The fighting will continue until peace is restored

I'm quite speechless.
Really I am.
I'm quite sure there are rules about this sort of thing!

Okay, so there is a cease-fire.
And yes, okay, It's unilateral, for all the new kids that means it is one sided. Which means that one party made a decision which does not include the opposition.
Israel, has a history of this these kinds of moves.
Suffice to say, Hamas has not signed any cease fire agreement.

At two am (my local time) the cease fire should come into effect.

But if Hamas chooses to continues to fight and fire rockets... the IDF will respond only if they are fired upon and maybe even broaden the operation.

The fighting will continue until peace is restored.

Good night folks.
For News coverage that actually makes sense and logic I leave you with:

"Duck Season! Rabbit Season!"

Last night Israel declared a unilateral cease fire.
Today Hamas declared a unilateral cease fire (for a week so that the IDF can withdraw).
Which, I'm surprised to say, they are.

I doubt, though, that something will last more than a week.

The last three weeks have been hellish.

Understatement, I know.

As stated, I'm not optimistic.
This has happened before.
I don't think Israel or Hamas will be ceasing fire for long.

One thing that really hasn't been spoken about at all, either in the Israeli media or International is the actual political aspect of this all.
As I'm sure some of you are aware, Israel is entering general elections next month. Just so you know, Kadimah and Avodah, according to the poles, are doing very, very well.
Yeah.
Conclusion may be drawn without much trouble.
But let me not speak treason.

The Palestinian doctor who lost three of his daughters in the the fighting - video of the interview on Israeli television - has been just one of many such stories out of Gaza, only it is one of the few that has seen full coverage in Israeli media.

In Israel three civilians were killed and 10 soldiers died in combat.

All personal tragedies are terrible and unthinkable and traumatic.

But 1,300 dead people in Gaza, over 400 of them children, most of them civilians.
Even if more Hamas combatants died in the fighting, was it really worth it?

Are we even able to comprehend the fact that each and every one of dead has a name? A family that will miss them... maybe even an entire family that dies with them (in Gaza only at this point, seeing as no Israeli family has been wiped out by rockets)?

Hoy... I'm tired.
Tomorrow is another day.

That's all folks.
At least for now.