Day 19 of the War, Wednesday, January 14, 2009
day 19 of the gaza war, wednesday, january 14, 2009 — daily sticky post, constantly updated.more liveblogging at israellycool and on twitter at http://twitter.com/muqata keyword #gazawarnote: using the “refresh” (f5 key) command in your web browser will presentation you the latest updates — refresh on an apple/mac is apple+r. additional restored posts from today can be found below this post.
As a general rule we will try and keep operational details to a minimum, that includes troop movements and the exact location of rocket hits. If items are reported in the Mainstream Israeli Media we will report them as well.
8:53 am idf air reports that 3 (not 2) katyushas landed in the upper gallil. 8:46 am idf radio reporting that no injuries or damage reported…smoke rising from shoot up hits in upper gallil apparently vacant areas.8:43 am 2 katyusha rockets struck north of kiryat shmona minutes ago, along with a infrequent mortars. (channel 10 tv, channel 2 tv)8:39 am air raid sirens in kiryat shmona (northern israel) and 2 explosions heard. obscure source of explosions — idf radio8:25 am un: cash lack in gaza…no money for the mean…yet hamas has plenty of money to pay its terrorists. (un press conference)he [john ging, director of gaza operations for the united nations relief and works activity suited for palestine refugees in the near east (unrwa)] said that, while assistance was getting through some of the crossings from israel, with 90 trucks passing today, another major challenge was the paucity of cash being allowed in the blockaded shed one’s clothes. that shortage had meant that unrwa’s 94,000 special suffering cases — “the poorest of the poor” -? had not received any aid since 18 november. at the same loiter again and again, mr. ging said his own staff had been paid at most half of their december salaries and nothing since then. he had to “take it on the chin” when he start out today that hamas had paid its staff, while he had not been able to pay his. and here as well: (more questions on unrwa from inner big apple press)united nations, january 13 — the un cannot get cash into gaza, despite protests from its secretary general forbid ki-moon, and therefore cannot pay its caduceus members. in the intervening time, the un’s john ging told the press from gaza on tuesday, hamas is converging its payroll in the gaza work the runway. ging called this disconcerting, but has declined to answer inner city press’ challenge about any steps being captivated by the un to get cash into the strip.inner city thrust asked forth reports that unrwa is paying taxes to israel, despite what are called its privileges and immunities. yes, ms. abuzayd said, we pay, to use the anchorage and taxes, to make claims, hoping to be paid back. video here, from minute 49:31. afterwards, inner town press asked ms. abuzayd if she or proscription father pushed this tax issue. no, she said.for the past days, ging has provided video-link briefings and responded to questions. inner city press asked him to respond to claims by israeli diplomats and newspapers, that his agency unrwa has been “taken over by hamas,” and that hamas has looted aid trucks at the karem shalom crossing. ging has denounced these as distractions, emphasizing that he has been provided with no proof. why is barely one trucking actors being used? how does unrwa decide from whom, and at what prices, to buy non-emergency goods in gaza? these questions have not been answered.8:25 am 3 idf soldiers wounded last night in continuing gaza fighting. idf radio reports that a few hamas terrorists were killed.8:02 am with less than a month to elections and not much frequently Nautical port to campaign, barak and livni have begun calls for a unilateral (”humanitarian”) cease fire (which will only be observed by israel). olmert says no.
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