Rockets from Gaza and the wider effects
Moderator's Note
A new thread has been created for this developing conflict in the volatile Middle East. To my surprise there is not a thread on the previous Gaza (Hamas) -v- Israel conflict in December 2008 to January 2009. More on Post No.5.
Update January 2015: a small thread Mowing the Gaza lawn has been merged here, it referred to the Israeli-Gaza conflict after rocket attacks mainly in 2014. The thread has been renamed 'Gaza, Israel & Rockets (merged thread). There is a separate thread on Hamas. (ends)
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When the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) this week began taking military action in the Gaza strip against Hamas (as the IDF announced on Twitter), Anonymous declared its own war as part of #OpIsrael. Among the casualties are thousands of email addresses and passwords, hundreds of Israeli Web sites, government-owned as well as privately owned pages, as well as databases belonging to the Bank of Jerusalem and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/1...n=social+media
Rockets from Gaza and the wider effects
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[Video] Third attack on central city in three days intercepted by fifth Iron Dome battery, deployed in Gush Dan earlier in the day; Palestinian terrorists fire 740 rockets into Israel since start of operation.
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=292277
Rockets from Gaza and the wider effects
A new thread has been created for this developing conflict in the volatile Middle East. To my surprise there is not a thread on the previous Gaza (Hamas) -v- Israel conflict in December 2008 to January 2009.
There is a long running thread, from 2006, 'Hamas in Gaza (merged thread)', which should give some background:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=6020
Elsewhere on the Web is ample coverage, such as Stratfor's briefings and on KoW a comment by an IDF veteran on being defensive:http://kingsofwar.org.uk/2012/11/sec...fensive-means/
Rightly AdamG has pointed out the cyber aspects, with a reported campaign by Anonymous against Israeli websites plus.
KoW tries to grapple with the role or failure of deterence:http://kingsofwar.org.uk/2012/11/deterrence/