In laymans terms, what is happening in Gaza between Israel and Hamas?
In early November, Israel broke an agreed ceasefire by engaging in raids in Gaza, killing six members of Hamas. Hamas authorized renewed rocket attacks in retaliation and refused to renew the ceasefire in December. Israel responded with a well-prepared air and ground assault on Gaza. Q. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon MPA 1984 called for the international community to come together to end the situation. How can the international community and the UN Security Council get involved in a safe way to help resolve the conflict? They can’t. Israel is hoping that with the departure of the Bush administration, it has a chance to do in Gaza what it failed to do in Lebanon in 2006, which is to severely cripple the will and capacity of its enemies to harm it with rocket attacks. Israel will continue until it is satisfied, while playing for time with the UN and the “international community.” It will continue to blame Hamas for civilian casualties in Gaza. Operations will conclude well before the O
