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Guess it hasn't been a cakewalk for the ZioNazis...
Reuters
By By Noah Browning
4 hours ago
Hamas says Israeli soldier captured; Gaza death toll jumps Reuters
Israel steps up Gaza ground offensive, civilian casualties grow Reuters
Israel says 13 soldiers killed in Gaza fighting Associated Press
Israel says it has sent ground troops to Gaza Associated Press
Army kills Gaza militants entering Israel by sea AFP
GAZA (Reuters) - Using tunnels, mines, booby traps and snipers, Hamas fighters have inflicted record casualties on Israeli troops waging an offensive in the Gaza Strip, applying years of training in urban warfare with a new tactical acumen and suicidal resolve.
The Israelis say weapons and know-how supplied by Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah make Hamas a more formidable foe.
Four days after Israel launched a withering ground assault on the Palestinian Islamist militants in their stronghold of Shejaia following intensive air strikes, the army still does not have complete control of the area.
Smoke from shelled homes and the buzz of Israeli drones clog the sky above the wrecked district on Gaza's eastern border.
The thud of a buried explosive aimed at a troop carrier is met with an hour-long rain of Israeli artillery fire that shakes the width of the coastal strip, sending the deafening sound bouncing off buildings as far as the shore.
Exploiting a vast network of secret tunnels to snipe at enemy troops and blast their vehicles even inside Israel, Hamas has killed 32 Israeli soldiers -- almost three times as many as in the last major ground clashes in a 2008-9 conflict.
"The al-Qassam brigades continue to give repeated surprises, and every day the holy warriors arise from where the (Israeli) occupation could not foresee," the group said last week.
"They fight... face to face with the enemy in retaliation for the blood of the martyrs that the occupier spills daily."
The action has lived up to the fierce rhetoric.
Reuters
By By Noah Browning
4 hours ago
Hamas says Israeli soldier captured; Gaza death toll jumps Reuters
Israel steps up Gaza ground offensive, civilian casualties grow Reuters
Israel says 13 soldiers killed in Gaza fighting Associated Press
Israel says it has sent ground troops to Gaza Associated Press
Army kills Gaza militants entering Israel by sea AFP
GAZA (Reuters) - Using tunnels, mines, booby traps and snipers, Hamas fighters have inflicted record casualties on Israeli troops waging an offensive in the Gaza Strip, applying years of training in urban warfare with a new tactical acumen and suicidal resolve.
The Israelis say weapons and know-how supplied by Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah make Hamas a more formidable foe.
Four days after Israel launched a withering ground assault on the Palestinian Islamist militants in their stronghold of Shejaia following intensive air strikes, the army still does not have complete control of the area.
Smoke from shelled homes and the buzz of Israeli drones clog the sky above the wrecked district on Gaza's eastern border.
The thud of a buried explosive aimed at a troop carrier is met with an hour-long rain of Israeli artillery fire that shakes the width of the coastal strip, sending the deafening sound bouncing off buildings as far as the shore.
Exploiting a vast network of secret tunnels to snipe at enemy troops and blast their vehicles even inside Israel, Hamas has killed 32 Israeli soldiers -- almost three times as many as in the last major ground clashes in a 2008-9 conflict.
"The al-Qassam brigades continue to give repeated surprises, and every day the holy warriors arise from where the (Israeli) occupation could not foresee," the group said last week.
"They fight... face to face with the enemy in retaliation for the blood of the martyrs that the occupier spills daily."
The action has lived up to the fierce rhetoric.