(Jerusalem Post) Matthew Gutman - The IAF strikes sent shock waves through the Hamas and Islamic Jihad hierarchies, and that is just the point, said security officials. The strikes are a lightly veiled threat that the PA must prevent a repeat of Sunday's barrage of eight Kassams fired at the Western Negev. "The message is that you better clamp down, or we can make it a living hell for you inside Gaza," said Dr. Shmuel Bar, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.
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