International media reported that Hamas kept a 24-hour truce and attacked Israel "only" three times on Monday. Hamas says mortar fire hints of a lull.
Foreign media also ignored calls by leaders in the Israeli opposition as well as in the coalition government to retaliate against six months of Gaza terrorist violations of the June 19 ceasefire. Instead, AFP quoted Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who said that calls for a large-scale military operation are "the babble of politicians who have never seen war in their lives."
Foreign media also ignored calls by leaders in the Israeli opposition as well as in the coalition government to retaliate against six months of Gaza terrorist violations of the June 19 ceasefire. Instead, AFP quoted Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who said that calls for a large-scale military operation are "the babble of politicians who have never seen war in their lives."
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