Archive for December 28th, 2008
“Why, Israel?”
Barak did not declare outright that there would be a ground offensive, but said that he could not presume to guess what Hamas’ next move would be and therefore was preparing the military for any contingency. and Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Sky News that he would not rule out widening the offensive in the Gaza Strip to include a ground invasion… …… The war on terrorism is an ongoing one, and we will have to stand firm in order to change the situation in the south,” Barak said Saturday, one day after an Egypt-brokered cease-fire between Hamas and Israel expired. and Israel has said it will call up 6,500 reservists to support what is the largest offensive in the Gaza strip in decades.

