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Gaza: How It All Started by capip120(m): 7:14am On Jul 18, 2014 |
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Re: Gaza: How It All Started by capip120(m): 7:34am On Jul 18, 2014 |
The 2004 Israel–Gaza conflict refers to the series of battles between Palestinian militants and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Several Qassam rocket attacks on Israel ( Sderot and the Negev ) led the IDF to retaliate with airstrikes and land incursions. The fighting included two IDF operations, Operation "Rainbow" and Operation "Days of Penitence" . Operation "Rainbow" was a military operation from 18 May 2004 to 23 May 2004 in Rafah to clear terrorist infrastructure, find smuggling tunnels connecting the Gaza Strip to Egypt , and kill militants after the deaths of 13 Israeli soldiers in guerrilla attacks. Israel said the operation was also aimed at preventing a shipment of Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail) anti-aircraft missiles, AT-3 Sagger anti-tank guided missiles, and other long-range rockets which are stored on the Egyptian side of the border from being smuggled through tunnels into the Gaza Strip. [28] Operation "Days of Penitence", an IDF operation in the northern Gaza Strip conducted between 30 September 2004 and 15 October 2004, focused on Beit Hanoun , Beit Lahia and Jabalia refugee camp, which were used as launching sites of Qassam rockets on Sderot and Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip, and in response to the death of two children in Sderot. The operation resulted in the deaths of between 104 and 133 Palestinians and 5 people on the Israeli side. 2006 Main articles: 2006 Hamas cross-border raid , Operation Summer Rains and Operation Autumn Clouds (2006) Large-scale conventional warfare beyond the peripheries of the Gaza Strip began when Israel launched Operation "Summer Rains" in the Gaza Strip that began on 28 June 2006, in response to the Palestinian militants abduction of Corporal Gilad Shalit. It became the first major mobilization into the Gaza Strip since Israel's unilateral disengagement plan was implemented between August and September 2005. The Gaza beach blast was an event on 9 June 2006 in which eight Palestinians were killed – including nearly the entire family of seven-year- old Huda Ghaliya – and at least thirty others were injured in an explosion on a beach near the municipality of Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip. [29] The incident received considerable attention from news media worldwide, with blame for the explosion hotly disputed in the following weeks. Israel maintains that it mobilized thousands of troops in order to suppress Qassam rocket fire against its civilian population and to secure the release of Gilad Shalit. It is estimated that between 7,000 and 9,000 Israeli artillery shells were fired into Gaza between September 2005 and June 2006, killing 80 Palestinians in 6 months. [30] [verification needed ] On the Palestinian side, over 1,300 Qassam rockets have been fired into Israel from September 2000 to 21 December 2006. [citation needed ] Israeli forces also continued to search for underground tunnels, used by militants to smuggle weapons, as well as monitor operations at checkpoints (with some assistance from the European Union at Rafah ) for security reasons, specifically possible weapons transfers and uninhibited return of exiled extremist leaders and terrorists. [31][32][33][34] [35] As of 18 October 2006, Israel has discovered 20 tunnels used for illegal arms smuggling under the border of the Gaza Strip and Egypt. [36] Israel had said it would withdraw from the Strip and end the operation as soon as Shalit was released. [37] The Palestinians had said that they were willing to return Shalit in exchange for the release of some of the Palestinians held in Israeli jails. The Palestinians and others have also said the assault was aimed at toppling the democratically elected Hamas -led government and at destabilizing the Palestinian National Authority , citing the targeting of civilian infrastructure such as a power station and the captures of government and parliament members. Some 300 Palestinians had been targeted by the IDF in the Gaza Strip since the kidnapping of Corporal Gilad Shalit. [38] In July 2006, first reports emerged about mystery injuries after Israeli attacks. Previously unseen injuries included severely damaged internal organs, severe internal burning and deep internal wounds often resulting in amputations or death. Bodies arrived severely fragmented, melted and disfigured. There were speculations about a new experimental weapon, particularly Dense Inert Metal Explosives (DIMEs). [39] Operation "Autumn Clouds" was launched on 1 November 2006. The Beit Hanoun November 2006 incident occurred on 8 November 2006 when Israel Defense Forces shells missed their target and hit a row of houses in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun , [40] killing 19 Palestinians and wounding more than 40. [41][42] It occurred the day after the Israeli withdrawal following Operation "Autumn Clouds" , a week-long operation by the Israeli military in the northern Gaza Strip aimed at curbing Qassam rocket attacks fired by Palestinian militants from the town. [43] The 2006 Franco–Italian–Spanish Middle East Peace Plan was proposed after Israel invaded the Gaza Strip in Operation "Autumn Clouds" by Spanish Premier José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero during talks with French president Jacques Chirac . Italy's prime minister Romano Prodi gave his full support to the plan. On 26 November, a ceasefire was signed by Palestinian organisations and Israel, and Israel withdrew its troops while the Palestinian Authority forces deployed to stop Qassam rocket launchings. Following the truce over 60 Qassam rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel, and 1 Palestinian (armed with guns and grenades) was killed by the IDF. On 19 December, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad began taking open responsibility for the Qassam rocket firing, because they said Israel killed two of their members in Jenin.[44][45][46] Fatah-Hamas conflict and Israeli blockade Main article: Battle of Gaza (2007) A series of battles between Palestinian militants in Hamas-governed Gaza and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that began in mid-May 2007, with the inter-Palestinian violence flaring in the meantime. Palestinians fired more than 220 Qassam rocket attacks on Israel ( Sderot and the western Negev ) in more than a week. The Israeli Air Force fired missiles and bombs into Gaza. The fighting came amid serious Palestinian factional violence and reports of growing level of humanitarian crisis in the region. [47] Hamas said they will continue to retaliate against Israeli strikes. In September 2007, citing an intensification of Qassam rocket attacks, Israel declared Gaza "hostile territory." The declaration allowed Israel to prevent the transfer of electricity, fuel, and other supplies into Gaza. The stated purpose of this blockade was to pressure Hamas into ending the rocket attacks and to deprive them of the supplies necessary for the continuation of rocket attacks. [48][49][50][51] Israel's decision to cut fuel supplies to Gaza were widely condemned as "collective punishment." [52][53][54] Israel has also arrested Hamas officials in the West Bank, including two cabinet members. Such arrests have been strongly condemned by international organizations and politicians. [55][56] [57][58] By January 2008, according to a United Nations study, the economic effects of Israel's blockade on Gaza reached a critical threshold. Finally, on 17 January 2008, Israel sealed the border completely following a rise in rocket attacks. The breach of the Gaza-Egypt border began on 23 January 2008, after gunmen in the Gaza Strip set off an explosion near the Rafah Border Crossing, destroying part of the former Israeli Gaza Strip barrier. The United Nations estimates that as many as half the 1.5 million population of the Gaza Strip crossed the border into Egypt seeking food and supplies. [ citation needed ] Operation "Hot Winter" On 27 February 2008, Palestinian militants fired more than 40 Qassam rockets into southern Israel and the Israeli army fired three missiles at the Palestinian Interior Ministry in Gaza destroying the building. [59] On 28 February 2008 Israeli aircraft bombed a police station near the Gaza City home of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, killing several children. |
Re: Gaza: How It All Started by capip120(m): 7:55am On Jul 18, 2014 |
The 2008 Israel-Hamas ceasefire was an Egyptian -brokered six-month Tahdia (an Arabic term for a lull) "for the Gaza area", which went into effect between Hamas and Israel on 19 June 2008,. [72][73] The ceasefire did create a six- month long decrease in the Gaza-Israel conflict intensity, but, according to The New York Times , neither side fully respected its terms. [74] Some rockets still continued to fire from Gaza and the Israeli blockade of Gaza was loosened but not completely opened. Hamas hoped that the accord would lead Israel to suspend attacks on the West Bank and Gaza while Israel hoped that the accord would lead to progress on negotiations for the release of Gilad Shalit; neither hope was met. [74] Gaza War Main article: Gaza War Destroyed buildings in Gaza City, January 2009 The Gaza War[75] started when Israel launched a large military campaign in the Gaza Strip on 27 December 2008, codenamed Operation "Cast Lead" ( Hebrew: מבצע עופרת יצוקה ), [76] with the stated aim of stopping Hamas rocket attacks on southern Israel and arms smuggling into Gaza. [77][78] The conflict has also been called the Gaza massacre in the Arab world ( Arabic: ﻣﺠﺰﺭﺓ ﻏﺰﺓ ). [79] A fragile six-month truce between Hamas and Israel expired on 19 December 2008. [80] The Israeli operation began with an intense bombardment of the Gaza Strip, [81] targeting Hamas bases, police training camps, [82] police headquarters and offices. [83][84] Civilian infrastructure, including mosques, houses, medical facilities and schools, were also attacked, as Israel stated that many of them were used by combatants, and as storage spaces for weapons and rockets. [85] Hamas intensified its rocket and mortar attacks against targets in Israel throughout the conflict, hitting previously untargeted cities such as Beersheba and Ashdod . [86][87] On 3 January 2009, the Israeli ground invasion began.[88][89] Human rights groups and aid organisations have accused Hamas and Israel of war crimes. [90][91][92] An estimated 1,166-1,417 Palestinians and 13 Israelis died in the conflict. [93][94][95] The conflict came to an end on 18 January after first Israel and then Hamas announced unilateral ceasefires. [96][97] On 21 January, Israel completed its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. [98] On 2 March, it was reported that international donors had pledged $ 4.5 billion in aid for the Palestinians, mainly for rebuilding Gaza after Israel's offensive. [99] This war is considered to be the largest, devastating and deadliest military operation in Gaza since the Six-day war in 1967. [100] March 2010 events Further information: March 2010 Israel-Gaza clashes On 26 March 2010, two Israeli soldiers and two Hamas militants were killed during clashes on the Gaza Strip's southern border. Two other soldiers were wounded during the fighting which broke out east of the town of Khan Younis. They are the first Israeli soldiers to have been killed in hostile fire in or around Gaza since Israel's major offensive there in January 2009, according to the BBC. [101] 2011 cross-border attack Main article: 2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks On 18 August 2011, a series of cross-border attacks was carried out in southern Israel near the Egyptian border, by a squad of militants. The militants first opened fire at civilian bus. [102] [103] Several minutes later, a bomb was detonated next to an Israeli army patrol along Israel's border with Egypt. In a third attack, an anti-tank missile hit a private vehicle, killing four civilians. Operation "Returning Echo" Main article: March 2012 Gaza–Israel clashes During the second week of March 2012, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) initiated Operation "Returning Echo". It was the worst outbreak of violence covered by the media in the region since the 2008–09 Operation "Cast Lead" (the Gaza War). Operation "Pillar of Defense" Main article: Operation Pillar of Defense Destroyed house in Gaza City, December 2012 Attacks by Israel and Gazans grew intense late in October 2012. An Israeli air strike killed Ahmed Jabari, chief of the Hamas military wing in Gaza. [104] During the operation, four Israeli civilians and one soldier were killed by Palestinian rocket fire, [105] according to Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 158 Palestinians had been killed, of which: 102 were civilians, 55 militants and one was policeman. 30 children and 13 women were among the killed, [106] while the Israel Defense Forces presented statistics showing that out of 177 Palestinians killed, 120 were militants. [107] Most of the fighting was by bombs, aerial attacks, artillery, and rockets; the rockets being primarily used by the Palestinians and air strikes primarily by the Israelis. Attacked locations include Beersheva , Tel Aviv , Ashdod , Ofakim , Gaza , the rest of the Gaza Strip, the Shaar Hanegev , and Eshkol Regional Council . The United States, United Kingdom, Canada , Germany and other Western countries expressed support for Israel's right to defend itself, and/or [clarification needed ] condemned the Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel. |
Re: Gaza: How It All Started by capip120(m): 7:59am On Jul 18, 2014 |
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Re: Gaza: How It All Started by seankafor(m): 8:20am On Jul 18, 2014 |
may naija never turn into gaza..thee we pray |
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