Posted on 07/20/2014 1:55:12 PM PDT by nuconvert
They shouldn't, but they do.
Israel brings this on themselves. They give away so much for the return of a POW that they make their soldiers a primary target for kidnapping.
Furthermore, by spending days warning Gazan's to leave Shejaiy they gave Hamas days to prepare IED fields, booby traps, ambush sites, murder holes, etc. Sad to say, but the Israeli military brought this bad day on themselves by trying to appease world opinion makers whom will never be on their side.
This crop of Hamas fighters, by the Israeli military's own admission, are much better and more sophisticated fighters than they've encountered in the past. If Israel agrees to a cease fire now, they will turn what was a fairly decisive military victory into a moral and long term strategic defeat.
Israel Denies Abduction Claims but Arabs
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3182933/posts
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183139
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