Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Hamas makes its move


Hamas Fires Rocket Barrage into Israel, Declares End to 5-Month Truce
- Ken Ellingwood
Hamas fired a barrage of rockets and mortars into Israel on Tuesday, declaring an end to a five-month cease-fire.
(Los Angeles Times)

Hamas Rocket Barrage a Diversion for Kidnapping Attempt
- Hanan Greenberg
IDF officials have affirmed that Hamas had planned to kidnap an[other] Israeli soldier during a barrage of Kassam rockets and mortar shells launched from Gaza toward southern Israel on Tuesday.

Hamas claimed its gunmen fired 28 Kassam rockets and 61 mortar shells at Israel on Tuesday.
(Ynet News)

UPDATE:

Stopping Hamas - Editorial
On Wednesday, the Israeli cabinet decided against launching a major ground operation in Gaza. This is wise because there are steps that should be taken before launching such an operation.

If Israelis must run for their lives to bomb shelters, why should Palestinians enjoy an uninterrupted supply of Israeli electricity?

(Jerusalem Post)

1 comment:

Bruce said...

Most thought that Hamas would wait longer before launching an aggressive assult, in order to give them time to build up Hezballah-like capacity.

Some now have speculated that Hamas is trying to take the pressure off of the West Bank towns, so they can build missile capacity up for an assult on...you guessed it...Jerusalem.