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Israel Strikes Gaza - Day 4

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12-30-08

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Editor's Note: Additional analysis and intelligence information is available for A-O Report donors at The A-O Insider Report, private news website. This is includes brand new information concerning Iran's Nuclear Weapons program and new decisions by Iran's Ayatollah in production strategies. Turkey is also moving ahead to build its own nuclear weapons. Of course, more analysis and intelligence reports from Israel's battlefront on the Gaza border.

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Israel Rejects Any Cease-Fire Proposal

Rumors swirled in news media circles during the day that a French proposed 48 hour cease-fire would be recommended by IDF generals to the Israeli Cabinet. The IDF and other military agencies denied the reports and Prime Minister Olmert denied that Israel was considering a cease-fire and restated that the military operations will continue until Israel’s goals are achieved

What is interesting to note, is that American TV news channels like CNN and FOX were reporting that a 48 hour cease-fire proposed by France was under serious consideration. CNN had briefly – and erroneously reported that a ceasefire announcement by Israel was imminent.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s statement should have scotched such reports when he stated: "The Gaza offensive has begun and will not end.... until our goals our reached, we are continuing according to the plan.”

The prime minister's statement came in response to reports that defense officials intended to recommend a 48-hour truce to abate the war against Hamas and embark on a temporary truce before it became necessary to begin a significant ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.

Shin Bet and Israel Defense Forces officials on Tuesday denied reports that the defense establishment planned to recommend a temporary truce based on an initiative originally proposed by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.

The goal of the temporary calm would have been to see if Hamas can abide by the truce and cease firing rockets at Israel.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Kouchner plan to visit Israel next Monday, to discuss the situation in Gaza. It is likely that Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will make her own visit to France prior to the French officials' Monday visit.

Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer decried the announcement of a 48-hour truce proposal as soon as news media reports surfaced saying that such a compromise would buy Hamas time to reorganize.

"Hamas has not suffered enough damage in the recent strikes," he said.

The government said on Tuesday it was prepared to work with France and other governments on increasing aid flows into the Gaza Strip

Meanwhile, the Military Intelligence assessed Tuesday that the air offensive has destroyed one-third of the Hamas rocket arsenal, Channel 10 television reported.

It would seem that there is some sort of move afoot to force Israel to declare a cease-fire. Why such a move? What would the NWO gain from a cease-fire? Remember, the Illuminists like to play mind games and keep the illusion and their subterfuge hidden. By pretending to be peace-makers they keep their real agenda hidden.

For more details on Israeli reaction to this story, LINK HERE.

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Hamas Strikes Deeper Into Israel

Hamas has begun using larger, longer-range rockets that are striking deeper into Israel. On Tuesday, longer-range rockets struck Beersheba where 2 rockets struck a Kindergarten class. More details, LINK HERE.

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Israel Re-Targets Hamas Tunnels

Pounds Gaza For 4th Day

Israeli warplanes re-targeted those Hamas tunnels where the Gaza leaders are attempting to find refuge from Israeli bombing. The IAF warplanes continue to pound key government facilities across the entire Gaza Strip. For more details, LINK HERE.

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“Difficult Times Ahead”

Israeli Leaders Meet

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Israel Calls Up More Reserves

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7,000 Iranians Volunteer

To Fight Israel in Gaza

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