Once again the Israel Defense Forces are launching attacks targeting Hamas. This time former Prime Minister and current Defense Minister, Ehud Barak has essentially declared, "All in" as the Israeli Air Force and artillery units are taking the fight to Hamas.
Every few years Israel launches impressive looking military campaigns in either Lebanon, the West Bank, or Gaza usually in response to repeated unanswered terrorist attacks. Such military initiatives undertaken by Israel have developed a pattern of their own:
1. "Shock and Awe" air bombing campaign followed by
2. Lots of international condemnation, followed by
3. Limited ground engagement, followed by
4. Limited Israeli casualties, followed by
5. A cease fire, followed by
6. A commission of inquiry by the IDF as to what went wrong, followed by
7. Big Aid package to defeated enemies, followed by
8. More attacks
This latest military operation is quite different than in past years in that an end goal has been defined, the elimination of Hamas from control of the Gaza strip.
To the casual observer, one might think these are revenge attacks for the nearly 4,000 missiles that have rained down in Israel over the last few years, but no, the IDF is "in it to win it"; to borrow a cheesy phrase.
Israel may have to withstand another wave of terrorist attacks or suicide bombings from inside or outside Israel, even though the IDF is doing the Abbas led Fatah movement in the West Bank a favor by diminishing Hamas' power in Gaza.
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