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On December 27—as both the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama and Israeli elections began to approach—Israel responded to a recent increase in rocket attacks out of Gaza with a series of bombardments on Hamas targets that has now lasted almost two weeks. The...
• "If [Israeli officials] decided stupidly to invade Gaza, we will fight them with God's help. We will fight them like lions." -USA Today, March 1, 2008
Armored columns of Israeli troops rolled into Gaza on Jan. 3, ushering in the next phase in the country's effort to cripple Hamas. The ground offensive was a step Hamas's leader, Khaled Mashaal, had warned against. "If you commit the stupidity of launching a ground offensive then a...
• In 1997, Mashaal narrowly survived a famous attempt on his life by Israeli Mossad agents. Posing as Canadian tourists, the agents smeared Mashaal's neck with a lethal poison. (Other accounts of the attack suggest Mossad injected the poison into his ear.) The would-be assassins were apprehended, and...
At a Cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv on Sunday morning, the head of Israel's domestic security agency, the Shin Bet, said Hamas is worried that its control of Gaza will collapse and is already discussing ways it can push for peace while still maintaining the appearance of defiance. Israeli...