In ruins: A Gazan woman carried a mattress Monday near the Rafah border with Egypt that has been hit by heavy Israeli shelling. Khaled Omar/APFrom The Christian Science Monitor:
The Gaza militants embrace 'heroic role' as bombardment continues.
Jerusalem - Israeli forces continued to bombard the homes of Hamas leaders on Monday as the war in the Gaza Strip entered its 17th day. So far Israel says that at least 300 militants are among the more than 900 Palestinians killed.
But Hamas insists that it has not been significantly hurt – tactically speaking – by the onslaught. Government offices and tunnels have been destroyed. Its leaders are pinned down, unable to move freely or show their faces in public or even communicate on cellphones that can be tracked by the Israeli army. Israel recently killed Amir Mansi, commander of Hamas's Gaza rocket division, and its stream of Qassams has dropped 50 percent since the assault began. But it is still able to launch rockets at Israel.
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