Oh well...it's not like I didn't tell them so. Pali jihadists fired two more mortars into Israel today with no casualties reported while Israel backed off on further openings of crossings into Gaza. Currently, Israel isn't allowing food items into Gaza due to the mortar and rocket attacks. Here's some of the newest details from Breitbart in the crumbling of the Egyptian-brokered truce between Hamas and Israel:
Probably the most encouraging comment made from anyone in Israel, was this:
Livni is absolutely right and I would add that Israel should just "respond immediate, militarily" but that it should respond militarily agains HAMAS LEADERSHIP. The key to subduing Hamas and Islamic Jihad is to target their mid level and upper level leadership - when a Hamas commander knows there's a bullseye on his back if a mortar or rocket is fired into Israel, the mortar or rocket isn't fired.
It really is that simple.
For the third day in a row, Israel prevented food trucks from entering Gaza by closing crossings in retaliation for repeated Palestinian rocket attacks, Israeli army spokesman Peter Lerner said. Later in the day, Palestinian militants fired two mortar shells toward Israel, Israeli police said, but no injuries or damage were reported. It was not immediately clear which militant faction fired the shells.
The six-month truce worked out during months of Egyptian mediation began June 19. But only five days into the cease-fire, the Islamic Jihad group fired three rockets toward Israel, injuring two Israelis, and prompting Israel to close the crossings beginning Wednesday. Since then, Israel has not allowed food into Gaza, Lerner said.
Probably the most encouraging comment made from anyone in Israel, was this:
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni called for retaliation for the attacks.
"I am not interested who fired and who didn't fire at Israel," she told reporters Thursday. "It is a violation, and Israel needs to respond immediately, militarily, for every violation."
Livni is absolutely right and I would add that Israel should just "respond immediate, militarily" but that it should respond militarily agains HAMAS LEADERSHIP. The key to subduing Hamas and Islamic Jihad is to target their mid level and upper level leadership - when a Hamas commander knows there's a bullseye on his back if a mortar or rocket is fired into Israel, the mortar or rocket isn't fired.
It really is that simple.
Israel closes Gaza, Palestinians fire mortars
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel refused on Friday to fully open crossings with the Gaza Strip and Palestinian militants attacked Israel with mortars, further testing an already fragile truce.
For the third day in a row, Israel prevented food trucks from entering Gaza by closing crossings in retaliation for repeated Palestinian rocket attacks, Israeli army spokesman Peter Lerner said. Later in the day, Palestinian militants fired two mortar shells toward Israel, Israeli police said, but no injuries or damage were reported. It was not immediately clear which militant faction fired the shells.
The six-month truce worked out during months of Egyptian mediation began June 19. But only five days into the cease-fire, the Islamic Jihad group fired three rockets toward Israel, injuring two Israelis, and prompting Israel to close the crossings beginning Wednesday. Since then, Israel has not allowed food into Gaza, Lerner said.
Israel has said it will not let a humanitarian crisis develop in the territory of 1.4 million Palestinians.
As part of the cease-fire, Israel had begun easing the closure Sunday, letting in shoes and other goods in addition to the basic foods that were allowed in before the truce. Israel imposed the blockade when the Islamic Hamas seized power in Gaza a year ago, and intensified it in response to ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli communities.
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