Day Four of Operation Cast Lead

Israelly Cool, The Muqata (who is also on twitter) and the Elder of Ziyon are still live-blogging operation Cast Lead.

Here is a video update from Israel National TV:

This comes to me from Pamella Geller:

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Outside of Israeli Consulate in NYC
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There are also numerous anti-israel Rallies being held across the nation, and if you are in the area, please show up and join the small bands of Israel supporters that will be there to counter-protest the pro-terrorist rallies, Pam has the details at Atlas Shrugs.


This young palestinian girl blames Hamas for the deaths of her family:



And this on the expected ground offensive:

(IsraelNN.com) Large Israeli forces – tanks, infantry, engineer corps, artillery and more – are waiting just outside Gaza for the order to enter. It is felt that the great successes of the three-day air campaign have begun - or are soon to begin - yielding diminishing returns, and that a ground offensive will be necessary.

The precise objectives of such an attack have not been publicized, however, other than the neutralization of rocket-launching sites. Strategic terror points, including mosques that shelter weapons and ammunition, will also be targeted.

“We will reach places [in Gaza] that the Palestinians never expected,” an unidentified senior IDF officer told NRG-Maariv.


Though Hamas is well-prepared, “We will reach places [in Gaza] that the Palestinians never expected,” a senior IDF officer said.

“We do not intend to bring in masses of forces,” the officer said, “which would become targets within [enemy territory.] The objective is rather to activate forces that will quickly and constantly move from one place to another. We have artillery, precise-fire weapons, and other surprises.” The IDF carried out a practice run for a ground offensive of this type two weeks ago.

Source: Arutz Sheva

The EU has scheduled a meetingMagdbuger Joe answeres the false Warsaw Ghetto comparison very well.

Andrew Jaffee has caught CNN redacting it's own stories to match the Politically Correct line of the israel-Haters, and has screenshots to prove it:

CNN is a leader of, and role model for, the very politically-correct “mainstream” media. So I was flabbergasted to read an article posted today entitled, “Barak: Israel in ‘all-out war’ with Hamas,” which didn’t refer to Hamas as “assailants,” “extremists,” “gunmen,” “insurgents,” or “militants,” but actually printed the statement, “Israel continues to strike at Hamas terrorist targets in Gaza…” Initially, I thought to myself, “Does this represent a change in editorial policies — or even attitudes — about terrorism at the media giant?” But I also felt that I should be cautious before jumping to conclusions. I took a screen-shot of the page as well as saved the article to disk. After running some errands, I returned home, turned on my laptop, and reloaded the CNN article in question. Lo and behold, CNN had redacted its original terminology, removing any mention of the word “terrorist” in reference to Hamas, changed the story’s title, but left the URL (link to the page) unchanged. In other words, it pulled a fast one on its readers.

Source: IsraPundit

The Elder of Ziyon has some stats on the rocket attacks on israel.

And in some good news, Ashkelon will be getting a rocket tracking system:

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) installed a new innovative command-and-control system in the Ashkelon Municipality that is capable of tracking and locating Katyusha rockets that hit the city.

The system was installed last week to be tested in a Home Front exercise that was held ahead of Operation Cast Lead launched against Hamas on Saturday. The system is called MC4 - Command and Control Communication Center. The system was developed by the IAI's Malam Missile and Space Division.

The system, the IAI said, uses GPS as well as other sensors and cameras to identify rocket launches and the targets that they hit inside the city.

Source: Jerusalem Post.