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*** 13-Nov-18 World View -- Eight people killed in botched Israeli military operation in Gaza

This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
  • Eight people killed in botched Israeli military operation in Gaza
  • Palestinians demand 'revenge', but Hamas backs off from war

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**** Eight people killed in botched Israeli military operation in Gaza
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Palestinians stand next to the vehicle used in Sunday's military operation and destroyed by Israeli aircraft missiles on Sunday after the Israeli force had fled the scene. (AFP)

An Israeli army officer and seven Palestinians were killed in a
gunfight that followed a botched Israeli army military undercover
operation in Gaza on Sunday evening.

Israeli special forces members wore women's clothing to avoid
detection, and crossed the border into Gaza. This follows another
"cloak and dagger" operation on Thursday, when a car crossed into Gaza
carrying three suitcases in the back seat stuffed with $15 million in cash from Qatar.

When the car was two miles into Gaza, near Khan Younis, fighters of
the Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, stopped
the car and asked to see ID cards. A gunfight ensued, killing one
Israeli military officer, who hasn't been identified, and seven
Palestinians. One of the Palestinians was an Al-Qassam Brigades
senior command, Noureddin Mohammad Salama Baraka, 37.

Due to the secrecy of the operation, Israel has not revealed specific
purpose of the mission. According to one reported, it was an
intelligence gathering operation that went wrong. According to
another report, the objective was to kill Baraka, although this is
specifically denied by Israel, saying that the operation was "not
intended to kill or abduct terrorists, but to strengthen Israeli
security."

The Israeli car fled the scene, followed by Al-Qassam fighters, who
were bombed from the air by an extraction operation that rescued the
Israelis with a helicopter. Guardian (London) and Jerusalem Post and International Mideast Media Center (Palestine) and AP

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**** Palestinians demand 'revenge', but Hamas backs off from war
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In the worst bout of fighting since the end of the 67-day war between
Israel and Gaza in 2014, Palestinians launched over 200 rockets and
mortar bombs into Israel on Monday. One mortar bomb hit a bus,
wounding an Israeli. At least seven Israelis were wounded by other
rocket strikes.

Israeli tanks and fighter jets retaliated by bombing sites across
Gaza. Palestinian officials said that at least three people,
including two militants, were killed. Israeli missiles also struck
and destroyed Gaza's Al-Aqsa television station, as well as a number
of apartment buildings believed to house Hamas militants.

This intense exchange of fire occurred just two days after $15 million
in money from Qatar entered Gaza, paying civil service workers'
salaries. This money was supposed to help bring calm, but it's worth
noting that the money to pay civil service workers' salaries was
blocked for months not by Israel but by Mahmoud Abbas and the
Palestinian Authority. Abbas strongly opposed the infilitration of
Qatari money last week, as a betrayal of the Palestinian cause, and
may be pleased with Monday's exchange of fire.

Reports are that the Israeli army is preparing for all-out war in
Gaza, renewing the 2014 summer Gaza war, especially after Hamas
threatened on Monday that Israel will pay a “heavy price” for the
operation.

However, Egypt and the UN, which in the past have been mediators
between Israel and Hamas are hoping to bring about a ceasefire. In
addition, a number of analysts are saying that Hamas doesn't want a
war with Israel, at least not at this time, or to give Israel an
excuse to launch a major military operation in Gaza.

Besides saying that Israel will pay a "heavy price," Hamas's rhetoric
has not gone further to say that the incident will affect efforts to
reach a truce agreement with Israel. Also, Hamas leaders have not
accused Israel of sabotaging the ongoing efforts to achieve a truce in
the Gaza Strip. Nor have they indicated that Hamas views the incident,
which took place near Khan Younis, as a trigger for another war with
Israel.

Hamas and militants in Gaza have been attacking Israel with rockets
that have no guidance systems. Reports indicate that they also
possess an arsenal of middle range and long-range missiles that reach
cities all across Israel, but they have refrained from using them.

Hamas issued a statement saying, "The resistance last night taught the
enemy a harsh lesson and turned its intelligence system into the
laughing stock of the world." The statement claimed that Hamas scored
a major victory over the Israelis, who were forced to flee after being
spotted by Hamas militants.

What these statements mean is that the leaders of Hamas have much to
lose at this time in a war with Israel, especially with the influx of
Qatari money and promises of further concessions. That means that
there probably won't be a new Gaza war, at least for a while.

As I've written many times, Generational Dynamics predicts that the
Mideast is headed for a major regional war refighting the 1948 war
between Jews and Arabs that followed the partitioning of Palestine and
the creation of the state of Israel. The war will also pit Sunnis
versus Shias, and various ethnic groups against each other.
Generational Dynamics predicts that in the approaching Clash of
Civilizations world war, the "axis" of China, Pakistan and the Sunni
Muslim countries will be pitted against the "allies," the US, India,
Russia and Iran. Jerusalem Post (11-Nov) and Times of Israel and Jerusalem Post and Israel National News

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KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Israel, Gaza, Hamas,
Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, Noureddin Mohammad Salama Baraka,
Al-Aqsa television, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority,
Egypt, Qatar

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