urging residents to remain in secured rooms and bomb shelters, for how long? Palestinians has 1,000+ rockets; meaning that 1-2 rockets/day/week will force them remain 1,000 days/weeks. They use bunkers, anti-tank missiles, and rockets that are ready-off the shelf.

The problem are the tunnels, rocket factories and rocket launchers. You need ground troops. Hamas fires from hiden areas that pilots can't pick up. Just like Lebanon without ground troops citizens are left vulnerable. In Lebanon Olmert never sent troops to where they were firing the rockets.

The Hezbollah and the Hamas can pose an existential threat to Israel only if we let them do so. Objectively, their ability to inflict casualties is small. If we are serious about beating the terrorists, Israeli society has to prepare a resolute population and give the home population confidence in the measures taken to protect it. Tactical solutions to the threats posted by the enemy are important too, but without an orderly and determined population and a united political leadership, tactical solutions will never be enough, as there will always be some casualties. What remains to be done at : http://xrl.us/bi5de

Read Zephaniah Chapters One and TWO !

all the rats who celebrate the attack in the other report are hiding them thelfs here , still the worst didn't come yet , make your black dresses ready and don't forget to cry inocents as usual .

cus ema shelem !!!!!!!!

It's time to teach a lesson. Don't let up until the rockets stop!

over one man's death, yet you don't feel any compassion for the 205 + families who won't sleep at night because they are mourning the relatives that your army has killed? WHY are Jewish lives worth more?

The new attacks and counter attacks make this the PERFECT time to expel all muslimes from Israel. These people are a security threat. Take back ALL of Israel as the SOLE JEWISH HOMELAND. Elect Moshe Fieglin?? Let's Roll Guys!

simple truth-life for the palestinians is cheap-see their methods of justice for their own people we believe that life belongs to G-d & is sacred

Hundreds of kassams, grad and mortar shells were fired at Israel with intent to kill Israelis. That was OK with you. While Israelis showed restraint, you questioned Jewish compassion. Now you want Jews to feel compassion for their tormentors. Why do you hold a double-standard for Jews? The answer is clear.

To the family and community of Mr. Vaaknin.

We will laugh at you Islamists when we rid the earth of you. Even if some of us won't see this day, our children will celebrate for us. We are afraid of nothing!

Hamas didnt murder this man, the killers are in Jerusalem right now they go by the names of Olmert, Livni & Barak. They do nothing but talk bullshit make empty threats Hamas dont even believe anymore, anything to avoid taking direct action. They are terrified that so close to an election if there are any casulties it will cost them votes. They dream up any lame excuse possible to avoid sending troops to defend this country, They send in F16s to drop alot of bombs in Gaza in an attempt to look like they are doing somerthing but although that might kill alot of people you don't know who your killing, you don't know if you have destroyed arms dumps or rocket making facilites only a ground operation which involves building searches will tell us that. Even the air strikes will end in a couple of days once the world starts condeming Israel and instead we will seek a hudna on Hamas terms. We also have the presient saying there will be no Gaza operation .. what happened to the president staying out of politics. Peres still thinks he is the PM he doesnt quite understand that the president is a ceremonial role only. Prehaps the fact that the queen of England now calls him a knight has gone to his head. How many more Israelis have to die before the government decides to act, Olmerts sons and nice and safe in France and all the politicians have security provided by Shin Bet and have access to the most secure bomb shelters in the country. The promises made after Lebanon to make all civilian shelters fit for use was never kept like every other promise this government has ever made. Olmert, Livni & Barak belong in prison on the crimes oif treason and crimes against the jewish people. They murdered this man not Hamas.

because they do not rejoice over death and destruction but cry

What about Christians?? Are they next???

to the family of this man who was killed by this attack. I can't help but wonder though, where are the names and the articles written for the over 200 killed on the other side of the wall? My condolences to all of the families of loved ones lost due to this madness.

ON TEMPLE MOUNT! EYE FOR AND EYE!

I can say with a lear conscience that today I am ashamed to be Jewish.

You posts reflect the voice of reason in a mad world. I see so much arrogance on the part of my fellow Jews as reflected in various posts that today I can say with a clear conscience that I am no longer proud to be Jewish.

you are for laughing , you think people didn't laugh for thousends of years can laugh now ?? forget it not you not your children will see this day as long as you think you are better than anyothers .... you will dig your graves with your hands like you did all the time .... from dust to dust like Jesus said like you went up on the died bodies of the Palistinians you will fall down on your bodies ... it's written in the Bible you will be again separated ... no way .... chosen people by God can never be some gangs and killers and lands thieves .... by the way i am not Islamist but real Christian .

Do you want to say it again? you should have been ashamed when we pulled from lebanon and gaza. We cam to Israel to a Jewish haven; to be a refuge and safe place for all Jews. Out government forgot that. For them Jewish bllod i cheap and theirs to spill to advance their wallets and political careers. Hamas stated goal is our destruction. Our goal is to live Jewish lives in Israel. If those two are in conflict then we must advance our goal.

Many Hamas police men.. you know .. those who confiscate humanitarian aid from the Red Cross and harass anyone around in Gaza who does not agree with the Hamas. Is it reasonable to sympathize with those thugs?

Thay been testing how far they could get , let them learn now or else.

Mary and Avi, the tragedy of losing a loved one to violence is undeniable, regardless of the side of the wall. However, there is no moral equivalence here, not even close. If Hamas and their ilk lay down their weapons and stop indoctrinating the young with antisemitic hatred, there will be peace. If Israel lays down her weapons, there will be no Israel. Put differently, as peaceful as I am, if someone comes to kill me, I will do my best to kill him first. I would rather feel sorry for his mother later that have someone else feel sorry for mine. Hamas had made its own bed. AND TODAY ESPECIALLY I AM SO PROUD TO BE JEWISH AND ISRAELI!

And kill for no reason?