(Times of Israel) Avi Issacharoff - Responsibility for the IDF's elimination of Baha Abu al-Ata, commander of the Islamic Jihad's military, lies entirely with Hamas. It persistently ignored Israel's warnings regarding Abu al-Ata's central role in firing rockets at Israel and planning terror attacks. Abu al-Ata was provoking Israel, Hamas and Egypt. He worked time and again to orchestrate attacks, and was involved in planning even more ambitious attacks that were thwarted. Hamas does not want a major escalation with Israel, given that the situation in Gaza has been getting a bit better: The electricity supply has improved. The Rafah border crossing has been opened to a major influx of trade from Egypt. The problem is that Islamic Jihad is most emphatically bent on responding. The question is when will Hamas be wise enough to rein the violence in.
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