IDF Ground Invasion Option ‘On the Table’
IDF Ground Invasion Option ‘On the Table’ – Defense/Security – News – Israel National News.
(On the table?! We have to wait till a rocket hits a bus and kills 40 people? ENOUGH !! – JW )
The IDF is trained and prepared for a ground invasion of Gaza, but it won’t happen in the immediate future, says its chief spokesman Yoav Mordechai.
Speaking to Voice of Israel government radio on the possibility of a ground incursion, he said, “The IDF is organized for that option. The situation in southern Israel is intolerable, but I can’t say if and when it will happen.”
The last major ground maneuver into Gaza was the three-week Operation Cast Lead counterterrorist campaign from the end of December 2008 until the middle of January.
The Olmert government, in which Tzipi Livni was Foreign Minister, agreed to a ceasefire after accepting American and European promises they would place monitoring systems to prevent smuggling of weapons from Egypt into Gaza. However, little was done, and European observers declined to be stationed in the area because of the dangers.
Mordechai said that the armed forces have killed 20 terrorists in Gaza since the resumption of violence Friday. He contrasted the pinpoint Israeli attacks on terrorists with the more than 140 rockets and missiles fired by Gaza terrorists on Israeli civilian areas.
The only Arab civilian casualty who was not a terrorist was a 12-year-old boy who approached a rocket launching site where a terrorist cell was about to be targeted, Mordechai said.
“The IDF attacked six targets overnight, one of them an Islamic Jihad weapons storage center in an area where people are living,” he added. “There have been civilian injuries. This is what happens when Islamic Jihad deploys in civilian population areas.
“We are defending Israel and we are worried about two million people in southern Israel who are not able to lead routine lives.”
He also confirmed that IDF Chief of Benny Gantz has canceled a planned trip to the United States, where he was to speak at an event honoring the IDF. Mordechai said that Lt. Gen. Gantz will decide later in the week whether to fly to Washington for scheduled meetings with government and military officials.
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WarSclerotic 
March 12, 2012 at 5:14 PM
Bibi is lucky I dont live in the south ! i wouldnt let him sleep !
March 12, 2012 at 8:05 PM
Move the Knesset to Sderot and see how quick the problem will be solved ! Time for civil disobediance !
March 12, 2012 at 8:24 PM
If thats all what the army has to say, then the army should remain silent ! If I would live in the south, I would never accept that the state is NOT DOING HIS JOB ! I cant understand why the people in the south do accept this madness ? Where is your anger ? Focus it on the government so they once and for all end this nightmare N O W !
March 13, 2012 at 7:11 AM
Once I saw PM Netahnjahu as determined, strong, uncompromisingly seeking Israels best. A couple of things made me change : Nethanjahu let Shalit almost rot in the hands of terrorist, Nethanjahu let the terrorists in Lebanon and Gaza arm themselves without any Israeli intervention, Nethanjahu watches passivly Iran going nuclear and now Nethanjahu allows the terrorists to bomb 1 million Israelis and let them get away with a socalled truce instead of rooting this cancer out once and for all….
Today I have to admit that Nethanjahu is exactly as all the other politicians, not better not worse, just his image making you think he is a tough guy, when in fact he isnt ( Its painful to lose idols….)
If not for the guardian of Israel – Israel would have gone long ago !
We cannot put our trust in men – not in Arik, not in Bibi not in anybody, they are all but men with their limitations. The only one that can and will carry Israel through is THE GUARDIAN OF ISRAEL !
March 13, 2012 at 7:26 AM
So Nethanjahu gives the terrorists another chance to refill their missile stock for their next attack which will be followed by the next truce giving the terrorist the next chance to refill their missile stock etc. etc.etc.etc. I think its time for me to stop writing angry remarks – its for no good anyway…..I better start praying for Israel and its leaders….