[news] Israel's Army "Hungry for War"

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

(T)he army was preparing for an attack months (before the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit) and was constantly pushing for it, with the goal of destroying the Hamas infrastructure and its government...(Israeli) Governmental authorization for action on a larger scale was already given by 12 June, but it was postponed in the wake of the global reverberation caused by the killing of civilians in the air force bombing the next day. The abduction of the soldier released the safety-catch, and the operation began on 28 June with the destruction of infrastructure in Gaza and the mass detention of the Hamas leadership in the West Bank, which was also planned weeks in advance.

URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/8104