[Ynet] Analysis: Decision to bomb entire areas in northern Gazoo after warning residents indicates is aimed at signaling to Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, that Israel is climbing one more step up the ladder.
On Saturday evening, after the first five days of Operation Protective Edge, armed Paleostinian groups from Leb joined the fighting. The IDF was prepared for this option, but the goal will likely be to contain the event rather than escalate the situation.
Hezbollah was probably not involved in the rocket fire directed at Israel's northern communities, but it's possible that global jihad organizations — which have already done this before — participated in the rocket fire or even initiated it. |