Hard Talk, Hard Hearts, Heartache: Gaza

On behalf of forum member VaheguruSeekr ji -- Something to consider

Israel troops admit Gaza abuses
Israel frequently claims to possess the most moral army in the world.

An Israeli military college has printed damning soldiers' accounts of the killing of civilians and vandalism during recent operations in Gaza.
One account tells of a sniper killing a mother and children at close range whom troops had told to leave their home.

Another speaker at the seminar described what he saw as the "cold blooded murder" of a Palestinian woman.

The army has defended its conduct during the Gaza offensive but said it would investigate the testimonies.

The Israeli army has said it will investigate the soldiers' accounts. The testimonies were published by the military academy at Oranim College. Graduates of the academy, who had served in Gaza, were speaking to new recruits at a seminar.


Soldier testimony "[The testimonies] conveyed an atmosphere in which one feels entitled to use unrestricted force against Palestinians," academy director Dany Zamir told public radio.

Heavy civilian casualties during the three-week operation which ended in the blockaded coastal strip on 18 January provoked an international outcry.

Correspondents say the testimonies undermine Israel's claims that troops took care to protect non-combatants and accusations that Hamas militants were responsible for putting civilians into harm's way.

'Less important'
The Palestinian woman and two of her children were allegedly shot after they misunderstood instructions about which way to walk having been ordered out of their home by troops.

"The climate in general... I don't know how to describe it.... the lives of Palestinians, let's say, are much, much less important than the lives of our soldiers," an infantry squad leader is quoted saying. In another cited case, a commander ordered troops to kill an elderly woman walking on a road, even though she was easily identifiable and clearly not a threat.
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Testimonies, which were given by combat pilots and infantry soldiers, also included allegations of unnecessary destruction of Palestinian property. "We would throw everything out of the windows to make room and order. Everything... Refrigerators, plates, furniture. The order was to throw all of the house's contents outside," a soldier said.

One non-commissioned officer related at the seminar that an old woman crossing a main road was shot by soldiers. "I don't know whether she was suspicious, not suspicious, I don't know her story… I do know that my officer sent people to the roof in order to take her out… It was cold-blooded murder," he said.

The transcript of the session for the college's Yitzhak Rabin pre-military course, which was held last month, appeared in a newsletter published by the academy. Israeli human rights groups have criticised the military for failing to properly investigate violations of the laws of war in Gaza despite plenty of evidence of possible war crimes.
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'Moral army'
The soldiers' testimonies also reportedly told of an unusually high intervention by military and non-military rabbis, who circulated pamphlets describing the war in religious terminology.

Palestinian civilians paid a heavy price during the three-week Israeli operation. "All the articles had one clear message," one soldier said. "We are the people of Israel, we arrived in the country almost by miracle, now we need to fight to uproot the gentiles who interfere with re-conquering the Holy Land." "Many soldiers' feelings were that this was a war of religion," he added.

Defence Minister Ehud Barak told Israel Radio that the findings would be examined seriously. "I still say we have the most moral army in the world. Of course there may be exceptions but I have absolutely no doubt this will be inspected on a case-by-case basis," he said.

Medical authorities say more than 1,300 Palestinians were killed during Israel's 22-day operation, including some 440 children, 110 women, and dozens of elderly people.
The stated aim was to curb rocket and mortar fire by militants from Gaza. Thirteen Israelis, including three civilians were killed.

Source BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israel troops admit Gaza abuses

 
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Sad...very sad indeed.
War..and especially one that has gone on for the past 60 years...takes a huge toll on everyone involved..
and emotionally tired men often lose their sense of fairness/spirituality/compassion etc..and begin to see everyone as the enemy...REMEMBER...How the Governor of Sirhind..Ordered the brutal murder of the chhotteh sahibzadehs.....the INNOCENT FACES of the 5 year old Zorawar Singh and 7 year old Fateh Singh didnt strike any chord of compassion in anyone......except the Nawab of Malerjotla !! As far as they were all concerned..these children were the sons of the Mortal enemy of the State..and must be destroyed. The Old GRANDMOTHER..mata gujree was also murdered in the same situation..MOTHER of the Enemy of the State !! Imagine a 70 year old grandmother..and 5/7 year old children..enemies of the state !! to be buried ALIVE in a Brick Wall... IF that was to happen TODAY...wouldnt that be all over the Google/CNN/CBN/BBC...pictures of the Wall and all ?? Would there be any "blame" on anyone ?? or JUSTIFICATIONS..loudly proclaimed by either side...Strange ? NOT REALLY......Similar things happened in 1984..all over Punjab..Delhi..Kanpur..etc etc...in the World's BIGGEST democracy...
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The "State of Israel " lives in hourly danger of exploding bombs,,suicide bombers..rockets...calls to drive the Isrealis into the SEA..rise daily from its neighbours...i wonder how they sleep at night...Continous War for 60 years.... BOTH HANDS are needed to CLAP.....Who cries for the innocents ?? depends on ones religion...politics...?? and so many other things....NO ONE is REALLY "neutral"

we need loud thinkers & protestors to stop this nonesense.
what big powers are doing? They see the innocent killings & do nothing.They just watch the brutal killings. This is not a sign of humanity but insanity.
We all talk about peace but we hardly do any thing to work for peace.
All this blood shed is in the name of a religion or a peice of land or what?
Cant we solve any problem without guns, bombs & battels?
Man has made so much advance in war technology & economy & agriculture but remains stupid as it has not advanced in the field of Spirtuality.
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Man fail to recognize that we all are one.
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MANAS KI JAT SBHEY EKE PAHICHANBO THE GIVEN BY GURU GOBIND SINGH JI HAS FALLEN ON DEAF EARS.
As long as man does not change his beliefs that we are one man's behaviour will not change.
Behaviours dont change with bombs & battles. They change with change of beliefs. May God us wisdom to think & act as we all are one. EK PITA EKAS KE HUM BARAK.
WITH LOVE
MAHANBIR SINGH

Once it was called the "Indian Sub Continent"...for the sake of "peace' it was divided into TWO !! Did Peace come..NO..but THREE WARS did ....and then it was further divided into THREE....did peace come..NO...Further WARS are on the cards...SRI Lanka..civil war...Pakistan..exploding bombs in mosques kill own co-religionists......Afghanistan...war...1862 China invaded and grabbed large tracts of Indian Land..a further Major WAR of Aggression is expected from way of Tibet in 2017 (Indian Intelligence reports)...while war rages on in Southern Phillipines..Mindanao..in Souther Thailand..in Middle east...in Timor..in Sumatra Indonesia...in the South Americas..in Europe..in Russia..
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And MAN continues to destroy the planet..with green house emisiions..depleting the ozone layer..depleting the fossil fuels....pollution...depleting the fresh water resources...
Aggressive Religious Fanatics continue their overzealous converisons and subversions...I pity the Mother Earth and its Inhabitants...Cry my Beloved Earth..CRY
ONLY the Teachings of the One Truly Universal Scripture..Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji can change these attitudes and bring real peace....but SIKHS continue to "enforce copyright" issues on the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and refuse to lift the covers of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji so that its GYAAN can shine forth..we have the Lighthouse..but we refuse to open the glass windows..Manas ki Jaat ek Pehchanbo ?? We even refuse to let the SIKHS be "EK JAAT"..what about the entire humanity ?? Is there hope ?? Hope springs eternal..

When religions demark their territories, they show how worse they are in their mentality than the animals that do that with their urine. The name of the astronaut who wrote a book I read a long time ago slipped my mind at the moment. His journey to the space changed his whole perspective about humanity. What he saw was a small speck in this vast Milky Way and he wrote and I am paraphrasing it now, ' Do we have to bring the all humanity up here so that we can teach ourselves about our divisions and demarcations'?

It is not about who is a Sikh and who is not? Whose pug is more starched and whose whiskers have more mousse splattered on them?

It is all about the message that our Gurus taught us, showed us through their sacrifices, created the concept of langar and pangat, built Harmander Sahib with 4 doors to welcome all humanity and here we are letting our uneducated honchos- the so called the care takers of Sikhi sitting cross-legged on top of this treasure like snakes.
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The message of true love is more vital and urgent now than ever before.

As they say, one can awaken the one who is asleep but one can not awaken the sleepwalker.
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Let us, as SPNers take the first concrete steps to awaken the sleepwalkers and create a chain of love so our Gurus' message is linked universally to all especially at the places where it is needed the most, because lots of innocents are dying from hunger, war, neglect. Many are being raped by the marauders who are supposed to be their caretakers in places like Darfur and others.

Tejwant Singh

piarey Gyani ji,
You have beutifull described what is going on in the world
You are absolutely right when you say that teachihgs of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji change the attitudes.
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji IS A LIGHT HOUSE FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD.
WE HAVE PUSHED THE LIGHT HOUSE UNDER THE BUSHEL. IT WAS MEANT TO BE HUNG ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP SO THAT EVERY ONE CAN SEE THE LIGHT.
WHEN WE SIKHS OURSELVES DO NOT OPEN THE PAGES OF Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji HOW CAN WE SHOW THE LIGHT TO OTHERS?
THERE IS NO GOOD PARCHARAK OR KATHAKAR WHO CAN SPREAD THE MESSAGE.
WITH SO MUCH MONEY & RESOURCES AT OUR DISPOSAL WE ARE DOING NOTHING.
WE LISTEN TO GOOD KIRTAN BUT WE HAVE NO INTEREST IN GOOD SERMONS .
I in my small way speak in Gurdwaras & teach the message of ONENESS.
I have just returnes from Melbourne where i was asked to do Katha. i made it a point to REMIND the SADH SANGAT the concept of ONENESS & LOVENESS.
WE ALL ARE TECHERS. LET US TEACH OUR CHILDREN FIRST.THEN THE FAMILY & FRIENDS THEN THE COMMUNITY & THEN THE WHOLE HUMANITY.
WE MUST TEACH GUMUKHI , OUR MOTHER TONGUE. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT ENGLISH BEING A COMMON LANGUAGE OF THE WORLD WE ARE NOT TEACHING OURSELVES THE LANGUAGE OF OUR GURUS TO EXACTLY KNOW THE FEELINGS OF OUR GURUS THRU READING OF GURBANI OURSELVES RATHER THAN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OR TRANSLITERATION/
I FIND A LARGE % OF SIKHS DO NOT KNOW ONE AKHAR OF GURMUKHI.
HOW WE CAN DIP IN THE SAROVAR OF NECTAR OF GURBANI & DRINK THE AMRIT.

Lets also see the other side of the story before we blame Israel



MARCH

• Axe-wielding terrorist kills boy, 16, wounds 7-year-old
• Two cops killed in Jordan Valley attack

JANUARY

• 3 soldiers killed as IDF pushes deeper into northern Gaza cities
  UPDATE: Fallen officer had been married less than a year
• 4 soldiers and an officer killed in 24 hours
  UPDATE: ’How the heroes have fallen’
  UPDATE: ’He simply loved to live’
• IDF soldier killed in Jabalya mortar shell attack

DECEMBER

• 3 Israelis killed in attacks on South
• Kassam shrapnel kills Netivot man

OCTOBER

• Arab kills man, wounds cop in Jerusalem

JULY

• Border guard wounded in attack dies
• Goldwasser, Regev to be laid to rest after 2 uncertain years
• 3 killed, 44 wounded in Jerusalem terror attack
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  UPDATE: Mother saves baby, killed seconds later

JUNE

• Gaza shell kills kibbutz father of 3

MAY

• An elderly woman was killed by a Kassam rocket, while visiting her son
• Kibbutznik killed by mortar fire

APRIL

• Two Israeli security guards killed near Tulkarm
• Three soldiers killed in Gaza ambush
  UPDATE: ’I always told him, ’Take care of yourself’’
  UPDATE: Fallen Beduin tracker was proud to serve
• Two killed by terrorists in Nahal Oz
• Druze commando buried: ’You were not killed in vain’

MARCH

• 8 students murdered in Mercaz Harav in Jerusalem
  UPDATE: Relatives mourn studious, kindhearted teenagers
• Soldier killed by bomb at Gaza border
• Two soldiers killed in Gaza buried in J’lem, Beersheba

FEBRUARY

• ’My children were left with no father, and I lost the love of my life’
• Dimona bombing: Immigrant success story comes to tragic end

JANUARY

• Policeman killed by terrorists outside Jerusalem
• Murdered volunteer one of hundreds who ’love Israel’ says Kibbutz movement

DECEMBER

• Victims, 2 off-duty soldiers, were boyhood friends

NOVEMBER

• Israeli killed by terrorists near Karnei Shomron in W. Bank

OCTOBER

• Father of 3 killed in Gaza firefight

SEPTEMBER

• Paratrooper killed in Nablus — two weeks before his release

MAY

• 10th Israeli killed in rocket attack
• Sderot woman killed as Kassam smashes into her car

JANUARY

• Three killed in first Eilat suicide attack as Gaza terrorist infiltrates through Egypt

NOVEMBER

• 'I saw him lying on the ground with blood on his face'
• IDF soldier killed in fierce Beit Hanun firefight

SEPTEMBER

• IDF tracker killed during operation in central Gaza Strip

AUGUST

• Soldier killed in minefield accident in southern Lebanon
• Soldier killed in Jordan Valley attack
• Lebanon 2: A heavy toll - 43 civilians and 120 IDF soldiers
• Officer killed in Baalbek raid
• Nine soldiers were killed in final day of fighting
• 25 soldiers killed in Lebanon
  UPDATE: Son of anti-war author Grossman dies in battle
• Reservist slain as fierce fighting rages on in Lebanon
• Katyusha kills mother and son
• 15 soldiers killed in the bloodiest day of fighting
• Two Paratroopers killed in gun battle in Bint Jbail
  UPDATE: Fallen comrades: the faces behind the names
• Three soldiers killed in southern Lebanon
• 3 IDF soldiers killed, five wounded in heavy fighting near Bint Jbail
• 12 reserve soldiers killed by rockets
  UPDATE: The 12 faces behind the names
• Three killed in Haifa rocket attack
  UPDATE: Jews, Arabs mourn their dead together in Haifa
• 24 Israelis killed in three days
  UPDATE: 8 civilians, 4 soldiers killed in bloodiest day of war
  UPDATE: Man, daughter buried side by side in Acre
  UPDATE: Sgt. Or Shahar, 20, killed in Lebanon
  UPDATE: Two reserve soldiers were killed
• IDF soldier killed in battle with Hizbullah in Aita a-Sha’ab
• Rocket kills American oleh at Kibbutz Sa’ar
• 3 soldiers killed in Hizbullah ambush

JULY

• Aksa Brigades claim murder of Israeli
• 8 soldiers killed in Battle of Bint Jbail. Paratrooper slain in separate firefight
• 2 soldiers, 2 pilots killed
• Two killed, more than 14 hurt, as Katyushas hit Haifa
• Israel laid four soldiers and one pilot to rest
  UPDATE: Fifth Egoz soldier killed in Lebanon came to Israel alone from Ukraine
  UPDATE: A father’s eulogy for a slain soldier
• Two soldiers killed in clash with Hizbullah inside Lebanon
  UPDATE: The little prince of Platoon Aleph
• 2 children killed as rockets hit Nazareth
• Rocket kills father running for shelter
• Soldier killed while tracking down bomber in Nablus
• Family of killed railway worker believes government is doing the right thing
• Grandmother and grandson killed: Martial law in North as rockets hit Tiberias
• Sailor killed, three missing as Hizbullah, helped by Iran, fires missile at Israeli ship
  UPDATE: Sailors’ bodies identified after warship strike
• 2 Israelis killed in barrage on North
• 8 killed on the Northern border. Families reel from news of deaths
  UPDATE: The stories behind the faces
• Soldier killed. 3 abandoned settlements retaken

JUNE

• Asheri shot in head Sunday immediately after abduction
• IDF poised for Gaza offensive after 2 soldiers killed

APRIL

• A final kiss good-bye
  UPDATE: American teen wounded in Tel Aviv bombing dies of wounds

MARCH

• Kedumim deaths may have prevented greater tragedy
• Father of two killed in Samaria shooting

FEBRUARY

• Palestinian kills mother of three in Petah Tikva

DECEMBER

• Bomber kills IDF officer, two Palestinians
• Father of five killed in Hebron Hills ambush
• Soldier killed at capital checkpoint
• Suicide attack kills five outside mall; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility
  UPDATE: Guard dies preventing greater carnage

NOVEMBER

• IDF soldier killed during arrest of Islamic Jihad member

OCTOBER

• 5 dead in Hadera market suicide bombing
  UPDATE: Hadera death toll rises to 6
• 3 dead, 5 wounded in shooting attacks

SEPTEMBER

• Hamas kidnaps, brutally murders J’lem candy maker

JULY

• 2 killed, 3 wounded in attack near Kfar Darom
• Dana Galkovitch, 22, killed by Kassam
• Three killed in suicide bombing at Netanya mall
  UPDATE: Netanya bombing death toll rises to 5

JUNE

• Soldier killed, 3 wounded in clashes with Hizbullah
• Teenager dies of wounds sustained in Beit Hagai attack
• Teen slain, 4 wounded in terror attack
• Islamic Jihad gunmen kill Israeli driving to work
• IDF soldier killed, 2 wounded in Philadelphi shooting attack

MAY

• Paratrooper killed in shootout

FEBRUARY

• Israel weighs Syria retaliation for TA attack

JANUARY

• Sderot teenager succumbs to wounds from Kassam attack
• Shin Bet back in the line of fire
• Six Israelis killed in attack at Karni
• Father of five killed in Morag roadside bombing
• Erez bombing victim dies 10 days after attack
• Soldier killed, four wounded in roadside shootings

DECEMBER

• Security guard slain in terror shooting
• Terror suspected in moshav murder
• Thai worker killed in mortar attack on Gush Katif settlement
• Five soldiers killed in Gaza; Israel vows harsh response
• Soldier killed, 4 wounded in explosion near Karni Crossing

NOVEMBER

• Captain Moshe Taranto killed in Rafah arms tunnel collapse
• Suicide bomber kills three at Tel Aviv’s Carmel Market

OCTOBER

• Soldier killed in Gaza mortar attack
• Soldier slain in Gaza
• Soldier killed in shooting attack in the West Bank
• IDF concludes Sinai rescue operation — 13 Israelis among 32 bombing victims

SEPTEMBER

• Civilian, two soldiers gunned down in Gaza
• Two toddlers killed in rocket attack
• Mortar kills woman in Neveh Dekalim
• 3 soldiers killed as terrorists infiltrate IDF post in Morag
• Two killed in Jerusalem bombing
• 16 killed in double Beersheba bombing

AUGUST

• PA policeman kills Itamar father of seven

JULY

• One dead as bomb ends Gush Dan lull
• IDF commando killed in clashes with PFLP in Nablus
• Israeli killed in Fatah shooting laid to rest

JUNE

• Sderot buries its dead
• Soldier killed in tunnel blast laid to rest

MAY

• Paratrooper captain killed in Nablus
• 2 soldiers killed; IDF leaves Rafah
• Five soldiers killed in 2nd attack on APC in Gaza
• Six soldiers killed in Gaza mine blast
• Border tense after Hizbullah kills soldier
• Mother, 4 daughters, killed in Gaza shooting attack

APRIL

• Yaniv Mashiach is Israel’s 21,782nd war-fatality
• Suicide bomber kills 1, wounds 3 at Erez
• Terrorist kills Avnei Hefetz man, wounds daughter

MARCH

• IAF strikes Gaza in retaliation for Ashdod Port attacks

FEBRUARY

• Reservist killed in Erez gunfight
• Young couple slain in roadside shooting
• Jerusalem suicide bomber kills eight

JANUARY

• Eleven killed, 50 hurt in suicide bus bombing
• Slain soldier loved his job
• Suicide attack at Erez Crossing kills four
• Father of five slain by terrorists in shooting attack

DECEMBER

• PFLP suicide bomber kills 4
• Two Officers, two friends, died side by side

NOVEMBER

• Warnings preceded murders at fence
• Female tourist dies in Eilat-Aqaba attack
• 9th Tzrifin victim dies
• Two soldiers killed by gunman

OCTOBER

• Three Netzarim victims mourned
• Adi, Sarit and Alon are no more
• Three IDF soldiers killed in Fatah ambush
• 21st victim of Haifa attack laid to rest
• Haifa bombing claims 20th victim
• Soldier killed by Hizbullah fire
• 19 killed in Haifa suicide bombing

SEPTEMBER

• Baby killed in Rosh Hashana attack
• Soldier, four gunmen killed in Hebron, Gaza
• Explosion destroys Jerusalem coffee shop; at least 6 killed
• Eight soldiers killed in suicide bombing at Tzrifin army base
• Naval commando killed in Nablus
• Soldier killed in Jenin ambush

AUGUST

• 22nd victim of Jerusalem bus bombing dies
• Fatah cell murders Homesh man. Wounded wife gives birth in seventh month
• 20 dead, including 6 children, in Jerusalem terror bus bomb
• Teenager killed in Hizbullah attack on Shlomo
• Commando killed in battle at Hamas bomb factory

JULY

• Missing soldier found murdered
• Terrorist kills one, wounds one in TA
• 'Why was this holy woman taken?'

JUNE

• Naval commando killed in crackdown on Hamas
• Bezeq worker shot dead by 15-year-old terrorist
• Park Hotel terror attack claims another victim
• Eli man slain in ambush day after son's wedding
• Moshav grocer slain by suicide bomber
• Murder of seven-year-old girl wracks family, community
• Soldier killed, 2 wounded in Fatah attacks
• Terrorists slay Netanya man
• Suicide bomber kills 16 in Jerusalem. Hamas terrorist disguised as haredi
• Five soldiers killed in Gaza, Hebron. Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad claim joint attack

MAY

• 3 dead in shopping mall as Israel sustains wave of bombings
• Seven killed in Jerusalem bus bombing
• Kiryat Arba couple killed by Hebron suicide bomber
• Terrorists kill Givat Ze'ev man on way to work near Ofra
• Father murdered, daughter, 6, hurt in West Bank attack

APRIL

• Terror attack in Tel Aviv, 3 dead, 50 wounded
• One dead, 14 hurt in central Israel suicide blast
• IDF photographer, five Palestinians killed in Rafah
• Canadian-born IDF officer laid to rest
• Soldier, 2 civilians killed in attacks
• Terrorists kill two soldiers, wound nine at Jordan Valley army base

MARCH

• Haifa bus bomber kills 15, wounds dozens
• Couple slain in Kiryat Arba
• After soldier killed, IDF reinforces Hebron
• Paratrooper killed in sweep of Palestinian village
• Reservist, two leading Hamas terrorists killed in clashes
• Israeli motorist slain near Jenin

FEBRUARY

• IDF nabs would-be suicide bomber
• IDF officer killed by sniper fire in Bethlehem
• 'You took the strong from us'
• Soldier shot dead by sniper in Gush Katif

JANUARY

• Elderly man stoned to death in Jordan Valley
• Two bombers kill 22 in Tel Aviv. Casualties include many foreign workers
• Chinese woman wounded in TA bombing dies
• Terrorist infiltrators kill two, wound six. Moshavnik murdered in shooting attack near Afula
• Soldier slain on Egyptian border
• Terrorists kill father of 5 at Shabbat dinner
• Three soldiers slain in Hebron hills

JANUARY

• Four soldiers killed in border clash. Sharon pledges response to terror acts
• Soldier killed following terrorist's death. Al-Aksa Brigade claims shooting near Tulkarm, says cease-fire is over
• Two murdered in terror attacks
• Gunmen kill Israeli Arab
• Six killed in Hadera terror attack. Terrorist slain after spraying bullets at bar mitzva guests
• Two die from Tuesday attack of their wounds
• Victim of blast died pursuing passion for painting

FEBRUARY

• Three killed in Jordan Valley attack. Mother, daughter, soldier slain in terrorist infiltration at Hamra
• Teen terror cell kills woman in Jerusalem park. Assailant drops dead after chase
• Elderly woman slain in ambush
• Two women soldiers slain in Beersheba. Two terrorists shot dead at entrance to IDF base
• Two crewmen from ill-fated tank laid to rest
• Gunmen kill soldier at IDF roadblock
• Two teens killed by mall suicide bomber. 29 wounded, 6 seriously, in Karnei Shomron attack. Palestinians fire Kassam rockets. IAF bombs PA posts in Jabaliya. Islamic Jihad leader killed
• Terrorists kill four in two attacks. 5 p.m.- Policeman slain in suicide bombing near Ma'ale Adumim. 7 p.m. - Two soldiers, woman murdered, three wounded in Gush Katif
• Six soldiers killed at roadblock. Gunmen burst into outpost near Ramallah, shoot at close range then escape unharmed
• Man killed in drive-by shooting
• Two killed in attack near Nokdim. Wounded woman delivers healthy baby after being shot
• Policewoman dies of wounds from shooting in Jerusalem
• 16-year-old Karnei Shomron suicide bombing victim dies
• Palestinian worker kills boss in Atarot
• Soldier, 13 Palestinians killed in clashes. IDF enters Balata, Jenin camps; US urges restraint

MARCH

• Proud brother remembers soldier killed in Jenin
• Bomber kills eleven in Jerusalem. Two babies among dead, 57 wounded in Beit Yisrael attack
• 25 minutes, 25 bullets, 10 dead
• 10th capital bombing victim dies
• 'For how long must we suffer?' 2 Kassam rockets hit Sderot. 5 killed in 3 separate attacks. Army Strikes PA after day of terror
• Efrat woman killed in shooting
• IDF launches massive strike against Gaza. Two soldiers killed during anti-terror operations
• Terrorist kills five in Atzmona. Hamas claims midnight Gaza attack
• IDF captures 600 in Tulkarm sweep. More than 50 Palestinians and one soldier killed
• Young lives lost in a Moment of terror
• Soldier killed by terrorist posing as worker
• Terrorists slay 6 in Galilee attack. Area residents confined to homes
• Man killed, 9 wounded by terrorists
• Soldier, Force 17 official killed in Ramallah
• 3 soldiers killed as tank hits mine. Gaza roadside attack is second in a month
• Terrorist kills young woman in Kfar Saba
• Hamas gunmen kill soldier, wound three
• Seven killed in Wadi Ara bus bombing. Islamic Jihad takes credit. Cease-fire talks move ahead. Sharon, Peres blast Arafat
• Jerusalem couple, soldier slain in King George blast
• Gunman fires at bus, kills teacher
• TIPH won't blame Palestinians for shooting deaths
• Netanya Pessah massacre toll rises to 29
• Terrorist kills 4 in Eilon Moreh
• IDF invades Arafat's Ramallah compound
• Female suicide bomber kills 2 at capital supermarket
• Eilon Moreh, Netzarim terror victims laid to rest
• Border policeman killed thwarting terror attack
• 15 killed in Haifa restaurant bombing. Husband, wife, child among victims

APRIL

• Hero policeman laid to rest
• Palestinian sniper kills reservist near Har Homa
• Officer killed in Jenin as army expands operation against terror
• 3 soldiers killed in fighting
• Soldiers, civilians killed in battle and terror attacks laid to rest
• Three soldiers killed in Jenin. IDF fires LAW rocket at Arafat's HQ
• IDF withdrawing from Kalkilya and Tulkarm. Two soldiers killed in Jenin
• Ambushed in Jenin. 15 soldiers slain
• 8 killed in Yagur bus bombing. Bus driver: Terrorist wore IDF fatigues
• 6 killed, 84 wounded in Jerusalem bombing
• Gunman kills border policeman at Erez
• Naval commando, two gunmen killed
• Peduel mourns loss of devoted rabbi
• Terrorists murder four in Adora

MAY

• An admirable man
• At least 16 killed in Rishon attack
• Gush Katif farmer murdered by Palestinian laborer
• Netanya bombing kills 3, wounds 50
• 2 killed, 40 wounded by suicide bomber in Rishon Lezion
• IDF reenters Bethlehem. Soldier killed in Tulkarm gun battle
• Petah Tikva terror victims to be buried today
• 3 teens killed at Itamar yeshiva. Man slain on Ramallah bypass road

JUNE

• Suicide bomber kills 17 near Megiddo
• Youth killed by terrorist sniper
• Terrorists kill three in Karmei Tzur infiltration
• A funeral instead of graduation
• Soldiers killed in Dugit attack are laid to rest
• 19 killed in Jerusalem bus bombing
• 6 killed in north Jerusalem attack
• 4 family members slain in Itamar infiltration
• Officer dies of wounds from Gaza Strip attack

JULY

• Jerusalem soldier killed in Rafah
• 7 dead in attack on Emmanuel bus. Three generations of one family among the victims
• Officer killed by Emmanuel terrorists buried
• 5 killed in Tisha Be'av terror attack. Dozens hurt as two suicide bombers strike near old Tel Aviv bus station
• Four killed in Fatah ambushes near Hebron. Settlement leaders call for IDF to expel Arabs from Yata
• Brothers killed delivering fuel to Palestinians
• 8 killed, 86 wounded in Hebrew U. attack. Hamas claims responsibility; says it 'avenged Shehadeh'

AUGUST

• Israeli lynched outside Tulkarm. A-G approves deportations to Gaza
• 'This hasn't happened here since 1948'
• Eli couple killed in drive-by shooting
• Wife slain as husband came to rescue her
• Ninth HU bombing victim buried
• Soldier slain by Gaza sniper

SEPTEMBER

• Father of 4 slain on Samaria road
• Body of Ma'aleh Adumim man found in garbage dump
• Suicide bomber kills policeman at Umm el-Fahm junction
• Six victims of Tel Aviv suicide bombing buried
• Father killed, 3 sons wounded in Hebron attack
• Naval commando officer killed near Tulkarm
• Hundreds mourn Ari Weiss

OCTOBER

• Modi'in man dies of wounds suffered in terrorist ambush
• Bomber kills one, wounds 30 near Bar-Ilan U.
• 14 dead, 65 wounded in bus bombing. No wide-scale retaliation expected
• Nation buries three soldiers killed in Ariel suicide bombing
• Aksa Martyrs Brigades claims responsibility for Hermesh murders. Hermesh teenage terror victims buried

NOVEMBER

• Two Argentinean immigrants died in Kfar Saba attack
• Palestinian worker murders two in Gaza
• Soldier slain in Gaza
• Terrorist kills 5 including mother, two young sons
• 12 killed in Hebron Shabbat eve ambush
• Mother of 7 killed in attack
• 11 die in Jerusalem bus bombing. Grandmother, grandson, mother, son among dead
• Navy intercepts explosives-packed Palestinian boat. IDF tracker killed by Hamas leading patrol in Gaza
• 3 Israelis, 9 Kenyans killed in Mombasa hotel bombing
• 6 killed in Beit She'an terror attack

DECEMBER

• Two soldiers killed in Hebron. Jewish community condemns government inaction after last attack
• IDF divides Gaza in 3 after murder of rabbi
• Four slain, 10 wounded in attack on Otniel yeshiva

JANUARY

• Gush Katif man feared lynched
• Youth lured to death near Ramallah
• Taba talks halted after 2 Israelis murdered. Hamas claims responsibility
• Jerusalem man shot dead. Fatah claims responsibility for ambush near Atarot
• Ofra man killed in drive-by shooting

FEBRUARY

• Two Israelis gunned down
• Palestinian sniper kills IDF soldier in Gaza
• Gush Etzion man shot dead on tunnel road
• Eight killed in bus terror attack. Palestinian driver from Gaza rams into crowd waiting at bus stop near Holon
• Three shot in attack near Atarot

MARCH

• One dies in terrorist taxi bomb. Hamas man also suspected of Wednesday's Tel Aviv blast
• Suicide bomber kills 3 in Netanya. Security forces braced for further attempts
• Baruch Cohen shot on way to work
• Baby murdered in Hebron attack. IDF orders residents to leave Abu Sneneh
• Raids come after two teens killed in suicide bombing

APRIL

• 2 soldiers killed by Palestinian sniper fire
• Prostitute found murdered near Haifa Port
• Beit Shemesh man murdered near Ramallah
• Physician killed in terror blast. Suicide bomber leaves 50 wounded
• GSS involved in murder investigation
• Netanya man killed in drive-by shooting

MAY

• 'How can I say kaddish alone?' Assaf Hershkovitz killed in terror ambush three months after father
• Guard killed by terrorists at isolated farm near Itamar
• Terrorists murder teens near Tekoa. Ssharon demands PA halt terror
• Israel to compensate families of slain Romanians
• Israeli woman killed in ambush. Father also wounded in terrorist shooting near Ma'aleh Michmash
• Arafat: Decisive battle on for Palestine. Five killed by suicide bomber at Netanya mall
• Israeli killed in shooting near Ariel. Attack comes one day after IDF cease-fire
• Body of missing contractor found near Tulkarm
• Efrat women killed on way to funeral. Gilad Zar, 40, murdered in morning; Sarah Blaustein, 53, Esther Alvan, 20, gunned down later on tunnel road
• Fourth terror killing this week. Mevo Dotan man hit in drive-by shooting

JUNE

• 21 dead, more than 90 wounded by suicide bomber
• Sharon at baby's funeral: 'I came here to cry with you'
• Monk's shooting shocks church
• Palestinian collaborator kills IDF operator
• Two Israelis slain by terrorists. Settlers: Sharon is responsible
• Second Homesh man murdered. Settlers: We are sitting ducks
• 2 soldiers killed in Gaza; Sharon off to US. PM: Our patience is running out
• Young mother killed by terrorists

JULY

• Police hunting two terrorists in shepherd's slaying
• Israeli slain on Green Line
• New terror alert issued. IDF officer killed in bombing
• Ambushes near Kiryat Arba leave 2 dead
• Suicide bomber kills two soldiers in Binyamina attack
• Fatah group claims slaying of Jerusalem youth. Police believe victim was abducted to Ramallah
• Teenager killed in drive-by shooting. Gunmen fire on family car outside capital

AUGUST

• Israeli woman killed in road ambush, 5 hurt. Rafah police station hit in retaliation for mortar attacks in Gaza
• Israeli shot dead in Jordan. Two Arab groups claim responsibility for murder of Ra'anana businessman
• Jordan Valley man slain in drive-by shooting
• Palestinian 'collaborator' shot, killed
• 15 killed in Jerusalem suicide bombing. Cabinet deliberates retaliation for attack
• Terrorists kill teenage girl on Mount Gilboa
• Palestinians infiltrate IDF base, kill 3. DFLP gunman surprise soldiers in Gaza outpost; tanks move on Rafah
• Couple shot dead in ambush, children lighly hurt
• Merchant gunned down near Tulkarm
• A helper and friend
• Ashdod truck driver killed near Nablus
• Modi'in man slain in Palestinian restaurant

SEPTEMBER

• Officer killed, 2nd hurt in ambush. Shots fired at capital's Pisgat Ze'ev
• Five killed as terror hits nationwide. First Israeli Arab suicide bomber strikes at Nahariya train station
• Gunmen kill two border policemen
• Woman slain in drive-by shooting
• Soldier killed in Ramallah incursion
• Cabinet reviews cease-fire after drive-by murder. Mother of three shot near Tekoa
• Woman slain in Jordan Valley attack

OCTOBER

• Elei Sinai buries a daughter, cancels anniversary celebrations
• Three killed, 16 hurt in Afula terror attack
• Violence continues despite Arafat's warning to factions
• Kibbutz man dies confronting bomber
• Terrorists murder Mevo Dotan woman in roadside ambush
• Rehavam Ze'evi assasinated. PFLP claims responsibility for Jerusalem hotel shooting
• Hiker killed in terror ambush. Tanzim fugitive dies in Bethlehem blast; shots, mortars fired on Gilo
• Five killed in two terror attacks. PA police kill four in Hadera; IDF leaves two West Bank cities

NOVEMBER

• Fatah claims killing of soldier
• Two teens killed in bus attack. Gunman hits Jerusalem bus at rush hour, wounds dozens
• Soldier killed near Nablus. Three Palestinians shot dead in ensuing clash
• One killed, two wounded in terror attack inside Green Line
• Reservist killed in mortar attack laid to rest
• Three killed in terror attacks. Afula rampage kills 2, wounds more than 40
• Gush Katif woman dies in ambush
• Three Israelis killed in bus bombing. Soldier shot dead at roadblock

DECEMBER

• Terrorists strike in Jerusalem center. 11 dead, 160 wounded in Kikar Zion suicide attacks
• Fifteen killed in Haifa suicide bus bombing
• Terror attack in Emmanuel kills 11. Arafat orders Hamas, Islamic Jihad offices closed
• Reservist killed in Jordan border attack. Two terrorists slain

SEPTEMBER

• Soldier died of a roadside bomb exploded near a Givati Brigade patrol at the Netzarim junction.
• Border policeman murdered by Palestinian counterpart

OCTOBER

• Border policeman dies of wounds after Palestinians prevent his evacuation
• Worst civil disturbances since 1948. Barak blames Arafat, 15 die in Israel
• Murdered Joseph's Tomb teacher to be buried tomorrow
• Israel launches reprisal attacks on PA. 2 soldiers lynched in Ramallah
• 'Foul-up' over tour ends in gun battle. Rabbi, Palestinian killed in clash at Mt. Ebal, near Nablus
• Five rioters killed in day of violence
• Gunships hit PA after J'lem murders. Terrorists kill two Israelis in separate attacks

NOVEMBER

• Three soldiers killed in gun battles
• Jerusalem car bomb kills two. Barak holds PA responsible
• Israel closes Rafah crossing after terror murder
• 2 soldiers, 10 Arabs killed. Clashes intensify as PM heads to US
• 4 Israelis killed in roadside attacks. Highest daily Jewish death toll since riots began; 3 Arabs die
• PA pledges probe after soldier killed. Attack comes despite Arafat's 'don't shoot' order; IDF threatens retaliation
• 2 killed, 9 hurt in school-bus bombing in Gaza
• Palestinian sniper kills youth, 18, in Gush Katif
• Car bombing kills two in Hadera. Baby among more than 50 wounded
• Two soldiers killed in Gaza. Palestinians ordered out of joint offices
• 2 Israelis, 9 Palestinians die in clashes

DECEMBER

• 3 Israelis, 6 Palestinians killed
• Israeli driver killed in ambush near Givat Ze'ev
• 2 security men killed, 2 wounded in Gaza roadside-bomb ambush
• Kahane, wife killed by terrorists

Back in June, 2008, Egypt helped broker a 6-month cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, the ruling body in the Gaza Strip. Though the cease-fire was broken several times by both sides, it largely held. Toward the end of the cease-fire in December, Israel, while closing Gaza's borders since November, indicated that it might extend the agreement, if Hamas ceased all Qassam rocket attacks. Qassam rockets are the crude but deadly homemade missiles often launched towards Israeli territory (over 3,000 times in 2008 alone). Hamas leaders, angered by the blockade and seemingly little political headway made over the past 6 months, recently stepped up rocket attacks on Israel once again. Israel has now responded with five days (so far) of air attacks and Naval bombardment on Gaza, resulting in over 350 dead, nearly 1,500 wounded and countless buildings and smugglers' tunnnels destroyed. Hamas has threatened to increase the rocket attacks send suicide bombers into Israel in retaliation, and Israel is massing troops and tanks around Gaza for a possible ground assault. (37 photos total)

A trail of smoke is seen after the launch of a rocket from the northern Gaza Strip aimed towards Israel on December 27, 2008. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)




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Masked Palestinian militants from Islamic Jihad run with homemade rockets to put in place before later firing them into Israel on the outskirts of Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra) #




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Masked Palestinian militants from Islamic Jihad place homemade rockets before later firing them into Israel on the outskirts of Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra) #
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A Palestinian man inspects the damage where a rocket fired by Palestinian militants - intended for a target in Israel - accidentally hit a building in Gaza City, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. Palestinian Iyad Dremly, who works for the Palestinian Center for Conflict Resolution, was injured in the explosion, Palestinian sources said. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) #




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An Israeli Apache helicopter launches a missile during an attack inside the northern Gaza Strip on December 29, 2008 as seen from the Israeli-Gaza border. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) #




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Smoke rises above Gaza after another Israeli air strike on a Hamas target, December 29, 2008 along Israel's side of the Gaza border. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) #




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Wounded Palestinians are treated on the floor of crowded Kamal Edwan hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on December 29, 2008, following an Israeli air strike on the nearby Jabalia refugee camp. Israeli tanks massed at the Gaza border today as warplanes continued pounding Hamas targets in the densely populated enclave. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images) #




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Samera Baalusha (34) (right) sits with her daughter Eman (15) and surviving son Mohamad (15 months) while waiting to see the body of her 4-year-old daughter Jawaher Baalusha during the funeral held for Jawher and her four other sisters who were all killed in an Israeli missile strike, on December 29, 2008 in the Jebaliya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip. Jawher Baalusha and her sisters were killed during an Israeli air raid while they were sleeping together in their bedroom. Medics stated that the raid had targeted a mosque near their home in Jabalia. (Abid Katib/Getty Images) #



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An Israeli F15 fighter flies over the northern Israeli-Gaza Strip border on December 28, 2008. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) #




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Smoke billows from a targeted location in the northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli air raid, as seen from the Israeli-Gaza border on December 30, 2008. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) #






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Many bodies lie outside the Hamas police headquarters following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on December 27, 2008. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images) #




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Palestinian firefighters try to extinguish flames at a medical warehouse after an Israeli airstrike targeted at a fuel tank nearby in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008. Israel widened its deadliest-ever air offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers Sunday, pounding Hamas targets, smugglers' tunnels and a central prison. (AP Photo/Xinhua) #




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Israelis take cover during a rocket warning siren in the southern Israeli town of Ashkelon, Monday Dec. 29, 2008. (AP Photo / Tsafrir Abayov) #




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Smoke rises after an Israel air strike in Gaza Strip December 28, 2008. Israel launched air strikes on Gaza for a second successive day on Sunday, piling pressure on Hamas. (REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa) #




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