Okay, they made it five days - which is longer than I said they would, but of course, as expected, the pali scum lobbed a mortar into southern Israel today - no injuries reported. Now, it will be interesting to see what kind of lies come out of Hamas on this. I'm not sure if they will blame it on Islamic Jihad or al Qaeda in Gaza...or hey, maybe they will accuse Israel of firing the mortar themselves to be able to denounce the truce. Here's some of the details here from Breitbart:
Israel's Olmert is meeting with the Egyptians today to see if a new angle can be used to secure the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who is being held by Hamas. And at the same time, Olmert is expected to tell the Egyptians that if Hamas doesn't stop the flow of armaments into Gaza under this truce, that it is over - well, it IS over, Hamas fired a mortar. It's done. Finished.
It's my guess that perhaps Hamas didn't more than likely want this mortar to go off so soon - I think they would have liked a couple more weeks of lull so they could continue to rearm. But, knowing the latest reactions from Israel, they will scoff at this one mortar and say the truce is still binding.
And that, my friends, is the mistake of all mistakes with Hamas. Hamas is like a child, you give them an inch, they want a mile. One mortar under the truce means a dozen air assaults on Hamas members - that's the punishment for this "child."
Palestinians fired a mortar into southern Israel in the first violation of a fragile truce between Israel and Gaza Strip militants, the military said Tuesday.
No casualties or damage were reported in the attack, which took place around midnight Monday, and troops did not retaliate, the military said. No militant faction immediately took responsibility.
The Egyptian-brokered truce went into effect on Thursday, with the immediate aim of ending fighting that has killed seven Israelis and more than 400 Palestinians—many of them civilians—since the Islamic Hamas militants overran Gaza a year ago.
Israel's Olmert is meeting with the Egyptians today to see if a new angle can be used to secure the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who is being held by Hamas. And at the same time, Olmert is expected to tell the Egyptians that if Hamas doesn't stop the flow of armaments into Gaza under this truce, that it is over - well, it IS over, Hamas fired a mortar. It's done. Finished.
It's my guess that perhaps Hamas didn't more than likely want this mortar to go off so soon - I think they would have liked a couple more weeks of lull so they could continue to rearm. But, knowing the latest reactions from Israel, they will scoff at this one mortar and say the truce is still binding.
And that, my friends, is the mistake of all mistakes with Hamas. Hamas is like a child, you give them an inch, they want a mile. One mortar under the truce means a dozen air assaults on Hamas members - that's the punishment for this "child."
Mortar fired from Gaza, violating truce
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinians fired a mortar into southern Israel in the first violation of a fragile truce between Israel and Gaza Strip militants, the military said Tuesday.
No casualties or damage were reported in the attack, which took place around midnight Monday, and troops did not retaliate, the military said. No militant faction immediately took responsibility.
The Egyptian-brokered truce went into effect on Thursday, with the immediate aim of ending fighting that has killed seven Israelis and more than 400 Palestinians—many of them civilians—since the Islamic Hamas militants overran Gaza a year ago.
It also obliges Israel to ease a punishing blockade of the coastal strip. In a final stage, the sides are to address Hamas' demand to reopen a major border passage between Gaza and Egypt and Israel's insistence that Hamas release an Israeli soldier it has held for two years.
Egypt acted as middleman for the six-month truce because Israel, like much of the international community, shuns Hamas for refusing to recognize Israel or renounce violence.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert flew to Egypt on Tuesday for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The leaders are expected to discuss efforts to release the soldier, Sgt. Gilad Schalit, and Israel's demand that Egypt crack down on arms smuggling into Gaza.
Olmert was quoted on Tuesday in the London-based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat daily as saying that if the smuggling of weapons into Gaza did not end, then Israel would consider the cease-fire agreement violated, and "then we will be compelled to military action."
The cease-fire is meant to avert an Israeli invasion of Gaza, a tiny, impoverished seaside territory of 1.4 million people that Israel evacuated in 2005 after a 38-year military occupation. The deal extends beyond Hamas to all militant groups operating in Gaza but does not include the West Bank.
Early Tuesday, Israeli troops killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in a raid in the West Bank town of Nablus.
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