Rockets and mortars continue slamming into Israel, and Israel has exhibited significant restraint, despite previous statements that they would not tolerate such attacks. They went after one mortar team that was firing mortars into Israel, but that hasn't deterred Hamas or Islamic Jihad one iota.
Interestingly, Egypt has now attacked the smuggling tunnels that are linking Egypt to Gaza across the shuttered border. Israel had repeatedly attacked the smuggling tunnels during Operation Cast Lead, but the Egyptians to date had not done the same.
Meanwhile, all isn't quiet in the West Bank either. Terrorists attempted a mass casualty attack, but were thwarted when Israeli forces killed a terrorist who opened fire on an Israeli checkpoint.
No troops were wounded in the exchange of fire, and no damage was reported.At the same time, the usual suspects are pushing to find war crimes in and among Israel's actions to defend itself from terrorists who routinely engage in war crimes. Today's Hamas war crimes - the mortar and rocket attacks - receive no comment or criticism from the ICC or any other human rights group, despite the fact that each and every mortar attack and rocket attack and suicide bombing attempt is a war crime, and that the Hamas leadership is engaged in war crimes and crimes against humanity by spurring on their followers to kill civilians, targeting civilians and using civilians as human shields, to say nothing of their genocidal intent to destroy Israel and kill as many Jews as possible.
Following the incident, the army called in sappers to check whether the car in which the gunman arrived had been booby-trapped. Security forces also carried out extensive searches in the area to determine whether the gunman acted alone.
Let's also keep in mind the following when you hear talk about how Gazans are starving and that they don't have access to food or medical care. Both are lies, propagated by Hamas to undermine Israel's right to exist and to undermine its support around the world.
UPDATE:
The Pakistanis are busy fighting with Taliban in Swat, and at least 45 civilians have been killed, 16 Taliban, and four Pakistani security. Where's the international outcry, the war crimes charges, and the demands that Pakistan put down their weapons.
Oh wait, that's only when Israel accidentally kills civilians. When the rest of the world does it to ensure their own security, it's acceptable losses.
The thing is, I don't blame the Pakistani forces for those civilian casualties. The Taliban are to blame for them, as they continue their insurgency against the Pakistani government in Islamabad, and they continue providing aid and comfort to al Qaeda.
This once again highlights the insane double standard that Israel endures to protect itself from jihadis intent to destroy it.
UPDATE:
The NY Times again shows its utter cluelessness.
Palestinian militants on Monday fired two mortar shells from southern Gaza at Israel and Israel carried out an air strike against what the military said were members of the launching squad as they tried to flee in a vehicle, further straining the tenuous two-week-old Gaza truce.It continues to refer to the "truce" as shaky. No, it doesn't exist. Hamas firing on Israel repeatedly is a sign that it doesn't consider itself bound to uphold a truce, ceasefire, or hudna. Hamas wants war with Israel, and Israel continues to exhibit extraordinary restraint. That restraint is going to get far more people killed because Hamas will take chances and will put more people in harm's way.
At least one militant was killed and three others were wounded in the strike, according to news reports from Gaza. The mortars directed at Israeli territory fell in an open area, causing no casualties.
The truce faced its most severe test yet Sunday, when Palestinian militants lobbed at least four rockets and a shower of mortars from Gaza into Israeli territory. The Israeli Air Force responded with a nighttime bombing raid on Gaza.
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