Israel: No More Restraint in Face of Rocket Fire -Lally Weymouth
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni [pictued above] said in an interview: "I don't like the term 'ceasefire,' since it looks like an agreement between two legitimate sides. At the end of the day, this is not a conflict between two states but a fight against terror." "In six months Hamas has changed the range of its missiles from 20 kilometers to 50 kilometers. This now threatens 1 million Israelis."
"We need to know that at the end of this military operation, we will not face the rearmament of Hamas."
(Newsweek)
Soldiers Keen to Rescue Comrade -Abraham RabinovichIn a room in Gaza, probably underground, Gilad Shalit [pictured above], an Israeli soldier captured in 2006, has been listening for the past two weeks to the sound of bombs and gunfire signaling the approach of his countrymen as Hamas guards hover nearby, prepared to shoot him dead if a rescue attempt is made.
His fate is very much on the minds of the army units conducting the incursion into Gaza. "We're not leaving without him," a soldier told a TV reporter. It would appear likely that Shalit's release will be part of Israel's conditions for withdrawing from Gaza.
(The Australian)
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May this all go well, and end speedily with minimal casualties necessary to secure peace for everyone involved. I hope Gilad Shalit gets out alive.
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