1 missile, 20 deaths. Simple. Whoever stays with them is expandable. No high court, no NGOs, no distribution of flyers, no calling the residents beforehand and of course, no Goldstones. In short, no compromises. No wonder the Hamas is shacking like a baby, they know who they are dealing with (not the merciful and softhearted Jews).

Be prepared to fight them

Good post and accurate point. The concern now is Egypt's amassing heavy hardware at the border with Israel, reportedly with IDF permission, but watch out.

could not care less, no political point scoring to be had,so who cares. As you say Goldstone is not shocked, UNHRC & Eurolefties are not flying in and Tutu is sleeping through it.

This wasn't exactly the outcome that Iran had counted on when they triggered their proxy forces in Sinai to try to start a conflagration between Egypt and Israel. It's refreshing to see common sense prevail in the region. Doesn't happen often! Let's see if Israel and Egypt can build on this cooperation.

you go into the fire, you suffer the heat!!!

An arab with a rifle can be : 1, Heroic freedom fighter , 2, Morderous terrorist 3. A simple criminal. What is the right determination, only the mighty Allah knows.

And the Egyptians aren't hitting empty buildings! Israel self-destructive "humanitarianism" to the terrorists costs many Israeli lives.

DO NOT LIE,DO NOT STEAL,DO NOT MURDER

Heroic freedom fighter: he killed someone Leftists don't like, usually a Jew Murderous Terrorist: he kills a Muslim that the Leftists like Criminal: he kills a Westerner in a Western country

when Mubarak was in power. Another feather in your cap, Obama ?

I thought weapons came from Iran or Libya or wherever and passed thru Sinai and THEN smuggled via tunnels INTO Gaza Strip

Israel is inhibited by Peace Now! (piece ??) , Amnesty (for the blood thirsty TOO! ) , US and International Press. Israel is also careful NOT to destroy out 100 terrorists with (say) 18 "Non-Combatants" (American English meaning : non-involved civilians, women and children included ). I would be a lot happier if Israeli concern was the innocents and not the eager, BBC type of criticism. But Israel is concerned, Israel can not, and does NOT use uncontrolled force, and the hell with the consequences. Perhaps Egypt , Syria, or even the USA can . SO WHAT ! moshe

"Islamists such as the Muslim Brotherhood and many other Egyptians abhor Israel and its peace treaty with Egypt". So, why in the world Obama and his admin are 100% support those guys? One of many reasons some find the current US position very disturbing.

Finally the Egyptian government pulled their thumbs out of their hole! That offensive is years late but it's never too late. Now finish the job and annihilate all Islamic millitants residing in Sonia and heck the rest of Egypt. Get rid of the brotherhood at the same time.

Muslim brother hood is not muslim. It is a Masonic like brotherhood and it is satanist. It easily entered agreements with USA and Israel. It is a zionist organization. That is the start of the end. Muslims will immediately massively shift to opposition to Mursi, and they tend to continue revolution. At a very short time Egypitian army again will have to take over to secure zionist friendly structure of Egyiptian state. But despite bloody suppression nothing will ever the same way, and at the end Real islamic fighters will take over this puppet muppet show in Egypt. Lessons to learn:You can trigger revolutions but you cannot stop them as you wish. Like French revolution it will became a wildfire.

Some one will say Israel sent the terrorists to sinai

the question is whether the terrotists use gaza to stash weapons they use in the sinai. if thats more secure for them than the other way round, the egyptian anger is probably more than histrionics. i would like ynet to clarify this point. this would be more helpful than lofty speculations about who's fooling who.

This is in accordance with the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty,Article III,para2: "Each Party undertakes to ensure that acts or threats of belligerency, hostility, or violence do not originate from and are not committed from within its territory, or by any forces subject to its control or by any other forces stationed on its territory , against the population, citizens or property of the other Party. Each Party also undertakes to refrain from organizing, instigating, inciting, assisting or participating in acts or threats of belligerency, hostility, subversion or violence against the other Party, anywhere, and undertakes to ensure that perpetrators of such acts are brought to justice." The Egyptian government still has a long way to go to be in full compliance,but this is a good start.The US administration is pledged to Israel to ensure Egyptian compliance by all means.It's been too lax up to now. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!