An Israeli F-15 fighter jet flies over the northern Gaza Strip, January 1, 2009.(Nikola Solic/Reuters)
From Bloomberg:
Along the eastern border of the Gaza Strip in a chilly drizzle, scores of Israeli Merkava tanks rumbled through a muddy field, assembled into columns and waited.
Plumes of smoke were still visible in the sky as Israel’s Lockheed Martin Corp. F-16 warplanes flew sorties across the Hamas-ruled territory yesterday for a fifth day, bombing targets at will. The tank crews, shuffling in their muddy boots to keep warm in air suffused with diesel fuel, were certain they will soon be given the order by Defense Minister Ehud Barak to trample the border fence and enter Gaza.
“We’re going in. I have no doubt,” said Ofir, 19, an army corporal, holding a cigarette in one hand and a wrench in another as he inspected a tank tread. He declined to give his last name because of military regulations.
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