While announcing a big anniversary march on Saturday, March 30, Hamas caught Israel by surprise on Friday night, when a 240-firebomb blitz was aimed for five hours at Israel troops by just 200 Hamas terrorist pros. Hamas then proceeded to stage a “restrained” event at the scheduled time on Saturday. Bracing for the worse the next day, the IDF Friday night was satisfied with firing just three tank shells at a Hamas position.
But people living in the vicinity of Gaza reported that on Friday night the earth and the walls of their homes shook as never before under the impact of the ferocious Hamas blitz. Since the main event was still ahead, Israeli officials and commanders were satisfied with a muted response. But the fierce assault the night before enabled Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to strut at the head of 40,000 Palestinians on Saturday and claim victory in the contest. “Israel is now on trial,” he told the cheering masses. “Next year’s March of Return demonstrations will be nothing like this year’s!” he shouted.
Since by Saturday, the main event was relegated to the past and Israel’s reprisal was a non-event, Hamas could claim credit for staging the March of the Million with restraint, its operatives conspicuously scurrying about in the crowd and pushing them back from the Israeli border fence.
Although three Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire and scores injured, the terrorists could signal the Egyptian truce brokers that they had behaved reasonably, and it was now up to Israel to make the running.
This Hamas scam was the epitome of low, malign cunning. If Israel and the IDF prove willing to swallow the humiliation meted out to their prized Golani and Paratroop units at by Palestinian terrorists without an appropriate response, they should not be surprised to find people starting to believe the lie propagated by Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah that the IDF is no longer fit for ground combat and its commanders are afraid to send the troops into battle.
Perhaps the last word is still to come. It was announced that the strength the IDF massed over the past week around the Gaza Strip is to remain in place in the coming days.
WarSclerotic 
March 31, 2019 at 8:34 AM
Terrorists are truly being rewarded/encouraged by Bibis gov.
After firing missiles at Israel just hours ago/destroying homes/critically wounding Israeli citizens at TA just days ago – the borders to gaza are reopened by Bibis gov./the terrorists being rewarded !
Total insanity – aberage citizen feels treated as an idiot by Bibis gov.!
Tell Bibi to move his home to the border fence! One week and either the iranian nazi-dictators in teheran are history or their puppets in gaza! But living in safe Jerusalem – why should Bibi DO something? He and his family are fine – so
who cares for the people in the south/even in TA ?
All of Bibis talk is useless if there is no progress in dealing with the terror masters in teheran and their puppets of hamass + hezpala ! So far there IS no progress!
Its all talk,talk,talk while missiles falling on the south and Bibi rewarding the terrorists for restraint…
Common sense ? Responsible gov. ?
Pure madness !
March 31, 2019 at 9:28 AM
next time the police fines me for speeding I tell them:
You must reward me instead of fining me!
I am a restrained speeder, I sometimes speed much more!
Will the police listen to me? Course not – they are not stupid!
So why is Bibi listening to terrorists who kill Israelis and whos goal is to destroy Israel?
Tell me….Is he stupid? Is he irresponsible?
Is he fearful/hesitant? If so – why is he in power?
Tell me please….
March 31, 2019 at 9:31 AM
This world has been, is and will be an insane place – getting worse by day….
March 31, 2019 at 11:02 AM
Remember? It was Nethanjahu who left Shalit in the hands of the hamass terrorists for 5 (FIVE) years !
During these 5 (FIVE ) years, Nethanjahu spent a lot of time in his luxury home in caesarea, enjoying dolce vita…
Tell me, you want this very Nethanjahu
to further be the PM?
So he can forsake not only Shalit but the hole of Israel ?
Plz tell me…