morsi warns Israel will pay heavy price

H/T Golem’s Bar

YNET:

Egyptian president sharpens his tone against Israel, threatening: ‘If I see the homeland in danger, I won’t hesitate to take unusual steps.’ He vows that his country will ‘stop this brutal aggression’

Roi Kais

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi sharpened his tone against Israel on Friday, while Palestinian terrorists continued to fire rockets into southern Israel and Tel Aviv.

After concluding the Friday prayer at a mosque in Cairo, Morsi warned Israel of the consequences of its strikes in Gaza. According to the al- Shorouk newspaper, Morsi tweeted on his Twitter page: “We have the power to uproot the aggressiveness just like it uprooted exploitation.

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“I don’t want to take unusual steps,” Morsi added, “but if I see that the homeland is in danger, I won’t hesitate.”

Morsi said earlier that “Gaza will not remain alone as it was,” adding that the aggressors “know they will pay a heavy price is they continue their aggression.”

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Grad rockets fired from Gaza to Israel were also loaded with phosphorus.

H/T Tundra Tabloids

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Phosphorus in Grad Rockets
Phosphorus in Grad Rockets

Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 15 November 2012

Israel Radio correspondent Nissim Keinan reported this morning that some of
the Grad rockets fired from Gaza to Israel were also loaded with phosphorus.

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IDF Kills Hamas’s ‘Chief of Staff’, Launches Major Operation

Israel National News:

Ahmed Jaabari, the head of Hamas’s military wing, was killed. Hamas declares ‘war’. Missiles fired at Be’er Sheva.

By Gil Ronen

First Publish: 11/14/2012, 4:40 PM

The IAF fired a missile at a car in Gaza Wednesday, killing the commander of Hamas’s “military” terror wing, Ahmed Jaabari. Israel’s TV Channel 2 says his son was also killed