Israeli army fights armed ghosts in Gaza
www.chinaview.cn 2009-01-08 22:45:49 P
GAZA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- No one can see armed fighters, taking positions in the streets or sitting into lookout posts or buildings in the Gaza Strip. Means of militants' transportation, mainly cars, trucks and vehicles also can not be seen driving around, an Islamic Jihad armed wing spokesman said Thursday.
Fighters or even police or security officers carrying machine-guns or pistols are not seen in the streets of the Gaza Strip that has been facing a 13 days of air and ground Israeli military strikes.
Israel has been offering the population a three-hour unilateral ceasefire since Wednesday. During the three hours, a significant movement of traffic can be seen, where thousands of civilians go out for shopping.
"Although the men of resistance are invisible, but their acts on the ground are tangible," said Abu Ahmed, spokesman of Saraya al-Quds, Islamic Jihad's movement's armed wing.
He added that the ground resistance machine-guns open fire at helicopters and pilotless drones from secret locations "while the Israeli army warplanes are unable to locate them and hit back."
The Israeli army warplanes, tanks and naval gunship vessels have been striking on hundreds of targets in the Gaza Strip aiming at forcing militants to stop their rockets' attacks on southern Israel.
Militant groups, mainly Hamas and Islamic Jihad everyday claim responsibility for launching rockets at southern Israeli cities, and mortar shells at Israeli communities and towns in the vicinity of the Gaza Strip.
So far, 715 Palestinians were killed and 3,100 wounded since the beginning of the military offensive on the Gaza Strip in Dec. 27. Emergency chief Mo'aweya Hassanein said that 50 percent of the victims are civilians.
Abu Ahmed said that the Palestinian armed resistance is still in a good situation and was not affected at all, adding that the militants "are following new military tactics against the enemy's invading forces."
On Saturday, Israel decided to send columns of tanks and armored vehicles to southern Gaza City, northern and northeastern Gaza Strip, where the Israeli army cut the enclave into two isolated slices.
"We are following different kinds of military tactics since the beginning of the Zionist aggression. We use these tactics to avoid hitting our men of resistance," said Abu Ahmed.
According to medical sources in Gaza, the number of the killed or the wounded militants is much less than the number of civilians were either killed or wounded. However, they said many police men were among the victims.
It became unclear for the enclave's residents how the rockets are fired at southern Israel, said the spokesman of the Islamic Jihad armed wing, adding "They can't see where rockets' launchers are located and how it fires rockets."
"Such new tactics are adopted in order to mislead the pilotless drones that take pictures of every corner into the Gaza Strip and send signals to warplanes to strike immediately at the sources of the fire," said Abu Ahmed.
Hundreds of Russian and homemade rockets and mortar shells were fired at Israeli cities, some rockets' range exceeded 50 kilometers, and hit far Israeli cities like Ashdod and Beer Sheva.
"The Israel military establishments started to prepare shelters in the biggest Israeli city of Tel Aviv, while the Israeli army announced that the Palestinian rockets are reaching targets that are 60 kilometers far from Gaza," said Abu Ahmed.
He added that "The militants in the Gaza Strip are acting like ghosts. They mislead the drones and the warplanes to avoid being hit. Over the past few days, the enemy wasn't able to target our rockets launchers."
Right after the end of the unilateral three-hour ceasefire on Thursday, Israeli tanks and warplanes resumed immediately strikingon several targets. It is the second day that Israel gives this short ceasefire to Gaza Strip population.
John Ging, United Nations (UNRWA) chief of operation had earlier stated that three hours cessation of strikes is "not enough for the population to store foods and get their basic humanitarian needs."
www.chinaview.cn 2009-01-08 22:45:49 P
GAZA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- No one can see armed fighters, taking positions in the streets or sitting into lookout posts or buildings in the Gaza Strip. Means of militants' transportation, mainly cars, trucks and vehicles also can not be seen driving around, an Islamic Jihad armed wing spokesman said Thursday.
Fighters or even police or security officers carrying machine-guns or pistols are not seen in the streets of the Gaza Strip that has been facing a 13 days of air and ground Israeli military strikes.
Israel has been offering the population a three-hour unilateral ceasefire since Wednesday. During the three hours, a significant movement of traffic can be seen, where thousands of civilians go out for shopping.
"Although the men of resistance are invisible, but their acts on the ground are tangible," said Abu Ahmed, spokesman of Saraya al-Quds, Islamic Jihad's movement's armed wing.
He added that the ground resistance machine-guns open fire at helicopters and pilotless drones from secret locations "while the Israeli army warplanes are unable to locate them and hit back."
The Israeli army warplanes, tanks and naval gunship vessels have been striking on hundreds of targets in the Gaza Strip aiming at forcing militants to stop their rockets' attacks on southern Israel.
Militant groups, mainly Hamas and Islamic Jihad everyday claim responsibility for launching rockets at southern Israeli cities, and mortar shells at Israeli communities and towns in the vicinity of the Gaza Strip.
So far, 715 Palestinians were killed and 3,100 wounded since the beginning of the military offensive on the Gaza Strip in Dec. 27. Emergency chief Mo'aweya Hassanein said that 50 percent of the victims are civilians.
Abu Ahmed said that the Palestinian armed resistance is still in a good situation and was not affected at all, adding that the militants "are following new military tactics against the enemy's invading forces."
On Saturday, Israel decided to send columns of tanks and armored vehicles to southern Gaza City, northern and northeastern Gaza Strip, where the Israeli army cut the enclave into two isolated slices.
"We are following different kinds of military tactics since the beginning of the Zionist aggression. We use these tactics to avoid hitting our men of resistance," said Abu Ahmed.
According to medical sources in Gaza, the number of the killed or the wounded militants is much less than the number of civilians were either killed or wounded. However, they said many police men were among the victims.
It became unclear for the enclave's residents how the rockets are fired at southern Israel, said the spokesman of the Islamic Jihad armed wing, adding "They can't see where rockets' launchers are located and how it fires rockets."
"Such new tactics are adopted in order to mislead the pilotless drones that take pictures of every corner into the Gaza Strip and send signals to warplanes to strike immediately at the sources of the fire," said Abu Ahmed.
Hundreds of Russian and homemade rockets and mortar shells were fired at Israeli cities, some rockets' range exceeded 50 kilometers, and hit far Israeli cities like Ashdod and Beer Sheva.
"The Israel military establishments started to prepare shelters in the biggest Israeli city of Tel Aviv, while the Israeli army announced that the Palestinian rockets are reaching targets that are 60 kilometers far from Gaza," said Abu Ahmed.
He added that "The militants in the Gaza Strip are acting like ghosts. They mislead the drones and the warplanes to avoid being hit. Over the past few days, the enemy wasn't able to target our rockets launchers."
Right after the end of the unilateral three-hour ceasefire on Thursday, Israeli tanks and warplanes resumed immediately strikingon several targets. It is the second day that Israel gives this short ceasefire to Gaza Strip population.
John Ging, United Nations (UNRWA) chief of operation had earlier stated that three hours cessation of strikes is "not enough for the population to store foods and get their basic humanitarian needs."
