ANALYSIS: Major IDF operation in Gaza back on the agenda

The rocket barrages against communities inside Israel and the Israel Defense Forces operations in the Gaza Strip that have left at least 16 Palestinians dead over the past three days all point in one direction: Following many weeks of being kept on ice, the likelihood of a major military operation in the Gaza Strip is once more at the forefront.

In recent months it seemed that the major IDF operation (which had been discussed sporadically for about a year and a half) had been dropped from the agenda. There were a number of reasons for this.

The rocket barrages against communities inside Israel and
the Israel Defense Forces operations in the Gaza Strip that have left at least
16 Palestinians dead over the past three days all point in one direction:
Following many weeks of being kept on ice, the likelihood of a major military
operation in the Gaza Strip is once more at the forefront.



In recent months it seemed that the major IDF operation (which had been
discussed sporadically for about a year and a half) had been dropped from the
agenda. There were a number of reasons for this. Haaretz