zaterdag 10 januari 2009

Samenvatting IDF operaties 9 en 10 januari in Gaza

 
Elke dag worden 80 a 100 vrachtwagens met hulp de Gazastrook binnengelaten, en tonnen gas en diesel. Er is dus geen totale blokkade zoals algemeen wordt beweerd.
 
RP
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IDF Spokesperson January 9th, 2009
Summary of IDF Operations Overnight

In the last half hour 4 grad missiles hit the Beer Sheva region.

Overnight, IDF forces, including infantry, tanks, combat engineers, artillery, and intelligence, continued to operate against Hamas terrorist infrastructure throughout the Gaza Strip.

Humanitarian aid is expected to cross into Gaza via Kerem Shalom Crossing today. Yesterday Israel transferred 89 humanitarian aid trucks to Gaza via the Kerem Shalom Crossing. 315,000 liters of fuel, alongside 143 tons of natural gas were transferred through the Nahal Oz terminal, and 223 foreign nationals were permitted entry to Israel following requests from their respective governments.

IAF aircraft attacked overnight more than 50 Terrorist infrastructure sites, including the following:
Five sites used to launch rockets, one of which was adjacent to a mosque.
A weaponry storehouse.
A vehicle garage and an office.
Five weaponry production sites.
Groups of armed gunmen.
Hamas command buildings and outposts.

The Israeli Navy operated in front of Deir El Balah in the Central Gaza Strip, targeting Hamas rocket launching sites in order to thwart attempts to fire rockets at Israeli communities.

The IDF will continue its operations against all terrorists and those who support them.
 
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IDF Spokesperson January 10th, 2009
Summary of IDF Operations Overnight

Overnight, IDF forces, including infantry, tanks, combat engineers, artillery, and intelligence, continued to operate against Hamas terrorist infrastructure throughout the Gaza Strip.

IDF ground forces were involved in a number of incidents in which several armed gunmen were hit. In one of the incidents, snipers opened fire at a force which responded with fire and identified hitting the gunmen. In a separate incident mortar shells were fired at an IDF force which returned fire, and with the assistance of the IAF targeted the squad of five terror operatives.

IAF aircraft attacked over 40 targets throughout the Gaza Strip, including the following:
Ten rocket launching sites
One Anti-aircraft missile launcher
Fourteen weaponry manufacture and storage facilities
Five tunnels used to smuggle weaponry
A number of armed gunmen

Ground forces reported some 15 terrorists killed in exchanges of fire.

The Israeli Navy continued assisting ground forces throughout the night.

A mortar shell was fired into Israel during the night.

Five IDF soldiers were lightly wounded in the overnight fighting.

The IDF will continue its operations against all terrorists and those who support them.
 
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IDF Spokesperson January 10th, 2009
Summary of Today's Events

IDF forces, including infantry, tanks, combat engineers, artillery, and intelligence, continue to operate throughout the Gaza Strip with the assistance of the Israel Air Force and the Israeli Navy.

IDF forces operating in northern Gaza struck a number of armed gunmen, including a would-be suicide bomber strapped with an explosive belt. Ground troops aided IAF aircrafts identifying the location of several rocket launching squads and terror cells planting roadside bombs.

The IAF attacked over 60 targets since the morning, including:

Two rocket launching squads near Jabaliya, shortly after they fired towards the Ashdod region
Ten launching points, several of which were hidden underground
Seven smuggling tunnels
An anti-aircraft launcher
Approximately ten weapons-storage and weapons-production facilities.
Two vehicles used to store and transport weaponry
Three Hamas outposts

In addition to this, Amir Mansi, the commander of the Hamas rocket launching program in the Gaza City area, was killed today by IDF fire in cooperation with the ISA. Mansi was the leading Hamas authority with regard to the long range Grad missile launching program.

Seven soldiers were wounded in separate incidents, all of them lightly.

The IDF will continue to operate against the Hamas terror infrastructure in the Gaza Strip according to its operational plans in order to reduce the rocket fire on the south of Israel.

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