Tuesday February 3, 2009

I've Been Thinking:

Israel has begun to strike back at Hamas.

Now the questions arise:
Is Israel toying with Hamas?
Is Israel working off of bad intel?

This is what is happening:
Israel began their operation with phone calls to the cell phones of Palestinians advising them to take proper cover and leave their neighborhoods and areas in Khan Yunis.
Then Israel hit a Hamas command center responsible for the increased intensity of rocket attacks falling on Israel these last few days.
The Hamas target site was empty.

This is why Israel did what they did:
The purpose for Israel's strike was to simply respond to the Hamas attacks.
Israel was sending the message that further attacks will not be tolerated.
Israel wanted to respond quickly and immediately.
Hitting an empty former command and control center was a way to deliver that message.

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