21.12.2010                      14.Tevet, 5771

Hamas:

IDF assessment: Hamas uninterested in starting a war

Southern Command says Hamas capitulated to pressure, allowed attacks; Kassam strikes near Ashkelon school, injuring one after IAF strikes seven targets in Gaza, killing three.

Hamas is not interested in escalating to an extensive conflict, IDF Southern Command said on Tuesday, after a large-scale rocket and mortar attack.
Earlier Tuesday, a Kassam rocket hit near a kindergarten in a kibbutz near Ashkelon moderately injuring a 14-year-old girl. Four more Israelis were treated for shock. The IAF struck seven terror targets early Tuesday morning following the firing of 10 mortar shells into Israeli territory on Monday….