Talk is cheap. The guys in Hamasland are not concerned. What will israel do that was not done before without a lot of success? There are no real Hamas targets. Is Israel ready to hit hard and indiscriminately Gaza? The boys from B'tselem and Meretz are ready to the High Court or even better to Hague... Lets face it, too many leftist lawyers; no real guts to do something that will build deterence... We heard so many times about Israel going into Gaza to clean it up like in West Bank in 2002; instead they evacuated the settlers. Sharon, Mofaz, Bibi, Peres are all talk when it comes to real response.

What a Joke, the only harsh thing the IDF knows anylonger is what color lipstick to give it's troops in the field. The IDF has become girl scouts which attack empty buildings and empty fields .The leaders of Israel are to afriad to upset their falsepeace messiah in Washington so they can only drop hot air and lies to assuage the anger and fear of their citizens under attack from the Islamic terrorists which were REWARDED fro their terrorism with Jewish cities and villages. MORE TERRORISM arrives because of the STUPIDITY of Sharon and his pathetic yes men who bow to the calfboy from Crawford..

There are no Jews in Gaza so strike the entire GAZA. Have no mercy on Hamas!! Keep attacking Hamas. A LONG MILITARY ATTACK IS NEEDED!!!!

I'll believe Israel has the guts to strike at Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists and their bases in the Strip, when I see F-15s, F-16, and Merkava tanks/artillery finally put to use by the Israeli military. Of course the appeasers, like Yossi Beilin, advise against any Israeli retaliation. He claims Israel must "negotiate" with the PA authority, and strengthen it. Fat chance. If Beilin were alive during WW2, he would be advising the Jews of Europe to consult with, and attempt to reconcile with the NAZI leadership. I mean, get real Beilin, wake up, your country is being dismantled little by little by the Palestinian community. Hamas blames Israel for "work accidents", launches Kassam rockets out of the Strip into Israel itself, and still wants a part of the future election process. How dumb do they think we are anyway? Israel will make a believer of me when it finally says it's had enough of this playing with the Palestinian Jihadists. Of course the EU and UN want Israel to take another step towards withdrawing from the West Bank...so that more advanced rockets can be fired into every Israeli city .In the meantime, Iran is giving the finger to everyone and the Arabs in the UN want Israel's nukes destroyed. Fat chance. Oh please.

So far, the crushing response has been three empty buildings and a empty field. One "passerby" was slightly injured. This will really teach Hamas a lesson. Mofaz is nothing but hot air. It seems Hamas loses more people thru "work accidents" than crushing responses by Israel. Less talk, more casualties.

At long last, after verbal threats and warnings over the last three years, suddenly Sharon, Mofaz and their pathetic leftist government, are prepared to move themselves. during that period we have lost thousands of lives, and many crippled and maimed. Thank you Mr. Natanyahu for waking them up, otherwise we would be in danger of losing thousands more lives. You woke them because you will lead a strong and United Likud which will cancell "Oslo" and send its Arab bandits back to the 24 states from whence they came.

u think theres only hamas living in gaza? u want all the strip to be bombed? this is so sad ! why do i have to pay for whatever hamas did? im 15 years old, what do i have to do with this mess? ! now i cant conentrate on anything,, last night, israeli helicopters were basically raiding and bombing the city and allll this morning till a few hours ago f-16s were bombing and i felt as if it were an earthquake.. i dont agree with what hamas did, why do i have to pay? :( people, have some feelings.

i want to tell u that therse some one deal with alqaeda bin laden called nihad sabbah from nablus ouref and working now in ramalla in jewelery shop called al ameera and this person will be danger ur safe and he is planning for damage and destrouy israel state with new group of alqaeda in palestine and he gives reporters about wt happend in palestine to alqaeda base center in afghanistan and he has agood relations with the bigger leader of alqaeda please dont heart this person only stop him these notes is correct and right thank u

Yasmine, people like Mark are a minority. The vast majority of us sympathize with the position of the Palestinians and want us to get along with each other like we used to many decades ago. I am a proud Jew and (secular) Zionist and I want us to live in peace--I know it is possible. But please, when you get older, take some responsibility for what your fellow Palestinians do. Because if they keep firing rockets at us, you can't really blame us when we respond. Have a nice week and keep strong. Regards...

I think that they just cannot learn a lesson, How long we'll need to bomb them out till they'll get it huh?! I think the Terrorists keep living as long as they have Armory(Egypt) and money in their hands - it will be almost impossible to stop them. We've shown the world that we had hanged there for long, all of the Kasams- they cannot except us to turn and run? could they?

Not so long ago, We bombed Islamic Jihad base inside Syria.

Don't forget to thank to Hammas for creation of present situation,please,ask them to continue with " Yitbakh el Yahood " ( Kill the Jewes ) and don't be surprised to see F-16 in the Gazza sky.You are,Arabs,wish to die,but I am a Jew and I wish to to live.Therefore,I prefer to kill but not to be killed. Please,for your sake,keep it in your mind. Allah ma'aki,ya khabibti ( God with you,my dear ).

Is this a joke or are you at Ynet,looking for more scoop?This story is note a joke to be commented ,on this forum ,as a topic of conversation,I think you have best check up on this NON??? If not i think the Israeli Gov should be Informed???

There is no Al Khaidah base center in Afghanistan. This is an old story. You better tell this Mahmoud, you may hve more ear...Anything going on in Gaza is already known here..including what will take place tomorrow... Ya Saalam Habibi...

"u think theres only hamas living in gaza?" Actually no Yasmine, but those that live in Gaza among you are the same ones firing rockets at the Israeli's. What do you expect the Israeli's to do? Take it? If you are afraid, then leave Gaza to the animals that live among you so that Israel can do what your leaders have promised to do....clean up your mess. "have some feelings." Have some common sense. Israeli's are being targeted and at risk of getting killed. Of course that is of no concern to you because you only see things from your point of view.

Huh? "You are,Arabs,wish to die,but I am a Jew and I wish to to live.Therefore,I prefer to kill but not to be killed." What the hell? Someone tell me!!

I THINK i mentioned that i am against what Hamas did and that i dont agree with them... keep that in mind

You might see some military activity now by Israel because Sharon still hopes to beat Netanyahu in the Likud Central Committee vote on Monday. If that's the motivation, Sharon and Mofaz may do allow some latitude to the IDF. Protecting Israeli lives has never, in recent years, been a first priority for them--it's well down the list.

Yasmine, unfortunatly, Hamas is your people. If you cant' control your own people, don't expect any future. Sad for you.

Dearest Yasmin, You are the next generation, Yuo must ask your freinds why you should take all this terror and violence and then rise up against the Hamas and the Jihad. Not with more violence but with your courage. You say enough, we say enough, get rid of the scum terrorists, only ypu can do it. Good luck!

"Furthermore, a message would be relayed to the PA to demand the deployment of troops to the northern Gaza Strip to prevent further rocket fire"". These idiots who rule Israel have sent the same worthless message to the Ralestinian Terrorist Authority for 15 years now. Why is it that these fools still can't figure out the the PA Troops are the terrorists who wil never get in the way of their brother jihadists except for the temporary photo ops ?

Israel would not target innocent civilians, the targets would be military. Israel wants peace but will defend it's self from the pal attacks. Good luck.

Mofaz-Stop playing politics with Israeli lives.You said that there will be Zero tolerance. What are you waiting for.Yoy are nothing but a Sharon "Yes"man. Quit critising Netanyahu for his past economic policies and be a Man and do your job.

Yasmin - if you were Israel in the present situation - what would you do? Remember - just a few months ago a girl like you, whose life had been saved in an Israeli hospital, was going there again for treatment but as a Thank You, she had a bomb belt, that she said was intended to kill as many Jewish children as possible. And she is far from the only one. So - give the Israelis some advice, please.

Sober up my friend, not everything is a question of cynical politics, the equation is relatively straight forward: We expect the PA to live uo to its end of the deal, 30 rockets on Qassam has nothing to do with Sharon trying to get more votes. Or do you suggest we just hang out and have a beer will Israeli citizens get wacked? Daniel

I envy all of you zionist for having to live in war all your life, you have a tough enemy they are described in holly books as (Jabareen) hard, tough and determined people (the palestinians) and they will defeat you, why, because they don't get tired of fighting

Pal, if you haven't figured out by now that Sharon is corrupt and cynical, you're not going to. But don't worry, we're going to send him back to his damn ranch to take care of his sheep.

We kicked your arab ass for almost 120 years. We are not tired don't worry.

People everywhere, but most of all the terrorists, learn what kind of behavior is punished and what kind of behavior is rewarded. Over 27,000 terror attacks against Israel in the last 5 years and the maiming and murder of thousands of Jews gained Gaza for the PLO/PA and other terror groups. The terror groups are responding to the behavior that gets rewarded. Making Jews jobless and homeless for their implacable enemies, Israel destroyed the homes of almost 10,000 Jews. Homes for which mortgages must still be paid. Thousands of Jewish greenhouses and 325 Jewish farms built on land that NEVER belonged to Arabs are now in the possession of Arab Muslims. World leaders congratulated Sharon for this ruthlessness. The U.S. EU, and UN cruelly demand greatly increased Jew cleansing from Judea and Samaria making 250,000 Jews jobless and homeless, greatly exacerbating Israeli Jews' dire poverty and joblessness. Creating a massive economic and human crisis in Israel. AND MASSIVELY DESTROYING ISRAEL'S SECURITY. The Jew-hating Europeans deported Jews from their countries over 80 times. WHY ARE CHARGES OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY NOT BEING BROUGHT AGAINST: Palestinian Authority Minister Mohammed Dahlan in charge of coordinating the withdrawal with Israel-terror master who is responsible for the bomb attack on the Israeli school bus in November 2000 in which two school teachers were killed and three children from the Cohen family lost their legs. All those responsible for financing, training, arming and sending out Islamic homicide bombers to blow up Jews and destroy the lives of survivors who have nails and other metallic objects from the bombs embedded in their bodies and brains. The Palestinian Authority for teaching through their mosques, media and public education system the murder of Jews is a religious obligation. The Palestinian Authority for hailing as heroes the savage terrorist murderers of defenseless 8 months pregnant Jewish Gaza mother, Tali Hatuel, and four little daughters. The PA for the sermon (and many similar) of Oct 13 2000 broadcast from Gaza mosque, Dr. Ahmad Abu Halabiya, on Palestinian Authority TV (transcribed by Memri): "Have no mercy on the Jews, no matter where they are, in any country. Fight them, wherever you are. Wherever you meet them, kill them. Wherever you are, kill those Jews and those Americans who are like them..." Genocide and/or planned genocide breaks international law.

"I THINK i mentioned that i am against what Hamas did and that i don't agree with them...keep that in mind." It's not enough that you don't agree with Hamas Yasmine. Your anti Hamas attitude does not shield the Israeli's from rocket attacks. The adults among you today are the trouble makers and hopefully your generation will change that.