Hamas prisoners being taken for questioning in the Northern part of the Gaza Strip. 7 January 2009. Credit: Combat Camera.
Daily Archives: January 7, 2009
IDF Ground Forces Operating in Gaza, 7 Jan 2009, 10:19 IST
Pictures taken on the 7 January 2009 of IDF infantry soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip.
Precision Airstrikes on Hamas Terror Targets 7 Jan. 2009
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The Israel Air Force launches a precision strike against various Hamas-linked terror targets in Gaza on 7.1.09. Hamas uses its citizens as human shields and exploits religion in its brutal campaign against innocent civilians.
Humanitarian Coordination Center and Daily Summary, 7 Jan 2009 20:25 IST
January 7th, 2009
IDF Opens Humanitarian Affairs Coordination Center (HACC)
Summary of Today’s Operational Activities
Today, the IDF opened a Humanitarian Affairs Coordination Center (HACC) today, in Tel-Aviv.
The center’s aim is to coordinate between the different organizations operating in the field and those of the IDF and will not replace existing structures. The center will place highest priority to the evacuation of foreign nationals and to coordinating the flow of food, fuel and supplies of goods to the humanitarian organizations.
Organizations represented include the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), USAID, World Food Program, the European Commission, the United Nations Special Coordintor for the Middle East (UNSCO), UNRWA, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, as well as Israeli governmental agencies and IDF departments.
Furthermore, over twenty rockets were launched today from the Gaza Strip to Israel, wounding two people.
IDF forces, including infantry, tanks, combat engineers, and intelligence, continue to operate throughout the Gaza Strip. The Israel Air Force, Israeli Navy, and Artillery Corps all provided support and struck concentrations of Hamas fighters that were within range of the IDF forces. Rocket launching sites that were used for attacking IDF forces were also struck.
On a number of occasions, the ground troops came under fire from armed Hamas gunmen and responded with direct fire.
One IDF soldier was moderately wounded and an additional eight soldiers were wounded in the fighting.
IAF aircraft attacked over 40 additional targets throughout the day, including a number of smuggling tunnels in southern Gaza, 14 rocket launching sites, 4 armed terror cells, a Hamas outpost, 9 tunnels dug under houses, and a weaponry storage facility.
The IDF will continue to operate against all terror organizations, and anyone harboring terror.
Summary of Overnights Events, 7 Jan 2009 09:00IST
Wed, Jan 7, 2009
Summary of Overnight Events
IDF Infantry Corps, Armored Corps, Engineering Corps, Artillery Corps and Intelligence Corps forces continue operating throughout the Gaza Strip with Israel Air Force and Israel Navy support.
Throughout the night Ground Forces in Gaza clashed with several groups of gunmen and neutralized booby-trapped structures. Soldiers also uncovered a number of weapon storage facilities, large stores of explosives, and smuggling tunnels. A soldier was lightly injured during the operations.
The IAF struck over 40 targets throughout Gaza, including:
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Rocket launching sites and bunkers used by armed terrorists.
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Squads of armed Hamas operatives.
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Various structures used by Hamas terror operatives.
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More than ten smuggling tunnels used by Hamas, some of them located under the homes of operatives.
Large secondary explosions were observed following some of the air strikes, indicating the presence of explosives inside the tunnels.
Hamas Militants and Weapons in Urban Gaza Hit by Israel Air Force 6 Jan. 2009 00:35 IST
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Israel Air Force assists IDF ground forces in striking Hamas targets, including gunman posts and launchers—some of which were located in populated areas. Hamas deliberately uses the Palestinian people, with whom Israel continues to seek peaceful coexistence, as human shields.
Summary of Day’s Events – 6 Jan. 2009, 2345 IST
January 6th, 2009
Summary of Today’s Events
IDF forces, including infantry, tanks, combat engineers, artillery, and intelligence, continue to operate throughout the Gaza Strip with the assistance of the Israel Air Force and the Israeli Navy.
Throughout the day IDF forces operating in Gaza uncovered many weaponry caches, rockets, roadside bombs and tunnels used by gunmen to ambush soldiers.
The IAF attacked over 40 targets since the morning, including:
- A vehicle carrying an anti-aircraft missile launcher.
- Eight smuggling tunnels used by Hamas to bring weaponry into the Gaza Strip.
- More than ten groups of gunmen, including one identified planting a bomb.
- Approximately 16 weapons-storage and weapons-production facilities.
- Approximately five rocket-launching spots, including one hidden underground.
An IDF soldier was killed and nine soldiers were wounded in operations in Gaza throughout the day.
The soldier, 21-year-old Staff Sgt. Alex Mashavisky of Be’er Sheva, was killed when gunmen opened fire at troops conducting searches in the northern Gaza Strip. Four other soldiers were lightly wounded in the incident. The forces returned fire and identified hitting the gunmen.
Five other soldiers were wounded in separate incidents, three of them moderately and two lightly.
The IDF will continue to operate against the Hamas terror infrastructure in the Gaza Strip according to its operational plans in order to reduce the rocket fire on the south of Israel.
