IDF: GAZA LAND OPERATION INEVITABLE

IDF: Gaza Land Operation Inevitable - Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
Since the IDF has been unable to eradicate the firing of Kassam rockets into Israel, senior IDF officers said Tuesday that Israel would have no choice but to launch a massive ground operation into the Gaza Strip in the near future. While artillery fire on launch sites, as well as targeted interceptions of key terror figures, did deter attacks to some degree, it was "only a matter of time" before the IDF would need to reenter Gaza which it left last summer under the disengagement plan. "The exact timing depends on...when we will be fed up with the rocket attacks," one officer said. "Most of the Kassams are fired at the Ashkelon power station," the officer said. "They look up and see the two smoke stacks and do all they can to try and hit them." Former Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. (res.) Moshe Ya'alon last month called to "escalate military action against the Kassam launchers, even if it means entering the Gaza Strip."