they have to study hard not like before in the Lebanon war when their next stage of the assault resulted in more and more civilian casualty without military gain. Judging from the fact that Gaza strip is more densely populated than Lebanon, besides there is no ample area to displace the population to, the military has really got to study harder.

Please finish the job completely today . Whether its 150 militants killed or 1500 killed, you will again buckle by world wide condemnation. If you lose this opportunity yo decimate hamas lesdership and infrastructure with a decisive blow today and tomorrow...it will backfire as in the Lebannon fiasco. FINISH THE JOB TO REACH A JUST PEACE

The people of Israel have to be insane to allow the transfer of any more Jewsih land to the Islamists after what transpired in Gaza after Israel's surrender of Gush Katif. They don't want a state of their own like the liar Bush says ,they only want to exterminate Israel.

observer, we know your point of view... jews must to be destroyed, jews DON'T deserve nothing, JEWS have not any right of self defense. like someone said in the past...

Not looking too good for your friends so far, eh? This is long overdue.

IDF high command does not have to waste any time reviewing strike results, I have done it for them. The conclusion reached is that the rockets into Israel continue ...thus making the airforce missile attack not nearly brutal enough. Hamas must be brought to their knees . Get back in the air and fulfill the duty of the IDF to decimate the enemy in Gaza once and for all. This is long overdue and this pinprick attack on Hamas will only incresae their "wild dog" bloodlust. FINISH IT WITH THE SAME DETERMINATION THEY HAVE IN KILLING YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN

Bravo, if civilians wants to be save, they have to fight the thugs who hide into their people. The terrorists surely get paid for fighting while the average people still pay to be used like a shield against IDF. So, courage IDF, because you will triumph !

During a war, the Israeli public is able to absorb blows and continue to function. The indicators are that as far as Israeli society is concerned, the basis exists for a strong spirit of its citizens. The public will be willing to bear any burden required of them. No decline in the numbers of Israelis volunteering for combat units was noticeable in the period following the 2006 war. The civilian public remained supportive of the war throughout, although they began to question the strategy being pursued to win it. The lesson of Israeli public resilience in the period of the Palestinian attacks on civilians in urban areas in 2001-2003 indicates that the Israeli public--the views of its enemies notwithstanding--is able to absorb blows and continue to function, if it is convinced that no alternative to the conflict exists. More at : http://xrl.us/ostjf

As you seem to need to hide behind some pseudonym - not even stating from whence you come. So I suspect you are an anti-semitic, muslim-sympathist who has little clue about the state of Israel and no doubt you have never "graced" Israel with your presence - your complete ignorance bears witness to that!! Join your mate Clickfool on the Highway to Hell!! Another complete cretin!

Remember when the Baptism was taking place and all the Family's enemies were simotaniously hit during the service? How bout it Israel , Iran and Hizballah can be taken out at this time as well. Do the civilized world a tremendous favor.

Hamas had it coming. They were just too dumb to notice.

Finish Hamas off and get condemned only once instead of a piece-meal operation that will get Israel condemned by all the world including the US a 1000 times over.

to end a war or an ongoing conflict. The first is if one side voluntarily gives in and backs down from its position. The other one is the complete and utter destruction of one side by the other. If the second possibility is not undertaken in this instance we will inevitably return to the 100 year old impasse.

and any further operations are a complete waste! While I supported the disengagement, I never ever thought that Israel would be so stupid as to abandon the Gaza/Egypt border and thus allow for the free flow of war material. Sadly, I was the stupid/naive one. Israel cannot outsource its security to anyone and cetainly not the Arabs.

This so familiar: "IAF has destroyed most Gaza police stations." We heard the same before under Arafat. IAF destroyed all Palestinian police stations in Gaza and Judea Samaria and had Arafat in the rubble of a bombed out Muqata. Did it work back then? The result was Hamas. Will it work now? I hope the cabinet hasn't forgotten to study a lesson from history.

What took so long? The question is, will Israel see it through to the end, e.i. retaking Gaza, paying for the restoration of Gush Katif and the other communities and letting the legal residents (the Jews ousted so the terrorstinians could move in) return to their homes.

I mean how stupid are they? Israel says, stop the rockets or pay the price, they still send them leaving Israel no other option. meanwhile Meshal who's hiding in Damascus calls for a third intifada, yea right because the first two intifadas worked so well. Go team Israel! my prayers are with you.