"Several people suffered from shock, but no injuries were reported. " - is what we read a lot - does anyone understand what "shock" really is?? Shock is no injury because no blood is flowing? THAT is most probably THE worst kind of injury since the prognosis is rather dim, and no one accepts it as "injury". Healing from shock seems humanly speaking almost impossible. So, no one was injured, only a few were treated for shock?? Think again Ynet, Haaretz, JPost and everyone else in the media.....

Speaking at a gathering of hundreds of IDF officers on Monday, Lt. Gen. Ashkenazi declared that the IDF is "prepared to expand and extend its operations in Gaza as needed and has "complete faith" in the ability of the army to meet the security needs of the State of Israel. The year 2008, Lt. Gen. Ashkenazi explained, will be a year of many such challenges on the military front. We should not wait for Hamas to be stronger : it is not our main enemy as explained at : http://israelagainstterror.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-war_01.html

The relative calm is for anyone who does not live where rockets are landing,but for us in this area it is anything but clam

Why weren't these buildings destroyed a long time ago? Why wait for an excuse.Destroy all structures that can be used by the terrorists. Even occupied buildings!

The first and most important step is to supply Sderot residents with mortars and inexpensive inaccurate rockets to fire back at Gaza. This "eye for an eye", you stop - we stop is the only thing that Gaza Terrorists will understand and can be sold easily and effectively to the Arab world and world at large. The second approach is to send tankers from Tel Aviv, etc. filled with highly toxic waste and totally flood the smuggling tunnel and new implacements where they shoot the Qassams from. They would be totally dumbfounded and incapable of answering this creative new strategy. The terrorists are learning and adapting while Sharon's brilliant creative strategies in Sinai, Lebanon, and Jenin are forgotten. We are continuing to do that same old things and are too predictable. The expression in the Mossad is "Ten Lameshuga Ledaber". Try new creative approaches and measure the results and reactions. p.s. The Yarkon might be a nice place to clean up.

it's about bloody time - if this irresponsible givernment had given the orders to do this kind of thing 2 years ago, perhaps Shalit would not have been kidnapped, his colleagues not killed, and less missiles would be fired into Israel.