Israeli warplanes bombed targets in and around Gaza city for a second day, shaking tall buildings. In a sign of possible escalation, the armed forces spokesman said the military had received the green light to call in up to 30,000 reserve troops.
After watching powerlessly from the sidelines of the Arab Spring, Israel has been thrust to the centre of a volatile new world in which Islamist Hamas hopes that Mursi and his newly dominant Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt will be its protectors.
Israel's sworn
enemy Iran, which supports and arms Hamas, condemned the Israeli
offensive as "organized terrorism". Lebanon's Iranian-backed Shi'ite
militia Hezbollah, which has its own rockets aimed at the Jewish state,
denounced strikes on Gaza as "criminal aggression", but held its fire.
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation condemned Israel's action. Oil prices rose
more than $1 as the crisis grew. Israeli shares and bonds fell, while
Israel's currency rose off Wednesday's lows, when the shekel slid more
than 1 percent to a two-month low against the dollar.
Hamas has said the killing of its top commander in a precise,
death-from-above air strike, would "open the gates of hell" for Israel.
But before all that....a 7 year peace treaty will be signed. Many believe this to be the cutting of the cordon/ribbon signaling the beginning of the Tribulation.
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