The Israel Air Force's attack on seven Gaza targets last night was the strongest in the past two years, ever since Israel's counterterrorist Cast Lead campaign. So say top IDF sources, adding that the objective was to "send a clear message to the terrorists of Hamas that the situation cannot continue as is."
The Israeli response followed the firing from Gaza of at least a dozen mortar shells and rockets at Israel over the past two days, as well as other attacks in the past two weeks. Tuesday morning, following the IAF strike, Hamas terrorists fired a Kassam rocket at Israel, lightly wounding a 15-year-old girl and damaging several buildings.
Security sources say that Hamas feels it has tremendous amounts of weapons and ammunition, such as Kassam rockets, light-weapons, and explosives, and that Israel is limited in how strongly it can respond when attacked.
IDF officials say that their latest offensive is not the end of the story, and they will not hesitate to act again if indicated.
"Not the end of the story" as we well know. The end was written thousands of years ago.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
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