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Friday, August 1, 2014
Palestinians lost most of their land
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US Senate blocks Iron Dome funding to Israel
Republicans nix aid proposal out of fear that "it would increase the debt"; Majority Leader Harry Reid says"If this isn’t an emergency I don’t know anything that is.”
Senate Majority Leader Reid speaking in Senate Photo: REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
A United States Senate bid to deliver aid to Israel duringOperation Protective Edge was blocked by Republicans "over concerns that it would increase the debt," Politico reported.
The Democrats proposed a $2.7 billion border aid package that included $255 for the Iron Dome missile defense system.
“We’ve all watched as the tiny state of Israel, who is with us on everything, they have had in the last three weeks 3,000 rockets fired into their country,” Majority Leader Harry Reid was quoted as saying in an appeal to Republicans' deep ties to Israel after they shut down the proposal. “Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel asked for $225 million in emergency funding so that Israel’s arsenal as it relates to the Iron Dome could be replenished. It’s clear that is an emergency, and we should be able to agree on that.”
“Our number one ally — at least in my mind — is under attack. If this isn’t an emergency I don’t know anything that is,” Reid continued.
GOP leaders who had promised to pass an Israel aid bill in recent days were disappointed, as they had been pushing Reid to separate Israel funding from the border bill, which also included $615 million to fight Western wildfires.
“It’s an important moment for the Senate and the House to show support for Israel. All I can say that if you don’t see the need to come to Israel’s aid now, and the message that it would send now, it would be a big mistake,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was quoted by Politico as saying. “Any person who thinks that the Iron Dome is unnecessary needs to go to the floor and tell us why, why we don’t need to help Israel right now. They’re asking for our help, they’re our best friend in the region, one of our best friends in the world. “
Since the start of Israel's Gaza operation on July 8, Hamas has fired more than 2968 rockets at Israel, according to the IDF. A total of 547 of those rockets have been intercepted by Iron Dome.
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The Gaza ceasefire has now officially unravelled
Smoke billows after Israeli shelling of Rafah (Picture: AFP/Getty)
A 72-hour ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has come to an end within hours, with Israel and Hamas blaming each other for violating the truce.
Palestinian rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of a building in Rafah (Picture: AFP/Getty)
Health officials in Gaza said up to 40 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli tanks shelling the town of Rafah near the border with Egypt, while the Israel Defence Forces said it feared one of its soldiers had been captured and that Hamas had resumed rocket fire upon Israel.
Palestinian women react as they arrive at the a hospital in Rafah (Picture: Reuters)
When asked whether the truce, which coincided with talks in Cairo to find a lasting peace, was over, IDF Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lerner told journalists: “Yes. We are continuing our activities on the ground.”
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IDF view: Hamas Terror Cell Received Advanced Training in Malaysia
Shin Bet investigation reveals that Hamas terrorists received training in Malaysia and Gaza to infiltrate Israel by air to kidnap and murder Israelis.
In the early hours of July 21, IDF forces captured a Hamas cell commander in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza. When questioned by the ISA (Israel Security Agency — also known as the Shin Bet Security Service), the cell commander revealed that he had been sent by Hamas leadership to Malaysia for paragliding training. The plan was to parachute into Israel to kidnap and murder civilians.
The prisoner also revealed Hamas plans to ambush Israeli soldiers with anti-tank missiles and even pointed to a terrorist sniper nest on a map of Gaza. The location: the tenth floor of the Palestinian Red Crescent building in Khan Yunis.
Training to be a terrorist
After being recruited into Hamas’ military wing in 2007, the terrorist underwent regular combat training. Every five months he would attend refresher courses which involved training with Kalashnikov automatic rifles, Soviet-made PKC machine guns and locally manufactured hand grenades.
In 2010, the prisoner was enlisted into a special force sent to Malaysia for parachute training, in preparation for a cross-border kidnapping attack on Israel. He and ten other terrorists from across Gaza spent a week receiving training in Malaysia.
After returning to Gaza, the cell was given additional weapons training. They were warned to maintain secrecy, and not to reveal details of their Malaysian training to anyone.
Preparing the attack
In 2014, four years after being sent to Malaysia, the Hamas commando squad was summoned for more parachute training. This time the training took place inside the Gaza Strip. According to the prisoner, the squad was not told about where the kidnapping attack would take place.
The prisoner told investigators about a Hamas training camp that took place in June of this year. Exercises involved training with handguns, Kalashnikovs, M-16s, RPGs, machine guns anddemolitions training. Terrorists who attended the camp were trained in various methods forkidnapping soldiers and how to operate inside Hamas’ extensive tunnel network. The prisoner was meant to attend such a course after Ramadan (late July). Ultimately, he was arrested by IDF soldiers operating in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge.
The details of the ISA investigation reveal the great efforts and resources that Hamas invested in bolstering its military capabilities including the building and training of a standing commando army to attack and kidnap Israeli soldiers and civilians.
Hamas goes to incredible lengths to carry out attacks against Israel. That is why the IDF will not rest in its mission to dismantle the organization’s terrorist infrastructure and keep the people of Israel safe.
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IDF view: Hamas Uses Holy Places in Gaza as Terrorist Facilities
Hamas routinely treats the civilian buildings of Gaza as its private terrorist compounds. It fires rockets at Israel from schools and hospitals, and uses mosques as command centers and to store weapons and hide infiltration tunnels.
Throughout Operation Protective Edge, IDF forces have discovered Hamas terrorists using mosques as terrorist facilities. Hamas exploits the IDF’s sensitivity towards protecting civilian structures, particularly holy sites, by hiding command centers, weapons caches and tunnel entrances in mosques.
On July 29, IDF special forces engaged and eliminated an armed terror cell guarding a mosque being used as a Hamas military compound. When searching the basement of the mosque after the battle, the soldiers uncovered a stockpile of weapons including sniper rifles, RPGs and machine guns. They also found two concealed tunnel entrances, one of which ran 14 meters deepunderground.
The following day, a joint IDF task force tracked down the entrance to a tunnel that had been used by Hamas terrorists to attack Israeli soldiers. The tunnel entrance was in the basement of a mosque. There, the IDF soldiers found the opening to another tunnel serving as a Hamas terrorist bunker.
Hamas’ conversion of Gaza’s holy places into military compounds is further proof that it will stop at nothing to achieve its terrorist aims.
Updates: Israel Defense Forces
Friday, August 1
1:30 PM: This morning, in violation of the latest ceasefire, Hamas terrorists fired at our forces in southern Gaza. We suspect that Hamas kidnapped an IDF soldier during the exchange of fire. The IDF is currently conducting intelligence efforts and extensive searches in order to locate the missing soldier.
12:45 PM: 8 rockets and mortars were fired at Israel, 1 was intercepted and 7 hit open areas.
10:15 AM: The names of 4 of the 5 IDF soldiers killed last night by mortar fire are released: Staff Sgt. Noam Rosenthal, 20, Sgt. 1st Class (Res.) Daniel Marash, 22, Cpt. Omri Tal, 22, Staff Sgt. Shay Kushnir, 20 & Cpt. (res.) Liran Adir (Edry), 31. May their memory be blessed.
7:47 AM: Moments ago, six rockets fired from Gaza were intercepted by Iron Dome above southern Israel.
7:14 AM: At 8:00 AM, the IDF will cease fire for 72 hours in accordance with the government’s directive. We will continue to dismantle the tunnels.
5:10 AM: Yesterday, five IDF soldiers were killed by mortar fire during operational activity along the Gaza border.
1:30 AM: Moments ago, three rockets were fired from Gaza. Iron Dome intercepted one above central Israel.
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Official Israel Defense Forces update ceasefire
This morning, Hamas fired at our forces in S. Gaza in violation of a ceasefire. We suspect that an IDF soldier was kidnapped moments later.
IDF @IDFSpokesperson · 29m
If our suspicions about today's events are accurate, Hamas took advantage of the latest ceasefire in order to kidnap an IDF soldier.
If our suspicions about today's events are accurate, Hamas took advantage of the latest ceasefire in order to kidnap an IDF soldier.
IDF @IDFSpokesperson · 50m
We are conducting extensive searches in S. Gaza in order to find a missing IDF soldier. We suspect the soldier was kidnapped by Hamas today
We are conducting extensive searches in S. Gaza in order to find a missing IDF soldier. We suspect the soldier was kidnapped by Hamas today
IDF @IDFSpokesperson · 2h
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Gaza ceasefire
UN urges Palestinian parties to reaffirm their commitment to 72-hour Gaza ceasefire that came into force earlier today and crumbled - @Reuters
#GBPUSD Daily Outlook
Intraday bias in GBP/USD remains on the downside for the moment. As noted before, a medium term could be formed at 1.7190 already and the trend is reversing. Deeper fall should be seen to 1.6692 key support level for confirmation. On the upside, above 1.6928 minor resistance will turn bias neutral and bring consolidations. But recovery should be limited below 1.7058 resistance and bring fall resumption.
In the bigger picture, price actions from 1.3503 (2009 low) are treated as consolidations to long term down trend from 2.1161. Based on unconvincing medium term momentum, we'd expect strong resistance from 50% retracement from 2.1161 to 1.3503 at 1.7332 to limit upside and bring reversal. Sustained break of 1.6692 will indicate medium term reversal and would turn outlook bearish for 1.4813 support.
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AUD/USD Daily Outlook
Intraday bias in AUD/USD remains on the downside as the correction fro 0.9504 continues. Deeper fall could be seen to 0.9211 support. At this point, we'd still expect strong support from 38.2% retracement of 0.8659 to 0.9504 at 0.9181 to contain downside and bring rebound. On the upside, above 0.9355 minor resistance will turn bias neutral again.
In the bigger picture, price actions from 1.1079 are viewed as a medium term correction. Recent development argues that it's possibly finished at 0.8659 on bullish convergence condition in weekly MACD, ahead of 50% retracement of 0.6008 to 1.1079 at 0.8544. Rebound from there would extend higher to 38.2% retracement of 1.1079 to 0.8659 at 0.9583 first. Sustained break there will confirm this case and target 61.8% retracement at 1.0155 and above. However, break of 0.9080 near term support will dampen this bullish view and would likely extend the correction from 1.1079 to a new low.
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USD/JPY Daily Outlook
Intraday bias in USD/JPY remains on the upside for the moment. Further rally could be seen through 100% projection of 100.82 to 102.79 from 101.06 at 103.03, towards 104.12 resistance. Nonetheless, as the pair is still bounded in the sideway pattern from 100.75, we'd be cautious on strong resistance below 104.12 to limit upside. On the downside, below 102.59 minor support will turn bias neutral and bring retreat first.
In the bigger picture, at this point, there is no confirmation of medium term reversal yet even though bearish divergence condition was clear in weekly MACD. Attention remains on 100.61 key support level and decisive break there will confirm the bearish case. In that case, deeper decline should be seen back to 38.2% retracement o 75.56 to 105.41 at 94.00. In case of another rise, we'll focus on reversal as it approaches 50% retracement of 147.68 to 75.56 at 111.62.
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http://www.actionforex.com/action-insight/usdjpy-outlook/usd%10jpy-daily-outlook-20140801221512/
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