IDF: Ceasefire Must Be Based on Facts, Not Declarations

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"The chief of staff completed a situation assessment after midnight and concluded that the IDF is preparing for a fierce response based on several levels of operations," Mordechai said,. "We will examine the developments based on facts in the field and not any declarations."

Mordechai insisted, "the IDF is prepared both in terms of defense and offense in order to defend communities in the south."

But observers say it is unlikely Hamas is doing anything to stop the attacks, noting Gaza's principal terror organization has long played a double-game whereby they look the way as their confederate terror groups, such as Islamic Jihad, launch attacks and then claim their hands are clean.

Islamic Jihad, they note, had been eviscerated following the targeted assassination of Sheik Yassin and its critical senior commanders in 2004, but was able to rebuild itself into a threat under Hamas’ tutelage as Israel’s posture shifted from aggressive deterrence to defensive counter-strikes following Israel’s abandoning Gaza in 2005.


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