To rescue one soldier –
Israel cripples Hamas with arrest of ministers
Israeli airstrike destroys interior ministry in Gaza
Official: Gaza near humanitarian crisis
Hundreds of thousands of civilians in the Gaza Strip are on the brink of a humanitarian crisis after Israel bombed the area’s only power plant.
The bombing Tuesday night cut 40 percent of power to the Gaza Strip and threatens to leave many of its 1.4 million civilians without water, Jan Egeland said.
As I write this, Google News lists 5,239 stories on the Gaza invasion, way more than normal for a big story. The whole world is watching this one.
That Israel used the kidnapping of one soldier as a pretext to try to destroy Hamas is a given. That the unintended consequences and repercussions from this will be staggering is also a given.
I just heard thsat another Israeli soldier may have been captured in the West Bank. So that was a successful mission then! Also check out
MediaLens
GUEST MEDIA ALERT: KIDNAPPED BY ISRAEL
The British Media And The Invasion Of Gaza
By Jonathan Cook (if the link changes, look in the archive)