One can only hope that Israel has agreed to this as
a way of showing once and for all that Hamas is NOT
to be trusted. I can’t conceive of what Obama might
have used to get them to do this.
Most likely, he didn’t need to use much. Bibi did not want to do a full-blown ground invasion, with the attendant dead and maimed soldiers, UN reports with the conclusions already written in advance, and with repeatedly subduing an overly-urbanized shit-pile full of crazed muzzies for the booby prize. I can understand that. But I can also understand that there are better missiles out there, with guidance systems, as well as shoulder-held SAMS, and such militarily important materials as cement, copper and lead, all of which can be called “building materials”. And a ground invasion with the complete annihilation of Hamas would have been infinitely better, and may yet happen after this Hudna implodes.