Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents: ANALYSIS: Hamas wants lull in Gaza, but only on its own terms
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Title:The primary objective?
Name:maoriboy
City: Tamaki-Nui-A-RuaState: New Zealand
Amos Harel:"The primary objective of the Gaza move is to get Ashkelon out of the firing line".

Sounds familiar to that war with Hezbollah,bomb the shit out of the civilians without stopping the Qassams or Katyushas.