Egypte-Gaza : Rafah, côté égyptien

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• 1. Egypte-Gaza : Rafah, côté égyptien, 13 janvier 2009, 14:56

  5200 tonnes de bombes pour quoi faire ?

   Le massacre israélien s’éternise, les dirigeants hébreux étant enfermés dans leur logique toute particulière de tenter de détruire par les armes le Hamas, alors que tous les observateurs en prédisent l’inanité. Qu’on le veuille ou non, ce Hamas, dont personne ne peut voir en lui un mouvement démocratique, avait pourtant gagné des élections qui avaient été supervisées par les Etats-Unis (vous allez me dire avec le cas de Mike Connell ce n’est pas une référence !).

  Tenter de le réduire par les armes, c’est lui donner le rang de martyr qu’il affectionne tant. Plus on massacre, et plus on fabrique de futurs kamikazes, d’autant plus jeunes que ce sont leurs propres jeunes frères qui ont été ensevelis sous les décombres d’une école. Quelque chose cloche donc dans la réflexion des dirigeants israéliens, qui ne visent que le court terme à repousser les lanceurs de Kassam juste le temps des élections, qui devrait amener l’extrême droite au pouvoir, car tout aura été fait pour çà.

  On ne comprend d’autant moins que ce week-end une autre nouvelle surprenante est tombée : ce mois-ci, Israël va recevoir des stocks de munitions comme le pays n’en a jamais reçus, même pendant l’épisode de 2006 au Liban. 5 200 tonnes de bombes et d’obus ! Cette fois, le chargement à recevoir est tel qu’il nécessite de transiter par trois bâteaux, et pas des petits. Les avions de Kalitta Air ne suffisent plus... Pourquoi donc une telle arrivée de munitions ? Plusieurs pistes sont possibles, mais elles sont toutes effrayantes.....

  http://www.agoravox.fr/article.php3?id_article=49884

  Israel weighs seizing Gaza border corridor-diplomats

  12 Jan 2009 12:22:33 GMT
  Source : Reuters

  By Adam Entous

  JERUSALEM, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Israeli military plans in the Gaza Strip include the option of retaking the narrow stretch of land that separates the coastal enclave from Egypt to try to prevent Hamas from rearming, Western diplomats said on Monday.

  Israel intensified its aerial bombardment overnight of the so-called Philadelphi corridor to destroy smuggling tunnels that the Islamist group could use to move longer-ranged rockets, leaders, fighters and funds in and out of the war zone.

  Western diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, described a ground operation to retake the Philadelphi corridor and parts of the town of Rafah as one of Israel’s leading "third phase" options if talks over a ceasefire founder.

  A ground operation along the corridor would allow Israel to use bulldozers and sonar equipment to root out tunnels that have yet to be destroyed with air power alone.

  Local Palestinian tunnel operators estimated that several hundred of the secret passages have been disabled but that many hundreds of others remained intact.

  Holding the 14-km (9 mile)-long Philadelphi corridor could give Israel a bargaining chip in ceasefire talks, diplomats said. Israel has demanded security guarantees from Egypt and Western powers to ensure the tunnels are not rebuilt, but differences remain over how that can be accomplished.

  Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak stressed the importance of taking "effective action" along the Philadelphi corridor in talks with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday night, but Barak’s office provided no other details.

  RISKS

  A senior European diplomat said a top Israeli military intelligence official, in a private briefing, acknowledged the risky nature of a ground operation to reoccupy the border zone.

  The sandy stretch is only a few hundred metres (yards) wide in some areas, leaving ground troops open to rocket attacks and ambush.

  That was a big factor in Israel’s decision to leave the corridor when it withdrew troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip for 2005.

  The sight of Israeli soldiers, crawling in the dirt along the corridor in a search for the remains of five comrades blown apart by an explosion in 2004, is seared in Israeli memories.

  Thousands of Rafah’s 150,000 residents have already fled their homes because of the Israeli offensive, which has killed more than 900 Palestinians in 17 days, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza.

  Thirteen Israelis — three civilians hit by rocket fire and 10 soldiers — have been killed, Israel says.

  Many Palestinian homes next the Philadelphi corridor have been shelled. Israel argues that many of them hid entry shafts leading to larger tunnels that cross the border.

  Israel could sweep through the Philadelphi corridor and withdraw quickly. But barring a diplomatic solution acceptable to Israel, its ground forces could end up staying there long-term, increasing the risks, diplomats said.

  "Some (Israeli leaders) want to do it and some think it’s crazy," the European diplomat said.

  Before the current offensive, Israel estimated there were hundreds of smuggling tunnels.

  Palestinians say the number topped 3,000.

  The tunnels include deep passages wide enough to bring through items as large as farm animals and Katyusha rockets. Leading to these are a matrix of smaller access shafts.

  (Reporting by Adam Entous in Jerusalem and Nidal al-Mughrabi in Gaza ; Editing by Samia Nakhoul)

  http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LC32967.htm

• 2. Egypte-Gaza : Rafah, côté égyptien, 13 janvier 2009, 15:13, par Orphée

  Le prpoblème c’est que bush a désormé tous les pays avoisinnants d’Israël en renforçant l’armement d’israël pour qu’il domine la région en partenaire américain.