The AFP says that Olmert agreed to Egypt’s cease-fire deal.
Despite earlier denials by top officials in Jerusalem, a senior defense official has confirmed Tuesday that an agreement on a lull in Gaza Strip fighting has been worked out.
In a conversation with French news agency AFP, the security official said that an agreement that would see an end to Israeli military operations in the Strip in exchange for an end to rocket attacks on Israel has been finalized via Egyptian mediation efforts.
And what else? Well, everything.
The lull agreement reached between Israel and Hamas is subject to an Egyptian pledge to do everything in its power to prevent arms smuggling into the Gaza Strip, the defense official noted.
In addition, according to the report, Israel pledged to refrain from massive offensive operations but is reserving the right to carry out attacks on specific targets should the need arise.
Other sources say that Olmert agreed to lift the Gaza closure and stop hunting down Hamas and other terrorist leadership. So effectively, Hamas has shown that they can send rockets all the way into Ashkelon, murder Israeli soldiers and civilians at will, supply other terrorist groups with rockets, commit suicide bomb attacks on Israel, sponsor terrorist shootings, stabbings, stonings, and what-have-you, and Israel will—beg them to stop.
Where will Israel find a King David now?
Way to allow your enemies to arm themselves.