Israel moves closer to Gaza invasion
Israel is all set and determined to launch a full scale offensive against the Hamas militants in Gaza. The Jewish state made its intentions clear after the non stop rocket attacks from the Gaza strip which has amounted to more than a hundred rockets in the last two days.
Egypt’s Prime Minister had called upon the Israeli government to restraint from invading Gaza but the appeal was wholly discarded by the Israeli Foreign Minister. The Israeli Prime Minister had issued a warning to the people of Gaza to urge their leaders to stop the rocket fires or else face the consequences of Israeli invasion. 
Despite the appeal of the Israeli Prime Minister there has been no slowing down of the rocket attacks. Three rockets and more than a dozen mortar shells made their way into Israel just last night.
The Israeli Prime Minister has made it clear that it will not hesitate to respond with force if the attacks are not halted. He said speaking to an Arabic language satellite channel “I am telling them now, it may be the last minute, I’m telling them stop it. We are stronger,”
The rocket firing was much lesser on Thursday as compared to the eighty rockets that were fired the day before. Israel has however said that the continued firing was wholly unacceptable and Israel was looking to respond with full force.
The militants from Gaza have blindly shot out rockets and mortar shells during the last two days. Some of them struck close to groups of Palestinian Christians making their way to Bethlehem for Christmas celebrations. Another rocket fell in the industrial park of Ashkelon.
Being the one who brokered the last cease fire deal between the two parties, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak contacted the Israeli Foreign Minister to discuss possibilities of renewing the truce. Livni was however in no mood to discuss a cease fire saying “Enough is enough, when there’s shooting, there’s a response. Any state would react that way.” With such strong words coming from the government of Israel an invasion into Gaza is just round the corner.
