Last night a mutual,
pre-conditional ceasefire between Israel and Hamas terror organization has
taken place. This ceasefire came into effect after 11 days and over 4,400 rocks
have been brutally fired into Israel by terrorist organization Hamas, killing
and injuring innocent civilians – children, women, and men, both Israeli and
Palestinians. Hamas has fired intentionally in order to harm civilians –
targeting Israeli civilians while hiding behind Gazan civilians using them as a
human shield. Israel, on the other hand, do all it can to reduce the harm to
innocent civilians to a minimum.
Hamas is a murderous terrorist
organization that situates its facilities in the heart of the civilian
population. It has instigated the current escalation in an attempt to seize
control of the Palestinian agenda and to weaken and replace the Palestinian
Authority.
A Strong Hamas poses a threat not
only to Israel but also to regional stability and to anyone who seeks peace in
the Middle-East.
During the past 11 days the State
of Israel hit the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip very hard and
struck and made significant achievements in the operation, some of them
unprecedented: Hundreds of targets were destroyed, including the
"Metro"—a system of underground tunnels surrounding Gaza that housed
terrorist infrastructure and weapons manufacturing capabilities. Houses of
senior Hamas officials in which they were hiding, which served as terrorist
infrastructure, were attacked. Many additional terrorist actions were thwarted.
The reality on the ground
will determine the continuation of the campaign, yet Israel emphasizes that it
will not tolerate rocket barrages being fired at its territory, its cities, and
its citizens, and certainly not it's capital city. Every country has the right
to defend its sovereignty and its citizens.