Facebook Group Created Supporting Israel Defense Forces Action Against Gaza Terrorism


By Monique Lester
Israel News Agency

Jerusalem --- December 28, 2008...... Jews and Christians from around the world are joining a Facebook community forum to express their support for the men and women of the Israel Defense Forces in their fight to counter terrorism against innocent civilians in Israel from Gaza.

The Facebook group is located at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69810300128

Facebook is the largest Web 2.0 social networking Website on the Net, ranking as the fifth largest Website in the world with over 140 million active users.

The pro-Israel, pro-democracy and anti-terrorism site named: "I Support the Israel Defense Forces In Preventing Terror Attacks From Gaza" was created by Internet journalist, marketing, PR and SEO pioneer Joel Leyden.

The Facebook site states: "Responding to unprovoked terror rocket attacks from Hamas terrorists in Gaza against Israeli civilian populations, the Israel Defense Forces has launched a massive counter attack. This Facebook forum supports the brave men and women in the Israel Defense Forces who by air, water and ground protect Israel's democracy and sovereign borders.

The Hamas government leaders and operatives, which activate terror from within civilian population centers, are the sole bearers of responsibility for Israel's military response. This response is crucial for preserving Israel's security interests.

The IDF Spokesperson states that anyone sponsoring terror, hosting terror in his house, housing terror in his basement and sending his wives and children to serve as human shields - is considered a terrorist.

The IDF will continue its activity against terror activities according to operational assessments held by the Chief of the General Staff. The IDF is ready to widen and deepen its activity against all terror organizations in the Gaza Strip, as long as it is necessary.

In addition, the Israel IDF Homefront Command and emergency authorities, have taken all necessary measures for preparing the civilian population.


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The group is open 24/7 as public opinion directly affects life on the ground. Please forward this Facebook room to your family, friends and the media. Let them know that Israel wants peace but will defend herself when attacked."

Since 11:30 Saturday morning, the IDF attacked dozens of targets affiliated with the Hamas terror organization in the Gaza Strip. The targets included command centers, training camps, Hamas installations, rocket manufacturing facilities and storage warehouses. The vast majority of the casualties are terror operatives.

A total of 110 rockets and mortar shells were fired at the western Negev on Saturday, including a Katyusha rocket which exploded 27 kilometers from the Gaza border.

Netivot resident Bebert Vakhnin was murdered and six other Israelis were wounded in the strikes.

The Israel Air Force bombed over 170 targets in Gaza yesterday, killing more than 230 Palestinians, as Israel launched "Operation Cast Lead," aimed at putting a stop to Hamas rocket attacks against the South.

In two waves, over 100 fighter jets and attack helicopters dropped dozens of smart bombs and hundreds of tons of explosives on Hamas training camps, headquarters, weapons storehouses, underground missile silos and command-and-control centers scattered throughout the Gaza Strip.

"The Israel Air Force destroyed over 40 tunnels in less than 5 minutes found on the Gaza side of the border. Those tunnels, we believe, were used for smuggling weapons, explosives and sometimes people," an IDF spokeswoman told the Israel News Agency.

The cabinet on Sunday approved the mobilization of thousands of reservists to support Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip.

The Israel Cabinet approved a call-up of 6,500 IDF reservists today to serve as reinforcements in Gaza ground operations.

Ministers okayed defense officials' request to call-up of 4,500 reserve troops, in addition to 2,000 who were mobilized on Saturday.

The additional troops were to be allocated to the IDF home front as well as the reinforcement of ground forces.

Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the cabinet that "the perseverance, resolution and patience of Israelis in the home front will determine our ability to attain our goals as we defined them."

"Israel has opened a military campaign in order to restore quiet to the citizens of the South, who have suffered restive times and disruptions to the normalcy needed by any sane person. The home front has become in recent years a target of attacks which overshadow the lives of hundreds of thousands of people," Olmert said.

At a noon press conference broadcast on Egypt television, Egyptian FM Gheit harshly censured Hamas, placing responsibility for the current situation on Hamas.

Israel President Shimon Peres made a special statement today regarding IDF Operation Cast Lead (Israel's attack on the Hamas terror infrastructure in Gaza) and the ongoing Palestinian terror rocket fire on civilian areas in southern Israel:

"It is the first time in the history of Israel that we, the Israelis, cannot understand the motives or the purposes of the ones who are shooting at us. It is the most unreasonable war, done by the most unreasonable warriors.

The story is simple. Israel has left Gaza completely, out of our own free will, at a high cost. In Gaza there is no single Israeli civilian or soldier. They were evacuated from Gaza, our settlements, which called for a very expensive cost. We had to mobilize 45,000 policemen to take out our settlers from there. We spent $2.5 billion. The passages were open. Money was sent to Gaza. We suggested aid in many ways - economically, medically, and otherwise. We were very careful not to make the lives of the civilian people in Gaza difficult. Still I have not heard until now a single person who could explain to us reasonably: why are they firing rockets against Israel? What are the reasons? What is the purpose?"

Peres concluded: "As a nation, we feel united. As a nation, there is wholehearted support for the army, the way they handled it, their restraint, their discrimination, and their responsibility. The great winner can be reason, and reason will lead to peace. We are very serious, in a serious mood. Many of our children are still in the shelters, and we would like them, like the children of Gaza, to breathe fresh air again. This is the story, and whoever asks us to stop shooting - they have to change the address. Let them turn to Hamas and ask them to stop shooting, and there won't be shooting."


The above news content was edited and SEO optimized in Israel for the Internet by the Leyden Communications Internet Marketing SEO Group - Israel, London, New York.




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