For other liveblogging, see The Muqata Another day, another liveblogging post. What will today bring? Updates (Israel time; most recent at top) Click Refresh to show latest updates. Friday Jan 16th – for latest updates, see here. 11:45PM: That’s it from me for tonight. Brian of London, NeoZionoid or Elder of Ziyon may continue with [...]
Sticky post. Please scroll down for new posts and updates. For other liveblogging, see The Muqata Updates (Israel time; most recent at top) Thursday Jan 15th – for latest updates, see here. 12:10AM: That’s it from me for tonight. Brian of London, NeoZionoid or Elder of Ziyon may continue with the updates this morning if [...]
For other liveblogging, see The Muqata Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert indicated that Israel would give Egyptian brokered cease-fire talks a chance before deciding to expand Operation Cast Lead. But he made clear that Israel will stop the operation only if Hamas rocket fire and smuggling stops. Egypt reportedly exerted fierce pressure on Hamas to [...]
For other liveblogging, see The Muqata After a day in which “only” 22 rockets were fired into Israel, the IDF stated that there has been a dramatic reduction in Hamas’ ability to launch rockets, with the launches having dropped by 50% compared to the start of the operation. What hasn’t reduced is the cowardice of [...]
For other liveblogging, see The Muqata Another day, another post for updates on the situation here in Israel and Operation Cast Lead. Updates (Israel time; most recent at top) Monday Jan 12th – for latest updates, see here. 11:00PM: That’s it from me for tonight. Brian of London and NeoZionoid may continue with the updates [...]
It is the Jewish Sabbath in Israel, so I will not be blogging until Saturday evening, Israel time. In my absence, I have enlisted the help of Brian of London (who is actually in New York), and NeoZionoid (who is in Australia). They will provide updates of the situation in Israel. I have asked them [...]
For other liveblogging, see The Muqata Despite Israel’s efforts to postpone the vote by 24 hours, the UN Security Council approved Resolution 1860 calling for an immediate end to the fighting between Israel and Hamas. The resolution “stresses the urgency of and calls for an immediate, durable and fully respected ceasefire, leading to the full [...]
Sticky post. Please scroll down for new posts and updates. For other liveblogging, see The Muqata Last night, after having already struck tunnels and buildings used to store weapons, the IDF stepped up its operations, shelling Rafah. IDF tanks were also reportedly heading towards Khan Yunis (according to Sky News), and the IAF reportedly attacked [...]
For other liveblogging, see The Muqata. The US backed the Egyptian ceasefire proposal, which involves truce talks on long-term border arrangements and an end to the “blockade” of Gaza. The US supports the proposal as long as the ceasefire will be “durable and sustainable,” and include the following three elements: a halt to rocket attacks [...]
Sticky post. Please scroll down for new posts and updates. For other liveblogging, see The Muqata. As Brian reported earlier, 3 of our soldiers were killed and 20 injured in a friendly fire incident last night, after one of our tanks fired a live round at an abandoned building in which Golani forces had taken [...]
