War Drums Are Beating Between Israel And Hamas

Israeli Army May Need to Hit Gaza, General Says -- New York Times

JERUSALEM — Israel’s military chief of staff warned Tuesday that the repeated rounds of escalated violence in the south would eventually require Israel to carry out another large-scale military operation in Hamas-controlled Gaza.

“We cannot continue with one round after another,” the official, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, told a closed meeting of the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. He said the point at which a military operation would become necessary was “drawing closer.”

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My Comment: Just what the Middle East needs right now .... another war. But while there is talk of war, I doubt it will happen right now. Syria is about to explode, and it is in Israel's interest to have the world's focus on Damascus .... not on a military excursion in the heavily populated areas of Gaza.