By Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents: ANALYSIS / Hamas is hoping for an IDF ground operation in Gaza
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Title:A remarkable statement
Name:Colin Wright
City: RichmondState: California
"Rather, its goal is to eliminate Hamas` desire to attack Israel."

`It` being the bombardment, amazingly enough.

Maybe Hamas could carry out forty-fifty suicide bombings in Israel, killing about 350 Israelis. Then Israel`s desire to attack Hamas would be similarly eliminated, and the two sides could make peace.