I had a whole batch of topics ready to go: Egyptian officials rolling their eyes at Palestinian intransigence, media outlets burying the lede on misfired Hamas missiles, and Palestinian cretins boasting about martyrdom. This is what I get for having middling-to-poor spatial reasoning:
Just days after the cabinet gave the military final approval to counter ongoing Palestinian rocket fire against communities in the western Negev, the IDF launched a massive operation, striking Hamas installations throughout the Gaza Strip on Saturday. A Hamas spokesperson said that at least 140 people were killed in the attacks. Gaza health official Moawiya Hassanain said earlier that over 120 people were killed, and at least 200 injured… According to witnesses, among the killed was Hamas police chief Maj.-Gen. Tawfik Jaber. Despite the massive casualties, Hamas remained defiant, vowing revenge and calling on all other Palestinian factions to join in the fight.
I’ll have posts on those other topics in the next few hours. In the meantime: this was pretty inevitable wasn’t it?
References:
* Hamas: Over 140 killed as Israel strikes police compounds [JPost]
* Livni: Hey, I Guess These Daily Rocket Attacks Aren’t Much Of A Ceasefire After All [MR]
Previously:
* Palestinian Soldiers Prostrate Themselves Before Altar Of Holy Missiles
* Obligatory Post About WaPo’s "Israel Should Lift Its Gaza Blockade" Editorial
* Hamas: No, Of Course We’re Not Renewing The Ceasefire That We Never Obeyed In The First Place
