As Troops Enter Gaza City, Israel Sees an Opening

NO TRUCE TILL HAMAS COMES CRAWLING ON THEIR BELLIES.

This time, Israel must crush Hamas till there can be no possibility of more rocket attacks on Israel. This time, Israel must be able to verify that the Hamas terror machine can no longer function in Gaza. Every truce so far has only benefited Hamas and allows the terrorists to re-arm and re-supply.

FROM THE NEWYORKTIMES:

As Troops Enter Gaza City, Israel Sees an Opening

By STEVEN ERLANGER and ETHAN BRONNER

JERUSALEM — Israeli troops pushed into a heavily populated area of Gaza City from the south on Sunday in fierce fighting, and senior Israeli officials said for the first time in the two-week-old war that they believed that the Hamas military wing was beginning to crack and that Hamas leaders inside Gaza were looking for a cease-fire.

In Jerusalem, Israel’s prime minister, Ehud Olmert, told the nation that Israel was “getting close to achieving the goals it set for itself,” but that “more patience, determination and effort are still demanded.”

Mr. Olmert was speaking in the public part of the regular Sunday cabinet meeting, and his words were broadcast to an Israeli populace that supports the war against Hamas in Gaza but is nervous about how and when it will end.
Mr. Olmert gave no time frame, but said Israel “must not miss out, at the last moment, on what has been achieved through an unprecedented national effort.”
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