if firing rockets was aimed at making word of Allah high, the girls are martyrs. do the woman marry in Jenna ? Ugly and old women will be young pretty women in Jenna and marry men, then why no hint on that during world live? the good woman is usually shy to say she desire a man, that's why women are promised reward with general meaning in the term: beautiful lovely rewards.

Hamas has also made significant gains in manufacturing its own rockets. It has learned to create Ammonium Perchlorate Compound, an advanced rocket propellant that in addition to extending the Qassam's range beyond 20 kilometers also - and more importantly - increases the rocket's shelf life. That means the organization can, for the first time, maintain a supply of rockets for months at a time. Analysts believe Hamas currently has over 1,000 rockets. To know that 1 in every 8 Israelis will be threatened for months, if Israel starts war, gives a hint about the magnitude of the problem. for the aggressive IDF, the picture is no less gloomy. Hamas' defensive strategy includes an extensive underground network of bunkers, tunnels and booby-trapped structures. The Palestinians have proved their explosives capabilities, having destroyed three Israeli tanks and two armored personnel carriers using high-grade explosives. Antitank missiles are an important component of Hamas' defensive strategy, which takes on board the lessons learned by Hezbollah in the Second Lebanon War. Hamas has acquired antitank missiles from the Eastern bloc, although the exact models and capabilities are not known. Militants can be expected to employ antitank missiles against Israel Air Force helicopters in the event of a confrontation, in the effort to delay and obstruct the entry of the IDF. then, for how long regular troops or reservists withstand continuous fighting: 2,3,4 weeks?

to #1 and others: I am as much a die-hard Zionist as the next Jew, but doesn't the fact that Israel is willing to treat injured civilian Palestinians that were hit by mortars and rockets by their own Terrorists show the world clearly and distinctly the beauty of Israel, its thriving democracy? Moreover, isn't it a prime example of the success of Zionism and evidence of the compassion, empathy and righteousness of Judaism? I sure think so. Am Yisrael Chai!!!

Why should I give money to Isreal hospitals that treat hamas?

It's too late now , you had'nt to be stupid during the elections , don't cry now

No balls.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050282.html So besides showing you're lack of analytical skills and excelling ability to copy and paste... I have to ask.... What happens if the Artillery Corp and IAF just bomb Gaza for 72 hours straight the way the allies did to Dresden? Cut off all power to Gaza and blocked off all cellphone communications in the area? Would this analysis still be viable?

Palistinians are crying for their loss but where's the outcry when it's jews? Pathetic. I pray the girls will be welcomed in heaven. At least they were taken before they chose to be homicide bombers. Islamist hatred is beyond comprehension.

Palestinian terrorists are so eager to kill, their kassams are now hitting their own children. As the resident of Gaza pointed out, Hamas is hated in Gaza. Look at the disaster Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups created. When the going gets tough, Hamas runs to hide. The weaponry you describe was purchased while the Palestinians cried about their humanitarian crisis.

And what do you call what hamas has resumed doing (from their sovereign territory which is now unoccupied by the targeted sovereign territory)?? What in your 'observant' mind do you define as starting a war? Congratulations on all the number-crunching research, albeit, your convoluted conclusions are somewhat backward. I will address the question; " . . Then for how long (can) regular troops or reservists withstand continuous fighting: 2,3,4 weeks?" But first please be reminded of a few facts. At the end of the day, the modern IAF and IDF are indeed an aggressive army {Army (aa(r)-mee): A large body of people organized and trained for land warfare. }. So well done the on that one! However, be assured that each piece of intel you have represents only a minute fraction of the information privy to the abovementioned aggressive army, of which said information has been not only been thoroughly considered and strategically countered (thanks to, amongst other means, the many eyes working for Israel who are networked throughout the echelons of the terrorstinans), but will be addressed with a military answer not seen in recent Middle East history. Apart form Iran, none of the World's governments have any sympathy for these idiots, nor those who put them in power, (Arabs included) and therefore, this time no one doubts that this upcoming defensive operation will be non-conventional in its execution, like as you would be suggesting in your dirge. So in answer to the question, observer, regular troops or reservists will not be required to withstand continuous fighting.

“If you look at the past three years, you see that, if we had a suicide bombing, the Israeli air force made a big operation in which civilians were killed, and that looks to innocent eyes like revenge. You hear it in the streets of Israel; people want revenge. But we should not behave like that. We are not a mafia.” Referring to an attack on Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, another pilot added: “Is it legitimate to take F-15s and helicopters designed to destroy enemy tanks, and use them against cars and houses in one of the most heavily populated places in the world….we have become blinded by the blood on our own faces. We cannot see that on the other side….is a whole nation of innocent people.” said Lt. Colonel Avner Raanan was one of them. He’s one of Israel’s most respected and decorated pilots.

You all know the ones I mean. Those idiots that keep claiming how harmless Qassams are. Well it goes to prove that they ain't firecrackers like they claim.

website... I'm impressed, you've increased you're plagiarism repertoire! So you've taken a quote , which is the only quote you will find of this man. Which is ONLY found on very extreme leftists sites which are famed for their anti-semitism http://www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org/node/1023 Also I've heard this quote before, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE INTIFADA! YOU ARE OBFUSCATING FACTS!!! You are presenting a quote from the beginning of the second intifada (I know this because it talks about suicide bombings, yet there hasn't been one in recent times!), which now wasn't influenced by disengagement, years of bombardment from Gaza post-disengagement, election of Hamas, second Lebanon War, 'hudna' shellings from gaza, and these post-'hudna' shellings makes cherry picking this quote ingenious on all levels and a complete misrepresentation of it! As it intended for a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SITUATION! You are acting as this mans opinion would be static during all this time. How do you know it's the same today? Secondly so what if he is decorated soldier? So by this standard when Rabin said we should break the arms and legs of arab rioters was right too? So from inference of your correlation between 'correctness to decoration' Sharon was right to invade Lebanon in 82? Barak is THE MOST highly decorated soldier in the IDF's history, and while it's true he isn't doing anything he says it's right to attack to Gaza, so I guess from inference, we are definitely right for what (I hope and believe) will be an imminent operation there. Or did you think parading around a 'quote' would 'scare' me silent? You're cherry picking is just like a microcosm of the middle east. Israeli plant the cherry trees and then the palestinians pick the fruit with no effort and parade around in a false manner with no effort of there own, trying to make Israel guilty for everything wrong with it and the world!

as of 22.30 Israel time this 'accident' had yet to happen. They will perhaps acknowledge it in a couple of days, on a very, very 'inside' page, never mind UN resolutions..

I found his name on anti-Israel websites referring to him as a refusenik in 2003. He may have been a respected and decorated pilot but refuseniks are not well received in Israel. You must be desperate to dig up dated material unrelated to the topic.

http://www.populistamerica.com/breaking_the_silence_israeli_soldiers_speak

With this "accident" of theirs they have more innocent Palestinian blood on their hands than do the Zionists (as of this month). Two girls? Ages 5 and 13? Such a practice and deed deserves the utmost condemnation.

Calling five/ thirteen year old girls terrorists speaks volumes of such racism.

The Shministim 2008, or Bar Refaeli, draft-dodging supermodel 2007, or the Sayeret Matkal 2003

If you show no mercy you will be shown none.

this just in Hamas, has claimed the rockets launched from Gaza was hit back with a baseball bat by an Isreali Little League which hit the house with the victims. What were they thinkin???

"The Shministim 2008, or Bar Refaeli, draft-dodging supermodel 2007," So you've taken two cases of people who live coddled lives far away from Sderot as an example of people who are against attacking Gaza? Great example!! Next you'll tell me the 150 communists who parade around Tel-Aviv today are the best example of Israeli opinion? "or the Sayeret Matkal 2003 " [one extra point I THOUGHT HE WAS A PILOT, NOW SAYERET MATKAL? WHAT ELSE DID HE DO?] How exactly does an opinion from 'then' fit 'now'. I guess I have to repeat myself, because it's disingenuous [NOT HONEST] to portray an opinion given 5 years ago, considering the mass of events that happened between now and then and state that it's still completely valid or the opinion maker would feel the same today! What was then was a different reality from today and using that as an indictment is complete and utter crap. But it's nice to see you talking about 'categories', instead of actually trying to argue any points, you simply skip to another one. Because it seems quite clear to me that you don't have any arguements when the FACTS and TRUTH are put and displayed in front of you. And all you're sensationalists attempts [i.e. trying to make little or disconnected things in major things] fail. Please save us all the headache and actually post something of actual value, not just copy & pasted articles or random quotes that are placed without any context. You just look feeble. I hope you enjoyed the Business

The Shministim 2008, or Bar Refaeli, draft-dodging supermodel 2007, or the Sayeret Matkal 2003

If the billions the world is committed to pay the Palestinians went not only to the Palestinian families to help them with relocating, but also to any Arab nation willing to take them in, to help them absorb the Palestinians, then there is some chance for such proposal gaining traction and for the Arab world to start letting go off their dream of a Judenrein Middle East. A new solution might be conceived of with Israel taking over Gaza and the West Bank for itself and the Palestinians making an exodus from the land and being absorbed by other nations. Such solution would be one that would be bought and paid for from the annual billions of dollars in welfare the world now throws at Palestinians, in favor of Palestinians and those nations prepared to absorb them as citizens. More details at : http://xrl.us/bjcgx

There is a "but" . NO one of their "brethren" countries wants them inside their borders . They never wanted , they never want , and they will never accept them . How many of them were integrated in those countries ? Only in non Arab countries was it the case .

if you're only copying yourself but have no made real point.

But they were killed by Arab terrorists trying to kill Israelis, so I guess the UN, HRW, AI, etc think it's okay.

for telling the truth. Seems your elected leaders should be unelected or assassinated. It would stop some of the terror that muslims seem to start every place they go. A pity that the majority of your people voted for this, isn't it? I know you robably don't read the Torah, but there's a line in there about those who curse Jews, they themselves are cursed by G-d, the real one. See now how it works? Genesis 1 12: 3, God tells Abrahamn the father of the Jews, "He who blesses you I will bless, he who curses you I will curse." Now, we know how the cursing feels..... From you. Thanks again. Ask the G-d of Israel for shelter and help and another chance at the freedom you could have had 60 years ago.

I agree w/ you.