On August 18, 2011, squads of heavily-armed Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) guerrillas from Gaza travelled about 120 miles through Egyptian Sinai to attack Israeli citizens near the southern Israeli city of Eilat, killing eight Israelis. Israel retaliated with airstrikes on targets inside Gaza. The PRC is a relatively small Palestinian resistance group that has at…
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January 16, 2011 marks the 20th anniversary of the 1991 Gulf War (in America; in the Gulf itself, the date had already turned to the 17th). For more information on the war and to see links to articles and news on the anniversary, go to: http://www.historyguy.com/GulfWar.html#gulfwar20thanniversary
New Gaza war ‘a question of when, not if’ The UN says at least 62 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli action in Gaza so far this year A senior Israeli army officer has told the BBC that as long as Hamas remains in control of the Gaza Strip, another war is “a question of…
According to the BBC on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Four Israelis killed in West Bank Four Israelis have been shot dead in the West Bank, Israeli police say. Their vehicle came under fire on a road between the settlement of Kiryat Arba and the Palestinian village of Bani Naim, near the city of Hebron. The…
Lebanon’s poorly equipped army is soliciting donations to make up for reduced American aid. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10976438 Posted from WordPress for Android
Just as international analysts express growing concerns over the possibility of a renewal of all-out war involving Israel, Lebanon, Hezbollah, and possibly Syria, new clashes are reported along the tense Israel-Lebanon border in early August, 2010. According to early reports, at least four were killed in mutual artillery fire across the border. Israel said an Israeli battalion…
A new article at Debka.com relates concerns that Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah may be preparing for a summer, 2010 war against Israel. See the article at Debka.com’s site: http://www.debka.com/article/8745/ And the History Guy page at http://www.historyguy.com/iranwar.htm
Mossad Hacked Syrian Official’s Computer Before Bombing Mysterious Nuclear Facility From Wired November 3, 2009 Agents of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service hacked into the computer of a senior Syrian government official a year before Israel bombed a facility in Syria in 2007, according to Der Spiegel. The intelligence agents planted a Trojan horse on the…