IAF strike kills three Gaza militants poised to fire rockets

"ISRAEL IS NOT FIREING ROCKETS INTO GAZA AND KILLING CIVILIANS AND CHILDREN" Israel killed 1400 Gazans during Cast Lead alone. Haven't you been keeping up on current events? "HAMAS ARE KILLING CITIZENS OF ISAEL WHO WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE" Who and when?

The rockets have killed no-one. Israel has killed 1400 Gazans in Cast Lead alone. Who do you think is the terrorist here?

ISRAEL IS NOT FIREING ROCKETS INTO GAZA AND KILLING CIVILIANS AND CHILDREN HAMAS ARE KILLING CITIZENS OF ISAEL WHO WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE.

Which part of Italy are you willing to sacrifice to those who seek self determination? And even if you were willing to sacrifice, would you do so with a group that seeks to destroy Italy and eliminate all Italians from Italy? We are not talking about rhetoric here. The Pals have targeted and succeeded in killing civilians and continue to lob rockets into Israeli civilian populations. I'm confident in saying that if Italy's neighbours were lobbing rockets into Italian civilian populations then Italy would respond with force. As well, why don't you target my government, Canada or the U.S, gov't or the governments of northern Europe for depriving their indigenous peoples of land, resources and self gov't. Let me add that Italians are, I'm afraid, quite responsible for the mess in Israel. Your Roman predecessors set many evil into motion.

The siege, which is not close to a full siege, followed, (a) the voluntary Israeli pullout from Gaza & (b) thousands of rockets being fired into civilian areas. Notwithstanding that, Israel delivers electricity, gas, sewage services, water, medicines and food. Yes, there is a serious blockade but its not close to a complete blockade. That's quite remarkable and in my view ridiculous. Why in the world would I supply necessaries to a people who seek to destroy my people. So the siege is not a provocation, its a response to deadly attacks. The only reason that more Jews have not been killed is poor targeting and the extensive and expensive bomb shelter infrastructure Israelies have built to protect themselves. In Gaza, $ is used for armaments. That is, of course, the choice of Hamas. And no one in Israel says that Hamas isn't a legitimate democratic gov't of Gazans Rather what they say is that consequeces follow election of a terror group dedicated to the destruction of Israel.

Best response to attacks from Gaza at southern Israel is: Removal of the arabs from Gaza Strip and West Bank as well. Those area would then renamed to Judea, Samaria and Aza (Gaza).

Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad, and any other Palestinian militant or soldier.....yes you have the right to fight the "occupation"...but have you ever thought that just maybe it is not working the way it was supposed to. Maybe it is time to try a different strategy...like truthful dialogue. Better to hurt some pride on both sides of the fence as compared to death.

IDF driving around in Gaza recently destroying crops ???. Do you have a personal Gaza reporter offering you this information ?? I do a lot of reading and somehow I missed that report from Gaza. Folks like you have to learn you cannot make up stories to fit your postings.

Another job well done by the hero's of the IDF. Will the Palestinians ever learn that there rocket attacks will set them back even further? I don't think so

What is going on here? He and the rest of Israel are suppossed to lie down in a field close to Gaza so the militants can shoot rockets at them.

"refusing to except the democratic election when the "wrong" side won." So Jim, what you're saying is that Israel should have said, "Well, Hamas won in a democratic election and Hamas doesn't want Israel to exist so we're going to all march into the sea." Is that it?

I guess the best way to respond to a peace initiative is to take more land and embargo goods needed for life.

I command IDF for professional and timely removal of terrorists preparing to launch rockets at civilians.

Dear Veglie, If they were in Italy, you wouldn't feel the same way. I have 3 Italian relatives so I'm hardly biased, but you should emigrate to America and vote for Obama. Pinkus

Glad to hear that. Let them continue to live in whatever century they feel appropriate. You can't educate those too stubborn/stupid to realize their loss. It's like in the USA, where many students feel school is a burden,not a privilege. I don't believe education works with people who have no value for it, other than perhaps on a one to one basis. Pinkus

ISRAEL policy, Should long ago have been to retaliate for every infringment of our security on the border areas. Had that policy been carried out with determination,it wouldn't have been necessary to fight a long costly & protracted war. But human nature has it that perhaps,somehow things will become better & there'll be no need for a bigger conflagration. Things don't work out that way. People will always want,'examples'.Without examples they are lost,because they cannot fathom theoretical thinking.

Mark Totaly nonsense and non understanble what you want to say. Who is provinking IJ or Israel. At end of the day 5 IJ has been killed and HAMAS accepts it. But you don't? Why? IJ is a small militant faction according to you. Don't make me laugh. During 8 years only IJ takes the responsability of launching rocket attacks to Israel, who is the proxy of HAMAS. Aby Aby

"The withdrawal from Gaza by Sharon is going exactly as planned "death by formaldehyde"! First the siege a blatant provocation then the refusing to except the democratic election when the "wrong" side won." The siege was put into place because that "wrong side" increased the amount of rocket fire into Israel. Did Sharon instruct Hamas to increase the number of rockets fired?

"israel should once and for all stop playing the card of supremacy it continues to play against a small band of maddened freedom fighters. palestinians are a people like any other, deserving the right to enjoy freedom and self determination similar to the one that isrel has." What a bunch of nonsense. The Arabs in the region had been denying Jewish freedom in the region since 1920. Areas which came under Jewish control are enjoy extensive freedom to Arabs which most Arabs don't even enjoy in Arab countries. So long as the Palestinians continue rejecting a state of their own in favor of attacking Israel, they aren't deserving of freedom. If you think "freedom," is the ultimate aim, why have they continued rejecting a state every time one has been offered to them? The answer is simple: They are the ones who attempt to deny freedom to Jews more than they care about freedom for themselves.

30 years ago a "top militant" would have been an older, clever radical. 10 years ago it would have been an educated one. Now... it could be a 19 year old who was good at some subject before he left high school. Instead of targeting "top militants" Israel might focus on "super top militants" or better yet "ultra super top militants. When more and more 20 year old Jews start siding with militant aspects of the Palestinian interest, Israel will have to call them something besides just 'militants'. Then as ... [It goes on and on]

by choosing and supporting their elected Hamas leaders who openly support, fund and are directly involved in continuing war efforts against Israel. Instead of talking peace, hamas refers to temporary hudnas, and refuse to relinquish their 'rights' to all of Israel.

Almost every time the terrorists fire a mortar/rocket one of them dies. They would likely be more 'successful' if they fired the rockets/missiles at themselves.

The only chance Israel has of peace and quiet is if the IDF and/or IAF go in and put the Terrorists of Gaza out of commission.

Muslims kill muslims all over the world. Sunnis kill Shiites in Iraq and viva vers. Muslims blow up muslims in Afghanisatan and Pakistan. Muslims also kill Christatians in Egypt, etc,stc,et. At least in Israel, the Jews fight back.

A quick history lesson. Before the 67 war, while Arab armies did mass on Israel's borders and Egypt blockaded the Gulf Of Eilat, not a single Arab soldier set foot on Israeli soil and the first shots were fired by Israel. The Palestians lost their territory because Israel invaded it and has not withdrawn since, including Gaza. Control of a foreign territory by air and sea still represents occupation.

Since you bash Israel when 90% of the killed ones are terrorist. Now that 100% are terrorist are you going to praise it? Somehow I pretty much can guess. Which logically means that Israel has never any right to fight back. Thanks for letting us know.

You would be the mother of all sieges on it dude. Walk in our shoes before you blabber nonesens.

Why would you want Israel to lay down and play dead? A better advice would be for Gazans to stop attacking Israel and focus on improving their own lives rather than destroying the others'. While they keep attacking Israel they deserve whatever they get.

I hope your mechanical capabilities are far superior to your political analysis. If you have trouble understanding the Israeli reaction to missiles and mortars fired at her, then you should stop wasting time posting rubbish.

Not militants, or activists, or political prisoners. T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-T-S. Got it?

Both sides have leaders who benefit from the people's fears and from maintaining the war. Its big business. Also, both sides are right; growing populations in the other side wants to take over their territory. There are death threats from religious Jews on Israel's defense minister when he froze settlement building in the West Bank to restart negotiations. The Palestinians made a big mistake in 2000 when they had an offer of complete sovereignty of almost all of the pre-67 territory, and they returned the offer with a war. In the world where I come from, if a nation attacks another nation, trying to conquer it, and they lose land because of their aggression, the nation that defended itself isn't required to give back that land, especially if it is extremely vulnerable to attack from there and it is known that they are hell bent on genocide. Don't be fooled. Its no surprise that more and more Israelis are refusing to give up control of the West Bank.

The Israeli spokespeople are always "unaware" or "checking the report." Maybe in a day or two, the after-action report will make its way up the chain of command or maybe it will be buried. The IDF has been driving around inside Gaza periodically for a few weeks now and bull dozing crops and generally being offensive, trying to provoke something to justify Cast Lead II. The smaller militant factions are cooperating by shooting off their stuff, as the script calls for.

The withdrawal from Gaza by Sharon is going exactly as planned "death by formaldehyde"! First the siege a blatant provocation then the refusing to except the democratic election when the "wrong" side won. Hamas owes part of existence to Israels Iron Heel occupation and support in the undermining of Fatah and Arafat.......PEACE EVER?

Israel has the right to be recognized by its neighbors and so-called peace partners as a legitimate nation and not to have missiles & suicide bombers attack their citizens. How soon the world forgets the Hamas version of our beloved Mickey Mouse preaching hate toward the Jews.

Mr matteo from italy. Direct your words of peace at the gazans who you hope have a desire for freedom and self determination. Israel left gaza 5 years ago in hope that the gazans would DEVELOP the country and become prosperous. But the true colors of the palestinians have shown thru. They are not interested in Nation building. I believe the world is coming to understand that hamas/palestinian mission in gaza is only to control the people in a fight against Israel. The gazans are a pawn of arab terrorism and until they destroy hamas and everyone else who continue the islamic madness against jews and Israel, the gazans future is very bleak...And that is not because of Israel who is defending its people and property from constant missile fire from gaza. Your country would do the same if attacked from another

Very cleverly worded reponse by the IDF. The victims were shot at by the 'roah yorah' system. Technically speaking they were killed by the IDF but not by those 'in the area' but rather by a bunch female officers stationed in Tel Aviv and monitoring the situation on camera.

One would think that after getting your country destroyed because of firing 6-10,000 rockets at your neighbor, having no borders open to neighboring countries, little goods coming into your country, no reconstruction of the damage, that possibly the mentality of the citizens of that country would change their behavior and maybe demand that the firing of rockets stop so that their lives could change...BUT only ?if I had a brain?

israel should once and for all stop playing the card of supremacy it continues to play against a small band of maddened freedom fighters. palestinians are a people like any other, deserving the right to enjoy freedom and self determination similar to the one that isrel has.