This is outright depressing:
The IDF went on standby Thursday night when Defense Minister Amir Peretz froze a planned thrust deep into Lebanon and up to the Litani River. Israel, Peretz said, would exhaust the diplomatic front before launching the operation… “We hope to achieve our goals through diplomatic efforts,” Peretz told reporters during a visit to Northern Command headquarters in safed, just before he was rushed into an underground bunker as sirens warned of incoming rockets. “if that doesn’t happen, we will use all of our tools.”
Why is the world in such a rush to establish a ceasefire?
A high-ranking IDF officer said Thursday that the army had killed more than 100 Hizbullah gunmen during the course of the day, the largest number of terrorists killed in a single day since the fighting began last month.
The United Nations: where Israel’s enemies run when Israel starts firing back.
