Hamas upholds ceasefire by firing more rockets and mortars

Hamas continued their ceasefire Sunday morning by firing more rockets and mortars into Israel from the Gaza strip. There have been over eighty rockets and mortar shells fired into Israel since the ceasefire began. You just can't make a deal with these terrorists. Barack Obama does not know talking to Hamas will be futile. Hamas is not willing to compromise. Any ceasefire they agree to is just an opportunity for Hamas to regroup and rearm.

Feb 1, 2009 7:47 | Updated Feb 1, 2009 12:05
Kassams hit Negev; IDF comes under fire

IDF soldiers patrolling the Gaza border near the Kissufim crossing came under fire Sunday morning, shortly after four Kassams were fired at the South from the Strip.

Troops returned fire into Gaza, and no casualties or damage were reported in the attack.

In the rocket attacks, one Kassam landed between two kindergartens in the Eshkol region. Another two rockets hit open areas nearby and a fourth hit the Sdot Negev region.

Four mortar shells also landed next to a western Negev neighborhood. Excerpted from jpost.com

The vanishing Israeli cease fire

Israel unilaterally declared a ceasefire yesterday. Of course it quickly vanished when Hamas fired five rockets into Israel. Hamas does not want to cease fire unless it is on their terms. They are concerned about looking defeated in the eyes of the Arab world. In truth, they have been defeated from a military standpoint. Israel killed over six hundred of their fighters. Almost twelve hundred Palestinians have been killed-half of them women and children. Only thirteen Israelis had died in the recent fighting. As long as Arabs and Jews occupy the Middle East, their will never be peace on this third rock from the Sun. Perhaps, our new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can play the role of pacifier.

Gaza Ceasefire Broken With Hamas Rockets
The Times ^ | January 18, 2009

The Gaza ceasefire has already been broken, just hours after the unilateral truce took hold, as Hamas militants fired a volley of rockets into southern Israel.

No one was injured in the attack, in which five rockets were fired into Israel shortly after dawn. But shortly after, security sources in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun reported an airstrike that wounded a woman and her child. The Israeli military made no comment on the claims.

In another incident after the truce took hold, militants fired small arms at an infantry patrol, which returned fire, according to the Israeli military.

"Israel will only act in response to attacks by Hamas, either rockets into Israel or firing upon our forces" Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said. "If Hamas does deliberately torpedo this cease-fire, they are exposing themselves before the entire international community as a group of cynical extremists that have absolutely no interest in the well-being of the people of Gaza."

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