Qassam Firing Quiet – A Good Sign!
June 14, 2006
Unbelievable! A No Qassam Day in Israel!
Wonder of wonders, after a great acceleration
of Qassam launches in response to the supposed Israeli inflicted Palestinian beach deaths on the shore of the Gaza Strip, the launches abruptly ceased. In the following article, from Ha’aretz, Israeli Defense Minister Peretz believes it is apparently due to the threat of a very wide-scale Israeli IDF operation, which we covered in one of yesterday’s blogs. I would also add it may well have been due to the uncovering of the cunning way in which Hamas blamed the IDF for the beach deaths, knowing they were not guilty. But whatever the case, at least for
the time being, there is a lull in the Qassam rocket fire, which is a good sign.
It may only be temporary, but it is still a good sign for a type of false peace to come into place within the next couple of years, followed by a Jihad at some point in time between 2008 and 2012.
Begin Excerpt from Ha’aretz Article
Peretz: Hamas halted Qassams due to threat of IDF operation
By Amos Harel and Gideon Alon, Haaretz Correspondents an Agencies
June 14, 2006
Defense Minister Amir Peretz
told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Wednesday that Hamas halted Qassam rocket fire on Israel, apparently due to the threat of a wide-scale Israel Defense Forces operation.
Peretz noted that Israel’s message on the matter had been relayed, openly and through secret channels, and had reached the senior echelons of the Hamas government.
Peretz said that Israel relayed messages to senior officials in the Palestinian Authority, according to which if Qassam rocket fire on Israeli towns continued, an IDF Forces operation would be launched.
“It has been quiet over the past day, and Qassams weren’t fired at Sderot.
Apparently, the messages we relayed were effective, and Hamas ordered its people to halt the launch of Qassam rockets,” Peretz said.
End Excerpt from Ha’aretz Article
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