Middle East War

Israel has been in a low intensity conflict with the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip for months. The fight has just picked up intensity to enter what looks like a broader shooting war. Israel sent an undercover unit into Gaza yesterday in the wake of months of riots attempting to breach the border into Israel, particularly on Fridays, weeks of balloons being filled with incendiary devices being wafted into Israel by Hamas and its terrorist affiliates, and a Hamas member sneaking across the border in the last few days only to be apprehended by Israel after burning a greenhouse. The Israeli mission into Gaza was ambushed and an Israeli officer killed. Hamas then proceeded to fire hundreds of projectiles into the Jewish State, killing at least one Israeli civilian in Ashkelon and injuring more than a dozen Israelis. No nation can tolerate this level of aggression from a terrorist group and Israel should not be expected to either. The Jewish State must respond with sufficient force to quiet the Hamas terrorists, even if that means overturning Hamas rule in Gaza.