Will you attack Gaza now, Ariel?

[vierundzwanzig]

Foreign Report can reveal that the Israeli government is planning an onslaught on the Gaza Strip. This is because, our informant said, its former policy of containing Palestinian violence, including the murder of the Hamas leadership, has failed.

The idea is to launch an intervention in October, once a series of Jewish holidays have finished.

Since the beginning of the intifada, one of the cornerstones of Israeli military policy has been to kill the leaders of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah-Tanzim. The Israelis believe that these groups are behind Palestinian suicide attacks. In almost three years, more than 100 leading Palestinian militants have been killed by the Israelis.

http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/fr/fr030917_1_n.shtml

[The Magistrate]

1. Sharon Will Not Attack Gaza Until The Wall Is Completed, Sir

There are not enough troops to both seal the eastern borders, and conduct the sort of constriction netting necessary for success in Gaza.