Israel is hoping to cause long-term damage to Hamas's military infrastructure before agreeing to ceasefire talks, officials say, as the deadly confrontation entered its seventh day Monday. "The Israeli government at this stage is **t answering ceasefire efforts because we want to k**w first that we have taken away Hamas's desire to do this again in a**ther year or six months," Finance Minister Yair Lapid told army radio on Sunday. "The IDF (military) has hit Gaza very hard, but has **t hit Hamas's armed wing hard e**ugh," former military intelligence head Amos Yadlin told army radio, saying that so far, only around 50 of the victims were believed to belong to the Islamist movement. "Things are moving to a**ther stage in which it will try to exact a very high price from Hamas's armed wing and strengthen both our position in the ceasefire negotiations and our deterrence, as well as hitting Hamas's ability to become stronger after the operation." Despite the pressure, Hamas has also shown little appetite for a truce, insisting Israel end its "aggression" against Gaza, lift its eight-year blockade and release hundreds of its people jailed in an ongoing *****down in the West Bank.
07-14-2014, 06:32 PM
Talks on hold as Israel seeks to punish Hamas
Israel is hoping to cause long-term damage to Hamas's military infrastructure before agreeing to ceasefire talks, officials say, as the deadly confrontation entered its seventh day Monday. "The Israeli government at this stage is **t answering ceasefire efforts because we want to k**w first that we have taken away Hamas's desire to do this again in a**ther year or six months," Finance Minister Yair Lapid told army radio on Sunday. "The IDF (military) has hit Gaza very hard, but has **t hit Hamas's armed wing hard e**ugh," former military intelligence head Amos Yadlin told army radio, saying that so far, only around 50 of the victims were believed to belong to the Islamist movement. "Things are moving to a**ther stage in which it will try to exact a very high price from Hamas's armed wing and strengthen both our position in the ceasefire negotiations and our deterrence, as well as hitting Hamas's ability to become stronger after the operation." Despite the pressure, Hamas has also shown little appetite for a truce, insisting Israel end its "aggression" against Gaza, lift its eight-year blockade and release hundreds of its people jailed in an ongoing *****down in the West Bank.
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