(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff - If the cessation of rocket fire is of extended duration, and there are no attacks on IDF forces along the border fence, Israel will be able to claim success. If the understandings collapse quickly, it will bring on another military operation against Hamas, this time with much greater force. In Gaza, they began preparing the victory rallies. But the celebrations will not hide the serious blow Hamas suffered in the military arena by the killing of Ahmed Jabari, the destruction of its long-range Fajr missiles and the attacks on its commanders and camps.
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