Opposition leader Tzipi Livni has attacked the government's handling of the escalation on the Gaza border.
The Zionist Union Member of Knesset said, "Hamas is in a position of weakness, and instead of taking advantage of the opportunity, there is no policy, we are being dragged and losing control. The one who has put up with fire in the fields is getting live fire on houses. Israel has moved to a waiting position, negotiating with a terrorist organization, dependent on it, on Abu Mazen, on Egypt, on the Qataris, on the United Nations. Without any political ability to tie up the loose ends. The residents of the south are paying the price."