CEASE FIRE GIVES PALIS FREEDOM TO RE-ARM

IDF Won't Fire on Palestinian Rocket Crews - Avi Issacharoff and Aluf Benn
Israel Defense Forces troops in Gaza received a direct order from Chief of Staff Dan Halutz on Sunday to avoid opening fire against any Kassam rocket crews. At IDF Southern Command there is a great deal of skepticism about the agreement. Senior officers have warned that without an end to the smuggling of weapons through tunnels from Sinai to Rafah, the cease-fire is a dangerous development. The officers maintain that Hamas is making enormous efforts to arm itself and that when it is ready, its members will resume the violence and then its military capabilities will pose a greater threat to IDF troops. Senior Israeli security sources pointed out that militant groups spoke of a cease-fire only for rocket attacks, and did not commit themselves to stopping other forms of attacks in other parts of the territories. (Ha'aretz)