According to the following AP article, Israel's 2012 incursion into Gaza was not just necessary but was a major success as the decline (but not elimination) of rocket and mortar attacks will attest. Also noted is the continuing need to tighten the Gaza blockade to limit the availability of concrete required to build these tunnels and stop the flow of Iranian weapons into Gaza.
The conclusion obvious to any honest, rational observer?
Israel must ignore the whining of the UN, the so-called "human rights" groups and pro-Palestinian (anti-Israeli) pundits who care only about enabling their Hamas terror-rat comrades.
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military announced Friday it has uncovered another tunnel — the biggest so far — dug from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, stretching into Israel and intended for militant attacks or abducting soldiers and civilians...
The tunnel into Israel was found this week by Israeli intelligence and the military, Lerner said, saying the structure was lined with concrete and describing it as very sophisticated, resembling a subway tunnel....
Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida said he blamed the tunnel's discovery on recent rains that exposed its opening, insisting the tunnel itself was old...
Israel has for years banned cement from entering Gaza, arguing it could be used by militants. But since 2010, it has allowed some construction materials in for internationally funded construction projects...
Gaza militants have fired thousands of rockets and mortar rounds at Israel over the past decade. Attacks have declined since an eight-day Israeli offensive in 2012 against Gaza militants aimed at stopping what was almost daily fire at the time...
Earlier this month, Israeli special forces captured a ship in the Red Sea carrying rockets and other weapons that Israel said were supplied by Iran and destined for militants in Gaza.
http://hsrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AvNnmPod...tbD92cD0x/RS=^ADAPTnRI3kERIW2wsQQZLAIRl5G_wM-
The conclusion obvious to any honest, rational observer?
Israel must ignore the whining of the UN, the so-called "human rights" groups and pro-Palestinian (anti-Israeli) pundits who care only about enabling their Hamas terror-rat comrades.
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military announced Friday it has uncovered another tunnel — the biggest so far — dug from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, stretching into Israel and intended for militant attacks or abducting soldiers and civilians...
The tunnel into Israel was found this week by Israeli intelligence and the military, Lerner said, saying the structure was lined with concrete and describing it as very sophisticated, resembling a subway tunnel....
Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida said he blamed the tunnel's discovery on recent rains that exposed its opening, insisting the tunnel itself was old...
Israel has for years banned cement from entering Gaza, arguing it could be used by militants. But since 2010, it has allowed some construction materials in for internationally funded construction projects...
Gaza militants have fired thousands of rockets and mortar rounds at Israel over the past decade. Attacks have declined since an eight-day Israeli offensive in 2012 against Gaza militants aimed at stopping what was almost daily fire at the time...
Earlier this month, Israeli special forces captured a ship in the Red Sea carrying rockets and other weapons that Israel said were supplied by Iran and destined for militants in Gaza.
http://hsrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AvNnmPod...tbD92cD0x/RS=^ADAPTnRI3kERIW2wsQQZLAIRl5G_wM-
