Less Talk, More Action
Last update - 03:01 17/01/2008 Top IDF source: If Hamas shows restraint, Israel will follow By Amos Harel, Mijal Grinberg and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents
After two days of bloody Israel Defense Forces raids on the Gaza Strips and massive rocket fire on southern Israel, senior IDF sources told Haaretz that if Hamas decides to show restraint and hold back its attacks, Israel will do the same. However, they said, if the massive rocket attacks continue, Israel will be forced to reevaluate its strategy.The officials said that at this stage the IDF is not changing its current tactics and it is not likely that the political leadership will allow an intensification of its attacks. They also said the situation will become clearer in the coming days.
An Israel Air Force strike killed two Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening, as militants in Gaza launched more than 40 Qassam rockets at the western Negev.
The strike came shortly after Defense Minister Ehud Barak vowed that Israel would step up its military offensive on Gaza in response to the barrage of Qassam rockets on southern Israel.Hamas said the IAF missile strike Wednesday evening destroyed a car, killing its two occupants and wounding at least three others.
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed the strike and said the vehicle targeted was carrying a load of weapons.
Earlier Wednesday afternoon, three Palestinian civilians were killed in an IAF strike that targeted a militant's car east of Gaza City. The fatalities included a teenager, his father and his uncle.
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired at least 40 Qassam rockets and three mortar shells at over the course of Wednesday, causing damage and some injuries.
I don't think the IDF should be begging Hamas for a cease fire.
The job of the IDF is to fight our enemies not beg them for a cease fire.
No country in the world would allow their enemy to hit them with rockets day after day, the IDF must be turned loose by the political leadership to do the work of Israel's warriors, win a victory over our enemies.
Less talk, more action, is what is needed.
