THE MIDEAST

Gaza City Counts the Dead

Residents return home during first day of ceasefire.

By Rod Nordland | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Jan 18, 2009 | Updated: 3:10  p.m. ET Jan 18, 2009

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  • Posted By: Hello... @ 01/28/2009 6:11:07 PM

    ross1972, I like what you had to say. You are right --- Islamic ideology has to be defeated. And guess what? It will be. God loves Israel and will protect her at all cost. Everytime the Muslims come against Israel, they will be defeated. Believe it or not God is in control. Evil people and nations will be destroyed. Unfortunately the US has an extremely weak President now and this will only encourage the monsters out there. But not to worry. Soon the nations will come against Israel but Jesus Christ Himself will lead a killer army against them and destroy them.

  • Posted By: ross1972 @ 01/28/2009 4:23:06 PM

    Muslims want you to make way for Islam, but Islam does not make way for you.

    The government insists that you respect Islam, but Islam has no respect for you.

    Islam wants to rule, submit, and seeks to destroy our western civilization.

    In 1945, Nazism was defeated in Europe. In 1989, Communism was defeated in Europe.

    Now the Islamic ideology has to be defeated.

    Stop Islamisation.
    Defend our freedom.

    ~Geert Wilders' "Fitna"

  • Posted By: hhas @ 01/27/2009 7:05:33 PM

    I would like to ask Israeli Jews and the Zionists: how would they like their cities, roads, streets and homes bombed from air, sea, and land by F16s', apache helicopters and tanks day and night with the same cruelty, barbariety and horrific atrocity by a nuclear Arab state? How would they like thousands of their people horrible injured, thousands of babies, young children and women killed by smart bombs, phosphorous bombs and cruise missiles dropping on their homes and buildings, hospitals and UN premises?
    It is so tragic that the nuclear Zionist Israel state has become arrogant and bully with its power and instead of living in peace it has regularly misused power to kill Arabs in Lebabon, West Bank, Gaza and making their lives living hell and misery in the occupied territoies. It is sad the the Zionist Jews have not learnt any lesson from their history.

    Let Israel fire tin-pot rockets on Gaza and the Palestinians population and let Arab drop smart bombs, phosphorous bombs and cruise missiles drop on their homes, and feel the misery living in man-made hell.

  • Posted By: hhas @ 01/27/2009 7:01:40 PM

    Israel is the number ONE terrorist state in the world... Israeli's enjoy killing Palestinian children.. they enjoy destroying civilian homes and UN schools filled with families who fled from the Israeli bombing.. Israel takes US tax money and uses to kill Palestinian children, and destroy their homes.... from what I ready below Israelis are full of hate and they enjoy killing Palestinian kids. Within 23 days, Israel made a war crime against Gaza, they killed 1400 Palestinian 40% of them children and 18% women. 80% OF THEM ARE CIVILIANS. CHECK THIS SITE OUT http://israelscrimes.blogspot.com -- israelscrimes.blogspot.com

  • Posted By: tired and old @ 01/25/2009 10:33:46 AM

    IF THOSE COWARDLY HAMAS TERRORISTS HAD BRAINS THEY MIGHT CHOOSE PEACE OVER CRIMINAL ACTS.

    SORRY ! I FORGOT I WAS TALKING ABOUT HAMAS TERRORISTS.

  • Posted By: ekoy @ 01/25/2009 1:36:34 AM

    Please get down to the earth and do not go far in history or other sources to see the truthful picture about that region. Today doctors themselves from inside of Gaza Strip reported and they are very surprised that only ~600 people are among the total count of dead (mostly 18-23 yrs old members of the h-mas organization), and not at all ~1,300 like broadcasted by supporters of that terrorist organization all over the web...

  • Posted By: ekoy @ 01/25/2009 1:36:00 AM

    Please get down to the earth and do not go far in history or other sources to see the truthful picture about that region. Today doctors themselves from inside of Gaza Strip reported and they are very surprised that only ~600 people are among the total count of dead (mostly 18-23 yrs old members of the h-mas organization), and not at all ~1,300 like broadcasted by supporters of that terrorist organization all over the web...

  • Posted By: Qidisrupt @ 01/24/2009 10:11:49 PM

    The people of Israel have had gaza as their land long before 1948. I recently finished reading the book of Joshua...in the old testament of the Bible...and the Bible does state that gaza rightfully belongs to Israel. Personally, I will side with Israel for complete victory over hamas or any other terrorist threat that tries to mess with them. These battles with Israel have been going on for a looooooooooong time. May the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob give you total victory over your enemies.

  • Posted By: sana1+1=2 @ 01/23/2009 4:33:40 PM

    I think the word ???self-defense??? should be redefined. Imagine if someone comes to your home, kills your children, locks you inside the bathroom, and declare that the property is his now! As desperate as you are, you open a hole into the exterior wall to have your hand reaching food, water, and a stone to defend yourself when needed. Unluckily, the invader discovers the whole, cuts your hand, tears down the bathroom over your head, and goes all around the neighborhood saying he???s the victim. Worst, your neighbors who know the truth consent his right to self-defense. This is the story of the Palestinian people. It???s not a thousand-year story, as some people think. It is happening since 1948 when Israelis founded their state on the Palestinian land, and the chapters of Palestinian misery are continuously written under the title Israel???s right to self-defense.

  • Posted By: abbreviate @ 01/23/2009 11:21:35 AM

    4 Israeli soldiers killed when an Israeli tank mistakenly fired on their position.

    3 Israeli civilians were killed by rocket and mortar attacks since the Gaza offensive began.

    Looks like Israel is more successful in killing Jewish people than Hamas

  • Posted By: ross1972 @ 01/23/2009 7:19:47 AM

    People of Gaza,Hamas claims victory at the expense of your lives not their own.You are expendable to the Israelis and your own government.You are bloody exclamtion points on their charter.You are professional victims,there for all the world to see your suffering so hamas will profit.Stand up now and throw hamas off your back before they decide they need to make a statement again in your blood.Good luck in the next war.


  • Posted By: OrdinaryGuy @ 01/23/2009 6:16:46 AM

    At the Jenin massacre the final death-count turned out to be less than 100 (both sides) when dust settled. Is anyone confirming the Hamas death claim?

  • Posted By: G.T.Martenscaa @ 01/22/2009 5:13:11 PM

    dror ben ami makes an interesting comment about individuals in Jerusalem regarding their crimes and this is consistent with people in every part of the world that decides to take the law into their own hands and act without regard to the many other people in society and culture. Meaning that there will always be one or two or three that will serve as a radical which may result in significant actions to the good or the worse of their sociiety. This ican only mean that until everybody is educated to a level which allows them to make informed decisions about actions and reaction, cause and effect then there will always be some blind person leading another blind person, maybe off a cliff. Get my point. The author of one article in Newsweek was most impressive when she suggested education as a solution. How profound.
    MAYBE WE ALL COULD THINK ABOUT IT, EDUCATION I MEAN! AND WHAT WE ARE ALL DOING TO MAKE IT ACCESSABLE TO EVERYBODY ELSE?

  • Posted By: nilepharaoh @ 01/19/2009 1:04:40 PM

    The Syrian president Hafez Al Asaad is one of the Arabian tyrant who destroyed Hama for killing the members of the Islamic Brotherhood movement.Also Mubarak killed and detainded a lot of the moderate memebers of the Islamic bortherhood movement.we hate both of them for not being democratic or having mercy for their people,but that doesn't mean the Moslim blood is cheap.during the Crussads Moslimsl the army commander gave orders,not to kill a woman, a child, or the old; not destroy a house or a biuilding for worshipping or to burn aplant. Thought the Crussands commanders were doing the opposite with moslims.These are the spirits and teachings of Islam, Niether Mubarak and Al Assad or Jews applied them. These are also the teachings of humanity.

    • Posted By: MBrando @ 01/19/2009 1:17:02 PM

      Ok, tell me about the crimes against humanity the Zionists commited througout the History in Deir Yassine, Sabra and Shatila, Jenine, and recently in Gaza where the Zionists massacred over 1300 persons, among them 410 childrens, 104 womens and over 5340 injured.
      You're not different from the Syrian or the Jordanian regime, you're all criminals and you should all be brought to justice.

      • Posted By: dror ben ami @ 01/20/2009 10:58:51 AM

        To M Brando: The Palestinians in Sabra and Shatilla were killed by Roman Catholic Lebanese, you idiot !

        • Posted By: MBrando @ 01/20/2009 1:19:51 PM

          I see you're calling idiot anyone who opposes your views. That's tells the audience how disrespectful and sick you are. Having say that, the Palestinians in the refugee camp of Sabra nad Shatila were massacred during the siege of Beirut by the IDF, and the massacre hapened under the supervision of the butcher Sharon.

          • Posted By: dror ben ami @ 01/21/2009 11:51:40 AM

            They were murdered by Roman Catholic Arabs. Arik Sharon was in Jerusalem at the time. Find a back issue of Time magazine, it has pictures and the entire story. Then find the issue that deals with Black September. Arabs killing Arabs, just like they are doing in Iraq today. Or: Do you think the IDF is planting all the bombs in Iraq too?

            • Posted By: MBrando @ 01/22/2009 12:21:44 AM

              "Do you think the IDF is planting all the bombs in Iraq too?"
              The Mossad do! Israel is the most infamous terrorist state on earth.

              • Posted By: dror ben ami @ 01/22/2009 1:02:48 PM

                No, I think Arabs are killing Arabs just like they did in Jordan, Lebanon Syria, Egypt and now Iraq. By the way: why don't you use your real name? Are you afraid Hamas might come to your house and throw you off your roof?

    • Posted By: MBrando @ 01/19/2009 2:36:48 PM

      nilepharaoh, I'm sorry. This response was for dror ben ami.

  • Posted By: G.T.Martenscaa @ 01/22/2009 12:52:25 PM

    GJ is right on when he mentions the cowardice and horrible acts performed by Hamas when they create a warzone in amongst innocent civilians. It only takes Hamas to stand up and face the enemy one on one and see who really knows what they are talking about. If Hamas had legitimately faced their opponent and pursued Solution to their greivances then there would not have been so much needless slaughter of the innocent. They chose to hide behind civilians and got them killed. Congratulations Hamas I hope you have learned something

  • Posted By: G J @ 01/22/2009 12:39:24 PM

    For 60 years UNRWA has not resettled one Palestinian in the 20 plus country that share their religion and the same language while Israel absorbed a million jews who were forced to flee from arab countries. The Islamofacist Hamas rockets Israel repeatedly and finally Israel, tired of being attacked by Hamas, uses its Army to go after Hamas whose fighters take off their uniforms and hide and shoot among the civilian population and the left wing morons of the UN cry foul. In my book Hamas and all its "civilian supporters" who dance in the street when suicide bombers blew up Israeli civilians got their just rewards. Besides to Hamas and their brilliant supporters in the Arab street it was a great victory.

  • Posted By: Shankardada2 @ 01/19/2009 11:39:28 AM

    What if the government (Hamas) is putting suicide vests on women, and glorifying images of toddlers in fatigues who can barely speak saying "I want to kill Jews." ? Is it not cynical of such a government to invite cameras to witness the deaths of these same "martyrs?"

    • Posted By: abbreviate @ 01/19/2009 12:08:30 PM

      Zionism (as its twin brother Nazism) is a sickness. It is contagious ans has no cure. And it is sickness of brain. You cannot prove anything to mentally ill.

      • Posted By: dror ben ami @ 01/20/2009 11:33:05 AM

        To abbreviate: Yes you can !!! You have proven to me that you are an idiot.

        • Posted By: abbreviate @ 01/20/2009 12:21:18 PM

          To dror ben ami: WOW!!!! Never expected from mentally ill to confirm that he is. It is time for you to go to nuthouse. Voluntary.

          • Posted By: dror ben ami @ 01/21/2009 12:00:44 PM

            To abbreviate: The mentally ill can be cured, there is no hope for an idiot. By the way: Did you know that the Mufta of Jerusalem, Yassir Arafat's cousin, really was a Nazi ? He and his followers wore German uniforms, he was a close associate of Hitlers and after the war was placed under house arrest by the British as a war criminal.

  • Posted By: lovejusticepeace @ 01/20/2009 11:26:41 PM

    For those who might not know.
    Vengeful Great Britain ( aka Cruel Britain ) burnt down Capitol Hill , the seat of power of the Independenced USA, sending General George Washington underground.Check this out in your history books.
    For those who know , PRESS ON . That includes Aceh, Balochistan, Chenchnya, Dagestan,EELAM,... KURDISTAN...PALESTINE ...TIBET ...Zululand.
    f.t.SundayLeader,AlJazeera,Newsweek,WSJ,IHT,NYT,SMHerald,Time,Standard(Kenya),Indian Express, Timesof India,Deccan Herald, OutlookIndia, DNAIndia,.....

    • Posted By: abbreviate @ 01/21/2009 10:57:45 AM

      The war started poorly for the Americans in August 1812, when an attempt to invade Canada was repulsed by Major-General Isaac Brock.

      Check independent history books. Some times it helps.

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  • Posted By: tired and old @ 01/20/2009 1:35:00 PM

    TO THOSE COWARDLY HAMAS WHO CONTINUE TO HIDE AMONG THE POPULATION AND PLAN THEIR FUTURE ATTACKS ON THEIR NEIGHBOR I S R A E L --------- YOU BRING SHAME AND DEATH TO YOUR PEOPLE.

    BULLIES AND TERRORISTS DESERVE WHAT THEY GET, THE INNOCENT DON'T.

    ISRAEL PROTECT YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES.

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