Israel ‘Gave Hamas 48 Hours to Stop Rockets’
Israel ‘Gave Hamas 48 Hours to Stop Rockets’ – Defense/Security – News – Arutz Sheva.
Palestinian sources cited by Walla reported that Israel has delivered an ultimatum to Hamas to stop rocket fire from Gaza within 48 hours. Otherwise, Israel warned, it intends to launch an attack on Gaza.
The sources said that the threat was delivered by Egyptian Intelligence to the head of Hamas’s political bureau, Musa Abu Marzuk, who is in Cairo.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at a Fourth of July reception at the US Ambassador’s residence that Israel is preparing for two possibilities. “One – that the fire will stop and then our operations will also stop; and the second, that the fire will continue and then our forces will act forcefully.”
Over ten rockets, part of the roughly 40 that have been fired from Gaza in the last two days, were fired at southern Israel in a salvo Thursday afternoon, causing two fires to break out.
One of the rockets fell right next to a kibbutz in the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council area, and another exploded in the Sderot industrial area. Fires broke out in both areas, reports Yedioth Aharonoth.
Within an hour of the rockets, around 14 mortar shells from Gaza exploded in the Eshkol Regional Council area, leaving an IDF soldier with mild wounds after taking shrapnel to the leg.
A short time later another three rockets fell in the Eshkol Regional Council area, and three mortars reportedly hit a town in the area as well.
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WarSclerotic 
July 3, 2014 at 10:20 PM
Nice , they can go on for 47 hours and that say hey bibi we stopped, so stay at home, nice play bibi.!
We see you in a couple of months, to play the same game again.
Are the really so stupid in Israel these days ?
Or is it bibi,s game to go whit the obama flow.
They have enough idiots to be target for the sorties from Israel for 47 hours !
Bad play Israel !
How long do you need to mobilize the full force of Israel ?
That will be the dead line ( if that is 48 hours , what is the IDF than in a bad shape, must be around 8 from now because the are already moving , give it 12 hours max ! )
July 4, 2014 at 3:02 AM
You have made a very valid point.They-Hamas can go on for 47 hours striking Israel like you have so indicated.Setting deadlines like this one is very counterproductive to say the least.