Ehud Barak has ordered the complete closure of the Gaza crossings—at least, the ones controlled by Israel. I’m quite sure that Egypt will do whatever it wants.
At present time only authorized personnel and goods are allowed through the crossings, but Barak’s instructions call for all movement in or out of Gaza to be halted. Only humanitarian cases will be allowed special consideration. Israel’s supply of fuel and electricity to Gaza will also be cut back under the defense minister’s orders. The measures approved by Barak will, for now, only be in effect for several days and are intended to increase pressure on terror groups and sever connections between Israel and Gaza as much as possible.
More than 130 rockets have landed in Southern Israel in the last three days, and more are promised by the democratically-elected government of the Palestinians.
Meanwhile Hamas’ military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, declared a series of responsive measures will be taken against Israel, including massive rocket barrages and numerous terror attacks – this in response to the IDF’s operations in Gaza over the past several days.
Best of all, in the midst of these terrorist attacks, with Mahmoud Abbas calling the IDF’s killing of terrorists a “massacre,” the world is promising the Palestinians even more money than they’d offered before. Yeah, keep sending those messages. I’m sure the Pals will stop killing Jews because every time they do, the world gives them more money. Yep. What an incentive for peace.