If Shalit is not released immediately and if, heaven forbid, he does not survive captivity, the Palestinians have two scenarios to fear: a major IDF ground invasion of Gaza, and attacks on senior Hamas officials.
The fate of the Hamas government is now dependent on the fate of the kidnapped soldier.
Harming him is liable to constitute a death sentence for the government and some of its ministers.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/731447.html
This would be a hell of a good time to knock off most of the Hamas leadership anyway.
I mean, how difficult would it be to find them? Just follow the CNN correspondents.
Harming him is liable to constitute a death sentence for the government and some of its ministers.
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I could live with that.
Rather well, I think.