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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Analysis-A-war-game-shift-464801
Israel to React More Forcefully to Gaza Rocket Fire
(Jerusalem Post) Yossi Melman - After a rocket fired from Gaza struck Sderot on Sunday, Israel responded by launching a few missiles and by tank fire - the expected response. Later, Israeli planes launched a second and more forceful attack, pounding Hamas targets with dozens of bombing sorties. On Monday, a senior Israeli military source confirmed that the retaliatory attack was rooted in a new Israeli policy. Every time a rocket is fired at Israel from Gaza, the IDF will increase its fire power against all Hamas targets, assets and infrastructure, and will not respond in a predictable, limited way. The senior military source emphasized that the new policy was designed by Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot and approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon.