Hamas Caused Huge Gaza Blast, Pretended It Was Israel, And Then Launched A Massive Attack

The BBC reports that Hamas has admitted that a massive explosion in the Gaza Strip on Thursday was caused by Jihadists preparing a terror operation against Israelis. Seven Palestinians, including a four-month-old baby were killed in the blast. "Members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades were trying to prepare for a Jihad operation," Hamas said in a statement. The statement said six of those killed were Hamas jihadis, and the four-month-old baby of one of the jihadi's child. I guess it was take your baby to work day. Now this is the type of "martyrdom" operation we need more of.

It is not so suprising the initial reaction of Hamas was to blame Israel. They falsely claimed it was an air strike. Blaming the Jews for just about everything is not so uncommon in that neck of the woods, I guess even when you know for certain that your own people are responsible for what happened. In fact, it is a useful metaphor for the entire Israel-Palestinian conflict. The Arabs claiming and pretending that Israel is responsible for every woe when they are the ones who are truly at fault for causing this explosive conflict for the last 60 years.

Hamas even responded to its own bombing in Gaza with a massive assault on Israel. Just in case you're wondering, the BBC story refers to Hamas Jihadists as "militants," refers to the "Hamas movement," and only claims that "dozens" of rockets hit Israel in a barrage Thursday when a specific and astonishing number could have been used. You can never expect the BBC to get the story exactly right when it comes to Israel.

The barrage of rockets were launched into Israel in one day. More than 50 mortar shells, Kassam and Katyusha rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza on Thursday, most of them hitting the Ashkelon Beach region.

Hamas is a genocidal jihad Islamoterror organization bent on destroying Israel. I can only hope that they continue to create massive explosions in Gaza. The over 50 rockets fired into Israel in one day and the explosion in Gaza while preparing for a terror operation are each clear signs that Israel should never negotiate with Hamas, as if a sign is even necessary at this point. Yet on Wednesday the Israeli government said that it would support Egypt's efforts at brokering a truce between Hamas and Israel. What happened the next day indicates that a truce is the most boneheaded option in dealing with genocidal Jew-hating Islamofascist thugs. Hamas may be the "movement" of "militant" suicide bombers, but Israel's weakness makes it seem like the Suicide State.

Even after the salvo of over 50 rockets the response of the Israeli government to this all out attack was weakness. The Defense Ministry was still working to "exhaust" the dialogue with Egypt on a cease-fire with Hamas, sources in the Prime Minister's Office said. The fact that Israel believes that cease fires are an appropriate response is naive. There have been too many cease fires as it is, and things have only gotten worse as a result of policies of ceasing fire and continued negotiaton. Hamas is a virulently Jew-hating genocidal terror organization that should be attacked day in and day out without mercy. They should feel that they are all marked men, that their options are "martyrdom" or getting the hell out of dodge. They should never, not even for a second, feel or be given the impression that their attacks are succesful in weakening Israel. This, of course, has not been Israeli policy.

Israel is not a sane country. It is a country with the military might to stop these attacks by Islamic genocidal terrorist groups and refuses to do so. More than 50 mortar and rocket attacks in one day! The Islamoterrorists have not been weakened. They are proving through these attacks that they are strong and fear little in attacking the nation with the strongest military in the Middle East. Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip and everything since has come as no surprise. Those that were rational (the opposite of Ehud Olmert) said that it would be viewed as weakness and capitulation and that it would make the situation worse. Unfortunately, the rational were proven right as Hamas viewed the withdrawal as a victory over the Jews. They rightly interpreted the withdrawal as a surrender to Jihad terror that was strong enough to drive every Jew, settler and soldier, out of Gaza. They naturally continued fighting their war to annihilate Israel. They ransacked synagogues and even green houses that had been pumping out tons of produce before the withdrawal and which were left behind for them. The Palestinians then voted in Hamas. Israel's largest southern town, Ashkelon, is only now being hit by dozens of rockets. It was not being hit by rockets before Israel withdrew from Gaza. Israel's withdrawal allowed Hamas to take complete control Gaza.

If over 50 rockets hit San Diego in one day the response from the U.S. military would be awesome. The impotence of the Israeli army in dealing with their enemy, talk of cease-fires or negotiation, only emboldens the enemy. If cease-fires and negotiation actually led to peace Israel would be the most peaceful and secure nation on earth. Israeli Defense Force operations that are in response to provocation and kill a few here and a few there, a tit for tat system of dealing with genocidal Islamist maniacs, will not have any effect on the suicidal enemy that is determined to destroy Israel completely. Tweet