For just a little while - more or less the duration of their fabricated blackouts - Hamas took a break from firing rockets at Israeli kids on their way to school. That lasted until the very moment that Israel renewed fuel shipments. Two weeks ago they critically injured two brothers aged 8 and 19. This week they hit two siblings aged 9 and 10. They quite literally can't go an entire news cycle without lobbing missiles. They're reaching 40 per day and it's only going to get worse.

Any other country would have put a stop to these outrages months ago. Even Olmert won't withstand public pressure forever. But when Israel finally does go in, it'll be met with howls of outrage from diplomatic and media circles. And when that happens, we're quite sure that this won't get mentioned:

The Hamas rejected on Thursday a proposal put forth by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to broker a cease-fire between the Islamist group and Israel. Abbas' proposition came shortly after seven Palestinians were killed Thursday, including six militants, in an Israel Defense Forces operation in the northern Gaza Strip, as Gaza militants fired at least ten Qassam rockets and eight mortar shells at southern Israel... Meanwhile, the IDF released footage Thursday documenting its discovery of underground tunnels used by Gaza militants to conceal rocket launchers used to attack southern Israel. The tunnels enable rocket squads to hide from IDF drones hovering above, and set timers on the Qassams which will then go off at a later time, making it much harder for Israel to target the militants. According to security sources, the Palestinian militants received the operational know-how for the tunnels from Hezbollah.

Which is weird, because Shiites and Sunnis never cooperate. All the good foreign policy journals say so.

References:
* Palestinians Shut Down Generator To Create Gaza Humanitarian Crisis, UN Blames Israel [MR]
* Morning Qassam Barrage Fired At Kids On Their Way To School. Again. [MR]
* 2 brothers, 8 and 19, seriously hurt in Qassam strike in Sderot [Ha'aretz]
* Rocket attacks from Gaza continue, Israel strikes back [JPost]
* ANALYSIS / New Hamas tactic: Bomb Israel into a truce [Ha'aretz]
* Hamas rejects Abbas proposal to broker cease-fire with Israel [Ha'aretz]

Previously:
* Hamas Admits: Arab And Muslim World Responsible For Gaza Strip Deterioration. Guess It's Not Israel's Fault After All.XXX
* Iran, Hamas, And Islamic Jihad Meet In Syria To Plan Mideast Turmoil
* Hamas-Led Palestinians Pretty Much Having Their Way With Egyptian Border Gaurds