This is exactly whtat ails Israel, instead of destroying those that fire rockets into its civilian areas, it hits a few smll targets ( launching sites) then takes 3 steps backwards. Israel will patrol the Strip for a long time..and the terrorist groups know it. They fired the rockets..claiming Israel is (always)( at fault. No overflights, no rockets. One does not have to be rocket scientist..to believe this. Each time Israel fires back, it should hit where it will hurt the most. This can go on forever, while Israel's cower in their home, schools and synagogues,..,frequent targets.

schteyitel-Jews of Isruel now have an additional Patron: Egypt. Now I am asking you, how much can a poor Jew-boy ask for? Thanks Allah, the Merciful, yallllllaaaaah........

they are reckless and irresponsible. now can they tell us what did they achieve ? another temporary truce and other future suicide bombers ! eh. mabrook !!!!

until the terrorist start shooting rockets aimed to hurt our civilians, and our children. So stop your rockets and no-one will be harmed.

Between 1948 and 1967, Syria occupied the Golan heights and Jordan occupied Jerusalem. Syria shelled Jewish farmers and children. Jordan sent their snipers to shoot Jewish children. In 1967, Israel liberated Jerusalem and the Golan, and suddenly the Jews could walk like a free nation in their homeland. Netanyahu should learn from history.

sorry i'll have to make a show of force (fake) once again, love & a big hug, your uncle Ehud

salma, where is palestine? what is its currency? who are its past and present presidents (and don't tell us Arafat, he was an egyptian)? What color are its passports? what is its capital?

Its obligation to protect its citizens, or holding back its government to do little to nothing. As has been done for the past 63 years political and diplomatic considerations are more important, then a real on the ground solution. The conflict has been dragging on for so long due to a lack of resolve and a abuse of the IDF by overriding interests. Which nation in the world would allow this to go on year after year, this is a mockery of a state, which takes no responsibility for its citizens. How many ceasefires have we seen being brokered and broken, hallo is anybody awake at the helm of this ship?????

But you do not get to dictate the terms of a cease fire. Our planes and our guns will stay trained on your soldiers and rocket teams as long as they are there. The moment you put down your guns and start trying to work for the peace and livelihoods of your citizens is when there will be peace.

coming form the political and military establishment. The Jews of Israel are being led like the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto...waiting for the next train to Auschwitz. The Jews in Israel are either too stupid, too selfish or too rotten to see what is coming their way. Your leaders reflect you...you are eating what you have cooked since Oslo. Israel is not a PR WIP its a friggin country that deserves to live in peace. Destroy your enemies or you will be dust.

As I understand it, this latest Islamic Jihad attack has nothing to do with Israel, rather it is Islamic Jihad flexing its muscles against Hamas to show them who's topdog in Gaza after Hamas got so much popularity from the Gilad Shalit swap. I just wish they'd keep to killing their own.

Israel released 1000 terrorists for Shalit. For Ami there are the usual threats possibly to be followed by bombing empty fields. There is no deterrence when the other side believes that you are afraid to use your weapons.

Yes, Israel wants a quiet border and certainly cannot accept a day like Saturday with rockets flying into major cities. But Egypt is helping Hamas who must have been frantic knowing what Israel might do---also the Arrow system came back into operation....obviously Israel has to be more aggressive up front in Gaza so that the terrorists are less trigger happy to start with.

As I always have said...numerous times...if the Palestinians put down their guns (and rockets, mortars etc.) there will peace/ If Israel were to put down its weapons there will be no Israel. So the stakes are high, right? So when we read: "The Islamic Jihad is committed to the truce as long the occupation (Israel) agrees to do so," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity. As we can see they can't even say the word "Israel", but instead continue to use the Pallywood trick of referring to Israel as "the occupation" , others say the "Zionist entity". How can there be peace with any people who refuse to recognize Israel, to even say the name? I know this fact falls on deaf ears, but there can be no peace with such people. What they will respond to is brute force over tit for tat attacks. It hasn't worked in the past and won't work now. Stop worrying about "escalation", when the price is high enough the Pals will stop attacking, your not there yet! .

since 1999 barak has been talking big. Yes,he tries to minimize casualties but his way is bandaid until the thing blows up into cast lead so it costs more in the end. Israel should have been working 24/7 on iron dome, around the clock, to have 5-6 batteries ready now, not only 2 and even the phalanx gun could assist in some situations. Then israel would be freer to fights. Now the multiple rocket launchers a la soviet arebeing used by jihad. So israel should fire back with its own multiple rockets launchers cause ordinary gazans do not feel thepain, only the israelis.Until ordinary gazans feel pain, this thing will not end. Get rid of barak

What, did they run out of missiles? Slam them. Make them suffer. That's the only language these miscreants understand. The point is for Israel to make firing missiles at its civilians a very unhappy deed that carries even worse consequences. Cease fire, indeed. Slam them now, before they can re-arm.

Our schools aren't closed. If the schools in Gaza are closed, it is because the terrorists need time to bring out the missiles that they -- cowards, all -- keep stored in schools. I suppose the mosques and hospitals are closed, too. You can be SOOOO proud of yourself. This is who you are. Despicable achievement in my view but, alas, not in yours. Disgusting.

ISRAEL CREATED THESE MONSTERS and now Israel has to deal with its own creation because Israel worries about the *world *opinions* and not about its own safety in long term views and goals. And in the biblical terms... Israel forgot 'THE ONE GD OF EVERYTHING'' WHO SAID. FOLLOW MY LAWS AND BE BLESSED OR DONT AND BE PUNISHED. Israel has been warned many times from events attacks murders terrorists etc etc etc... these are HASHEMS events NOT SO CALLED NATURAL EVENTS.. Yet ISRAEL still allows all perversions at the feet of Hashem in Jerusalem. ( homosexual parades corruptions slave trafficing drugs prostitutions) ISRAEL CLEAN UP HASHEMS LAND or 'HE' will clean it up for you

you throw stones at me and i will throw bigger ones back ,its never going to end, but there again hamaz does not care they dont seem to value life so why should they care

i was worried a terrorist might be killed in gaza

If israel wants to keep jets flying over Gaza it will and if the rockets continue it will be lead to Cast Lead 2.