Fast and efficient

"Abu Mujahed, the spokesman for the Hamas-allied PRC, said militants opened fire on Israeli forces on the Israeli side of the border. An Israeli aircraft then fired a missile at the gunmen." Good to see that the PRC openly acknowledges that it initiated the hostilities. Oh my goodness! Let's call for a meeting of the General Assembly to condemn Hamas for violating the cessation of hostilities that they demanded! Time for Israel to ratchet up the pressure on Hamas. Seal the border, no water, no electricity, no fuel, no nothing .... until Gilad Shalit comes home. That should be the only offer on the table -- If Hamas releases Gilad Shalit safe and unharmed, Israel will not destroy Hamas. Simple enough a choice.

It looks as if the IDF might have actually targeted a legitimate target instead of innocent civilians! I wonder if they can do this twice in a row or will the next death be another innocent civilian?

the ongoing attacks from Gaza prove conclusively that Cast lead was a failure because it was aborted too soon. Please Mr Barak, send your commanders to Sri Lanka to learn how to deal properly with terrorists! Sooner or later the next Gaza War will erupt, and I srael only has itself to blame. Why they persist with failed tactics (airstrikes alone) proves that all Israeli governments are weak-kneed and lack resolve to tackle the prob. The Gaza menace will never end until decisive action is taken

Kol hakavod IDF.

I'm not against kicking a** and doing a good job of it but one question. After the end of a decisive action as you put it what then? What do you do with all these leftover people who will kill themselves with a bomb because they hate you? Do you keep them locked up like now? Bad guys will keep coming as they are now near Egypt border. Drive them into the sea? No mercy..?? It's a big problem for sure.

moron, the only reason you are giving israel the right to this action is because the terrorists admitted that they fired on the idf for no reason at all. they started this and were answered back.....the same procedure happens each and every time when terrorists hide behind women and children and fire on israel. the idf isn't responsible and doesn't have magnifying long distance glasses to inspect if these animals hide inside some innocents' homes or children. they fire to protect themselves and if palestinian children and women are held hostage by their terrorists and not protected, the responsibility is entirely on hamas shoulders, not the idf. moron! hameed aboughaze, iranian

could someone tell me is this matty groves re-tarted , stupid, off his meds or all of the above. he has never written anything of substance or value and ynet posts his loony remarks!

but most of them do. Too bad for everybody.

What should happen is that the international community cooperates in the removal of the Hamas regime. It is an illegal government, brought to power by an unprovoked war against the Palestinian Authority (PA) which was the internationally recognized regime in the Gaza Strip. Hamas may have won the elections but it then seized total power, suspended representative government, and destroyed the opposition. There is no moral reason to the existence of Hamas as explained at : http://xrl.us/beczop

Yes!!! Yesssss!!! This is absolutely horrific in that Israel defends itself against these putrifying animals. The UN should condemn it and the foul pacifist should protest, but only if they protest in the bottom of a fibreglass bathtub. Israel - keep up the pressure on these slugs!!!

Take that stupid PRC!

if you are really an iranean then I can start thinking that not everything is lost....would you still support Israel if Iran atom bombs shalters are attacked?

Atom bomb shelter? is there such thing? Do you know if they exist in Iran or not? if we do have them, then mullahs are in fact planning a nuke war. So Israel should strike now then. What's the point of your comment here?