"Pillar of Defense (Cloud)" - Israel & Hamas Agree to Gaza Cease Fire

5 rockets just launched on RT feed

What on earth are you talking about?

1) Considering the Gaza is THE most heavily armed terror hub in the world, with the most densely populated civilian & terror infrastructure funded by billions of dollars from Iran, KSA, Qatar, Turkey, MB in Egypt... a YEAR long Israel ground operation would cost Israel 10-20 billion of dollars alone (not counting the longer-term psychological, demoralizing aspect). For a tiny, 1st world high-tech nation that is beyond UNACCEPTABLE.

2) You've got it compltely upside-down: No Israeli government would surprive even a 2-3 month long war -- unless it was the BIG one meaning taking out Iraninan nukes, Syrian chemical WMD stocks or if Egyptian army were to roll into Sinai uninvited.

3) You're thinking (military, dimplomatic, geo-political) reality is simple. It's is NOT. It's incredible complex & risky, esprcially in that part of the world.The Gaza/Palestinian terror build-up has been NEGLECTED by almost 20 year rule by the Left-wing Labor & Kadima parties (doing the bidding of their masters in Washington DC, Brussels, London, Paris, Ryadh, Doha and Dubai, of coursE).

The reason why IDF has "wasted" 3 days on the outskirts of Gaza is not because Netanyahu is stupid or because he doesn't want to strike quickly and thus retain element of surprise.... No, it's because this operation is designed as multi-stage, multi-tiered --- in response to incresinly more sophisticated challenged of modern, urban-based warfare.

IDF did catch Hamas with their pants down Wednsday morning, but within a few hours, the element of surprise went away as Israel knew it would. And remember, it also takes a while to call up reserves & equipment, WITHOUT spooking or telegraphic it to Gaza terror groups --- certainly in an era of cable internet, satellites, Iphones with high-res digital cameras, Twitter, etc. That's just asking too much of IDF -- or even a superpower like the US military, for that matter!

4) Netanyahu also understand that he is operating in very dangerous waters politically. And it's not just the usual suspects that want to his downfall at any cost -- Morsi, Erdogan, Iranian Mullahs, Soros -- but even his "friends" like Obama, Cameron, Merkel would stick a knife in his back the first real chance they get. If that's not enough while the internal opposition has been respecting the war-time unity in Israel, you already are seeing Commies from Zahava Gallion, Yair Lapid to Ben-Eliezer starting to ever-so-daftly criticize the operation -- and it's only been 3 days, LOL.

Remember, the 2009 Castlead op, IDF didn't even try to go in until after a WEEK of ariel operations. Of course George Bush was still in office, so Israel had way more international leeway (and still got the libelous trash that was Goldstone Report as "thanks"!!! the irony)

i want to see that big bottle... someone has the link ready? also want to see the chair again

Saddest news of today is probably those kids in Egypt. That is a crisis, Gaza is a setback.

Yep, just saw that. Scary shit.

Booms, and numerous rocket fire from Gaza just now.

yes that is it bang on

its a circle and it will only end when one kills the other simple as that two religions two cultures that clash in the same proximity

Oh, for sure.

Indeed. I wish I had more Serbs here at GLP.

Or maybe not...

news about tanks possibly BS

if that is your only solution, i hope the arabs win

Confirmed with source or just twitter?

You have sound there?

probably BS, 95%

nope its not my solution but just look at it all how many times have we been down this path

No sources yet, Twitter talk

No just watched the light balls fly. What kind of missiles would they be? Just bright solid balls of light...

any live feed with sound ?

Qassams

Just in: since 2001, Israeli operations killed 1000 kids in Gaza.

This really works for no one.

REMINDER:

About lebendy billion pages ago, Trinity warned not to derail this thread or derailers would be baned.

Stay on topic.

Nothing. Harry's pops on from time to time but nothing consistent.

Alarm in Beer Sheva.

Iron Dome intercepts rocket in Ashdod.

Israelis have died since 2001 as well. Ignoring those numbers is going to instantly look inhumane while you try to look humane.

Thanks, so not much damage then? I'm a newb to war paraphernalia

And your source is???????

Wish it was BS. But it's not