Despite Its Threats, Hamas Put Up Light Resistance

[AP] Matti Friedman - Before Israel invaded Gaza, Hamas vowed to turn the territory into a "graveyard" for Israeli soldiers. The results were markedly different. The Islamic group's fighters put up little resistance and the Israeli army emerged relatively unscathed. For a guerrilla group operating on its urban home turf, it wasn't much of a fight.


2009-01-20 06:00:00

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