what you make of that, anshel pfeffer? ., ' :: :: , ., , . ., , pfeffer?er? i agree 10096, as much as this attack was designed _ pfeffer? i agree 10096, as much as this attack was designed and - this attack was designed and intended to kill as many israeli families and citizens and children as possible, as you said, it was also a direct political challenge at the other main palestinian movement, factor, which rules the palestinian authority in the west bank. this is the hamas plate for power, they want to show that being able to land at such a grievous blow on the israelis, they are the real leaders of the palestinian cause and what we are now seeing is they are reading the instructions on the policy and as we've seen at the hospital where, sorry, we do know what happened. it was a palestinian rocket which broke up was a palestinian rocket which broke up in the air and fell upon them. i know the bbc said earlier it was an israeli air strike, we know that wasn't the case. and they are bringing disaster on the palestinians. hamas is an organisation founded f

in the words of anshel pfeffer — who i'm sure you read his work, he's a military commentator, he writesus publications, including haaretz in israel — he said there were three failed concepts at work here. one, that hamas did not want and would not risk another war with israel. secondly, the gaza security apparatus that israel has created, including electronic surveillance, human intelligence, a military fence around gaza, that gave you a level of security comfort that allowed you to believe in security. and thirdly, the palestinian conflict, but particularly the gaza situation, had become something of a sideshow, that it was no longer a focus for the israeli military because israel felt that, in essence, it had kept hamas in a place it could keep them long—term. the strategic vision failed, didn't it? well, i agree only with one part, the issue about the security issues, and i think we have to analyse what happened, why we allowed them to get so close to the fence during the riots they had every once in a while, but i don't think we were surprised by the intentions of hamas. hamas is a