Israel is at war

And has been since its modern incarnation back in 1947 - even if the U.N. 'wipes' Israel off the map. Anyone with half an impartial brain knows that the murderous arab barbarians have pledged Israel's destruction and will not stop until all the Jews are drowning in the Mediterranean Sea.

The latest barbarian onslaught comes from those tolerant & amiable folks in Gaza known as hamas. Suicide bombings directed at civilians are their specialty, but for the past several months these cowards have launched a daily barrage of Iranian-made Grad rockets into civilian populations inside southern Israel.

Stable Hand rightly asks, "If the US had constant rocket attacks every day, how would we react?"

Israel Warns of Unleashing 'Holocaust' in Gaza if Rocket Attacks Continue

Israeli troops and tanks were in action Friday in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian witnesses and the military, and Israeli aircraft continued to pummel targets in the coastal territory. One attack near the town of Jebalya wounded five people, including two children and their grandmother, according to Dr. Moaiya Hassanain of Gaza's Health Ministry. The military said it carried out strikes targeting areas used by rocket squads.

The army said it was targeting rocket squads, and blamed militants for operating in populated areas. AP photos showed rockets being launched from densely populated areas in northern Gaza.

Israel does not intend to launch a major ground offensive in the next week or two, partly because the military prefers to wait for better weather, defense officials said. But the army has now completed its preparations and informed the government it's ready to move immediately when the order is given, the officials said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.

"It will be sad, and difficult, but we have no other choice," Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai said Friday, referring to the large-scale military operation he said Israel was preparing to bring a halt to the rocket fire.

I can hear the euro weenie/hollyweird/utopian blue helmet crowd denouncing those 'brutal israeli nazis' as I type. Guaranteed - just like flies on dog squeeze.