Now as many of you know, Israel has BARRED all journalists from entering Gaza to cover whats going on, hence we are not able to verify the losses on Israels side. but as they usually say, there is a story behind the main story, i think most of us can agree that Israel is taking more losses than their letting on, after all they are controlling most info thats comming out due to their banning of the media.
now comes the latest story that israel is sending in reservists to fight along the main soldiers, and this should tell us something, it tells us that Israels ground offensive is not going all smoothly, after all, if Israel was achieving all its goals and going according to plan as they claim, then why start sending in for more re-inforcements? as they say, theres a story behind the story, and whats not in the story is usually the main story. does it make any sense, Israel claims that they have greatly affected Hamas' fighting capabilities, yet rockets are still being fired on a daily basis, Hamas fighters continue to take part in heavy gun battles, and now we hear the news that Israel is planning to send in reserve forces! you put 2 and 2 together and you can see an opposite picture, its not all green for Israel, and they were expecting this fight to have been over by now, but its not, and the ground op isnt going as good as they hoped, hence we now need to send in the reservists!
Israel did learn from the 2006 war, not in fighting techniques, rather in controlling the media, Israel's home support during the 2006 war began to fade with the news of losses, so Israel smartened up, they ban the media from getting into Gaza thereby effectively managing to silence any losses on their side, thereby also managing to keep the support for the war going.
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Despite the tightening Israeli cordon, militants managed to fire off at least 15 rockets Monday. There were no reports of injuries, though one rocket hit a house in the southern city of Ashkelon.
A few hours after that strike, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visited Ashkelon and said Israel would end the conflict if rocket fire on Israel stops and Hamas is unable to rearm.
"Anything else will be met with the Israeli people's iron fist," Olmert said. "We will continue as long as necessary to remove this threat from our heads."
Black smoke rose over Gaza City's suburbs, where the two sides skirmished throughout the night. At least 16 Palestinians were killed on Monday, Gaza health officials said. Among the dead was a militant killed in a northern Gaza battle.
The army announced Sunday that it was sending reserve units into Gaza to assist thousands of ground forces already in the territory. The use of reserves is a strong signal that Israel is planning to move the offensive,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090112/...l_palestinians