Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Three IDF soldiers were killed in the explosion of an Israeli shell.
Soldiers of the 13th Battalion Golanskoy Brigade came under fire in the area Sadzhaiya (Saja'iya) and decided to flee to a residential house nearby. It was there got a random shell, and the building collapsed. Preliminary information is that the house was mined, has not been confirmed.
Of the 24 injured, one was in critical condition and three in serious. Among the 20 people who have received secondary and minor injuries, was brigade commander Colonel Avi Peled (Avi Peled), the publication adds.
Meanwhile, during Monday exchanged fire with Hamas gunmen wounded an additional 12 Israeli soldiers, they were hospitalized.
Remember, on Monday evening, the IDF has taken first in the current campaign, a large-scale ground operation in Gaza, which were introduced earlier, Israeli troops. According to eyewitnesses, the shooting and explosions were heard within a few hours. Accurate information on the number killed during the operation, militants yet. Previously, it was reported that from December 27, the Israeli military was able to eliminate about 100 supporters of Hamas.
IDF has eliminated one of the leaders of Hamas in Gaza.
Recall that from December 27, Israel is pursuing a military operation against the militants of Hamas, known as "Cast lead. It was launched after polugodichnogo truce and a resumption of Palestinian-Israeli shelling of Qassam rockets.
Over the last week, according to AFP, the IDF inflicted on the Gaza Strip 750 air strikes, which killed at least 435 Palestinians, among them - 75 children and 21 women. More than two thousand injured. The aim of Israel's aviation infrastructure is Hamas.
Israeli authorities promised that "Cast lead" will be held until the complete victory over the militants of Hamas, and did not rule out ground operations in Gaza.
It adds Jerusalem Post, on Saturday, Hamas announced that the IDF special forces prevented an attempt to enter the territory of the Branch.
Israeli tanks entered the Khan Yunis.
According to eyewitnesses, the IDF offensive is accompanied by a fierce fire and rocket fire from both sides. Ground operations to support air combat vertolety.Masshtabnaya ground operations in the southern Gaza Strip began on Monday evening. Nevertheless, official Israeli sources claim that no information about the hostilities in the region. Earlier it was reported that on the night of Tuesday by a projectile released by an Israeli tank, killed three soldiers, the Israeli army and another 24 were raneniya.Izrail launched a ground operation in Gaza at night on Jan. 3. As reported, this time at the border are about 10 thousand Israeli soldiers.
Kim Jong Il visited the guest of the gunners.
The exact date of the visit were reported as dating the image of Kim Jong Il in Korean artilleristami (see photo). According to local media, Secretary General Workers' Party of Korea observed the training volleys from cannons to command, and then inspected part, and spoke with the soldiers.
Last Saturday, January 3, the North Korean state media similar way (without specifying the exact dates) reported on a similar visit by the head of state in the tank division.
Recall the contradictory information about the health of Kim Jong Il received since August 2008. Then the news of South Korea reported that North Korean leader have suffered a stroke. Since Kim Jong-Il no longer appear in public, many found the information credible.
In autumn 2008, the official North Korean media began to regularly publish photos of the Head of State, which seems to be to disavow the rumors about the illness of Kim Jong Il. During this period, the head of North Korea managed to visit various military units, factories, plants, libraries and zoos. Also, Kim Jong Il visited the gala concerts and festivals. However, his visits are not covered by TV, photos, and the undated, it is difficult to judge the health of the leader of North Korea, so the rumors about the illness of Kim Jong Il did not stop.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Last year, road accidents killed 73 thousand Chinese.
Total for the year have been more than 265 thousand of car accidents. In addition to nearly 73.5 thousand dead, injured about 305 thousand people. According to the Ministry of Public Security listed the statistics, the number of deaths compared to 2007 fell by 19 per cent, the number of victims - a 20 per cent, while the total number of accidents - 10 per cent.
Losses from the accident was 1.01 billion yuan (some 148 million U.S. dollars), an increase of 15.8 per cent less than in 2007.
Reducing the number of accidents officials explained the many campaigns to promote safe driving, including those associated in the Olympic Games in Beijing.
The FBI passed Islamabad evidence of Pakistani involvement in terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
One of the leaders of groups Lashkar-e-Tayba "Zarar Shah confessed on interrogation that directs the actions of the artists on the phone. In addition, special services could be established that terrorists captured in the hotel and a Jewish center were negotiating with the coordinators from Pakistan with the help of on-line telephony service "Skype".
According to experts, the Pakistani militants watched television broadcast storming buildings, and provide advice to terrorists, in accordance with the movements of the Indian Special Forces.
The leaders of Lashkar-e-Tayby "several times ordered the terrorists to set fire to the building to increase the number of victims. It is also reported that they had ordered the fighters to kill all the Jewish hostages, but save lives musulman.4 January, it became known that the Indian special services will provide an opportunity to interrogate suspects in the attacks. In a series of attacks in late November 2008 killed nearly 200 people.
The plane arrived in Amman MOE to evacuate Russian citizens.
It is expected that the second aircraft, the Yak-42 landing in less than an hour. The two special flights organized by the Russian authorities, the area of Palestinian-Israeli conflict should leave about 300 people - citizens of Russia and the CIS.
Basically it comes to women and children. They traveled from the Gaza Strip through the crossing point "Eretz", after which the bus will bring them to Amman. The evacuation, according to some data, compounded by the fact that many Russian citizens in Gaza have not been able to establish contact.
Recall that, after controlling the Gaza Strip a radical Islamic movement Hamas has refused to renew the expired 19 December truce with Israel and renewed obsrely Israeli territory, the IDF launched Operation Cast lead, the aim of which is the subject of military infrastructure and militants.
While the "Cast lead" is limited aviaudarami, but Israel said that at any time ready for a brief ground operation. For this purpose, to the borders of the Gaza Strip has styanuty forces. Due to the fact that its military facilities by Hamas often hides in residential neighborhoods, have also become victims of bombing civilians. According to some reports, since the beginning of operations on the Palestinian side killed 420 people.