Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent: Israel defense officials back immediate Gaza cease-fire
Talkback
Title:Cease fire now
Name:Eldar
City: HaifaState:
Please listen to these generals. Call it a victory and cease fire. Continued attacks in Gaza will 1) strengthen Hamas in the West Bank and fundamentalists elsewhere; 2) weaken Israel`s global standing; lead to further death of civilians as Hamas continues to hide behind them. All of this for arguably no further military benefit. Just as with Lebanon 2, we had a certain amount of sympathy from much of the world to do what we needed to do. But that sympathy doesn`t include the human catastrophe that is developing in Gaza. No doubt there will be dozens of talkbackers crying for "flattening gaza." Please listen to the professionals and not the keyboard generals.