Hamas Slips Through Israeli Border And Murders Two Israeli Civilians, Israel Retaliates In Gaza

Another day , another reason to never, ever think there will be anything but bloodshed from Hamas. Here are the details of today's attack:

NAHAL OZ, Israel (AP) - Militants from the Gaza Strip slipped across the border and opened fire at a fuel depot in southern Israel on Wednesday, killing two Israeli civilians in a brazen daylight raid that threatened to set off heavy combat after a monthlong lull.

Israeli officials said four gunmen climbed over a border fence while their comrades fired mortar shells into Israel to divert attention. The attackers entered the depot and riddled two workers with bullets.
Maj. Tal Levram, an Israeli army spokesman, said soldiers arrived within minutes and killed two of the militants, but the other two escaped. He said the raiders apparently also planned to attack a neighboring Israeli village or to kidnap soldiers, but were thwarted by the army.

Israel responded by sending troops and tanks into Gaza after the attack and the latest tally of pali dead stands at nine. But the key to all of this is that this is going to be the spring and summer of Hamas attacks. If I could get Condi Rice and Olmert in the same room, it would simply be one sentence of comment: Hamas does not want peace, they want the destruction of Israel and the deaths of all Jews.

That's it. Why is that so hard to get through everyone's skull? When you have an enemy adamant with your destruction, you have no choice but to eliminate them. Just do it for pete's sakes.

Here's the full story from Breitbart.

Gaza Gunmen Kill 2 in Southern Israel

The Israeli government held Gaza's Hamas rulers responsible for the attack and sent tanks, troops and aircraft into the Palestinian territory. At least nine Palestinians died during the day, including two at the depot and seven in Gaza.
Earlier in the day, a Hamas militant and an Israeli soldier also were killed in clashes in southern Gaza.
The surge in violence could jeopardize recently renewed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian government based in the West Bank, and the raid on the depot posed a threat to the supply of fuel to Gaza.
The facility is the sole conduit of gasoline to the coastal territory. Officials said there was no serious damage despite plumes of smoke billowing from the site, but Israel already has reduced the flow of fuel to Gaza as part of its sanctions against Hamas, causing severe shortages and rationing.
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Arye Mekel said the attack would only cause more harm to Gazan civilians by threatening the current flow of fuel and other humanitarian supplies to Gaza.
"Israel sends food, gas, medical supplies and humanitarian assistance every day and the terrorists who attacked the crossing today are trying to harm this operation and are harming mostly the well-being of the people," Mekel said.