in Damascus. Knock on the roof of Assad's palace, and we'll see if Hezballah gets the message.

Groups in Lebanon see that Israel is unwilling to take decisive action to defend herself, it is like walking around with a sign saying "kick me"

There will be more attacks like Ashdod Gas Station if Israel's ground forces do not move now. Now is the time to act decisively. The PM should be busy defending the Nation of Israel and winning the War against external aggressions, instead of taking phone calls from idiots like Obama, Kerry, etc. There is no need talking with Dhimmis.

involved now. They have successfully driven Lebanon into a country with no laws or boundaries but of Hizbollah. Too bad the Lebanese are going to suffer now and not the Iranian masters. perfect world again in the eyes of the mullas! Create war and call it holy.

To Ismail Haniya, and the leaders and operatives of Hamas: We, the people of Israel, owe you a huge debt of gratitude. You have succeeded where we have failed. Because never before, in the history of the modern State of Israel, has the Jewish people been so united, like one person with one heart. You stole three of our most precious children, and slaughtered them in cold blood. But before we could discover the horrible truth, we had 18 days of pain and anxiety while we searched for them, during which our nation united as never before, in prayer, in hopes, in mutual support. And now, as you continue to launch deadly missiles indiscriminately, intended to maim and murder as many civilians as possible, while you take cowardly refuge behind your own civilians - you continue to inspire us to hold strongly onto our newly discovered unity. Whatever disputes we Jews may have with each other, we now know that we have one common goal: we will defeat you. But we are offering you now one last chance. Within 24 hours, all rocket fire - and I mean all rocket fire - will cease. Completely. Forever. I give you formal notice that our tanks are massed at the Gaza border, with artillery and air support at the ready. We have already dropped leaflets over the northern parts of the Gaza strip, warning civilians of our impending arrival, and that they should evacuate southward, forthwith. If you fail to meet our ultimatum, we are coming in, and, with God's help, this time we will not leave. Every centimeter of land that we conquer will be annexed to Israel, so that there will never be another attack launched at our civilians from there. Even so, we will continue to keep the door open to allow you to surrender gracefully. The moment you announce that you are laying down arms, we will halt our advance, and there we will draw our new borders. If you continue to attack our citizens, we will continue to roll southwards, driving you out of territory that you will never again contaminate with your evil presence. It pains me deeply that your civilians will be made homeless. But we did not choose this war; you did. And if our choice is between allowing our citizens to be targeted mercilessly by your genocidal savagery, versus turning your civilians into refugees, I regret that we must choose the latter. If only you loved your people as much as you hate ours, this war would never have happened. To the rest of the world: Israel has tired of your ceaseless chidings that we should "show restraint". When you have your entire population under constant missile fire from an implacable enemy whose stated goal is the of murder every man, woman and child in your land, then you may come and talk to us about "restraint". Until then, we respectfully suggest that you keep your double standards to yourselves. This time, Hamas has gone too far, and we will do whatever we have to in order to protect our population. Hamas, once again, I thank you for bringing our people together with such clarity of mind and unity of purpose. The people of Israel do not fear the long road ahead. Am Yisrael Chai. ------------------

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tzahal must go in and blow up those hidden missiles. it is not easy to recommend a ground invasion but there is no other choice especially with events in the north. just be careful. they will do all in their power to kidnap one of us.

comments are good but it,s not sign of being educated to call a world leader idiot. you people should learn how to trust the wisdom of those taking care of you..

Kidnap one of us? you mean, one of our soldiers. Do you realize how many very narrow allies make up Gaza City? Many of our boys would/will be ambushed & killed. Tanks are too large to pass through these allies. This is the delay in going into Gaza, not Obama's, Blair's or the Eu's pathetic words of restraint. Entering Gaza is no easy decision.

Israel will make no effort to spare any "innocent" life and will make sure to take out anyone they want no matter who is around

Joe, that is the best piece of writing I've seen since our war started! I think you should apply for a job as Bibi's speech writer!

knock out their electricity, water, gas, airstrips, port, and all their mosques.

They spent the last 5 years stockpiling and spending millions of dollars building these missiles and they have yet to take a single Israeli life. The joke is on them, they traded peace for missiles that are as good as noisemakers. If Hamas was smart, they would declare war on Iran and Hezbollah for keeping them in this retarded position.

A first strike target, similar to past 1st infrastructure targets such as Gaza's only power plant, funded built/rebuilt by our USA. Also similar to Lebanon wars where collective punishment is our overt policy. Seems this would encourage Gazans/Palestinians/Lebanonese to hate misery creating & sustaining Israel ...

Just wait until Hamas shoots down a Lufthansa or EgyptAir jet, or maybe an American flagged jet. Suddenly Hamas will be at war with Egypt or Germany or the USA. If a planeload of Americans is shot down, I'm sure all of North America will be cheering on Israel to vaporize Gaza. Hamas doesn't care who it murders- never has. Time for Israel to show the same attitude when it come to Hamas and its supporters. Gaza's 'human shields' better have their wills drawn up. A military target is a target. Any Hamas cronies dressed in civilian clothes on tops of buildings will soon be visiting their prophet in person.

They should be used immediately to defend Israel from the relentless Rocket Bombs-attacks on Israel from HAMAS-Gaza. The PM's 48 hours warning is expired. It is time to act or HAMAS would be emboldened to think that Israel's warning is just empty.

The truth shall set you free.

are hit [G-d forbid!] by Hamas rockets as they attempt to carry on their daily business and fly, PEACEFULLY, into Israel – is this then a signal for WWIII against each and every Muslim outpost on the planet?

we'll call him a "nudnik" instead. Shabbat Shalom.

"The militant group said it had issued the warning to the airlines so that they could avoid injury to their passengers". How nice that Hamas wishes to avoid civilian casualties. They're such concerned humanitarians. Good grief!!

BA, KLM, Air France etc will all cancel all israel flights before they get hit...but, if Hamas is reckless enough (and they obviously are) and hit a plane, I expect that will allow the world to shut its collective mouth while Israel does what it has long needed to do and that is to stop warning ant start stopping Hamas forever.

Entering Gaza is way too risky for our soldier, We should keep shelling them for a couple of month, EVEN if they run out their rockets on a month for now, keep shelling until they unconditional surrender or no one left

i agree. i know how narrow the streets are. however, i have every faith in the strategy of ya'alon and gantz and all the others. it is not acceptable to continue to endanger the civilian population while sparing soldiers. in wars fought morally, it is the civilians who are spared, and the soldiers who fight.

What's with the rockets? Doesn't Israel have any bombs they can respond with? It 's time to stop being "Mr. Nice Guy".. These people don't understand "nice", they only understand force.

It can't be overemphasized that the ONLY reason for all this tragedy is Israel's retreat from Gaza. Israel did what leftists dolts wanted done and now we all suffer. This ALWAYS happens when Israel follows the sick leftist path. Has it now finally sunk in that Israel must NEVER AGAIN listen to leftists? And NEVER AGAIN abandon our land?

80 year old sustained moderate injuries. A miracle, I think. Also, either someone is praying very hard and God is listening, but these terrorist launchers do not know how to project the rockets on target - they are amateurs - thankfully. It is a hit and miss gamble on their side. On our side is the Iron Dome - thank God for the Iron Dome.

if it was you and your family targeted. Congratulations for supporting a genocidal, repressive regime. Now everyone, including yourself, knows what kind of 'person' you are.