Is it truce yet (3)?

Is it truce yet?

At least four Qassam rockets were fired at Sderot from the northern Gaza Strip Wednesday night following a brief lull in attacks on southern Israel communities.

Two rockets landed in town, near a school and next to a warehouse, and caused some damage. Security forces were attempting to pinpoint the landing site of another rocket that apparently fell in a residential area.

No, really, is it truce yet?

At the center of the arrangement would be deployment of officers loyal to Abbas at Gaza’s border crossings with Israel and Egypt. Hamas officials said they accept such a deployment in principle, even though it means giving up some control. They said they have given Egypt names of pro-Abbas officers who would be acceptable to Hamas.

Haniyeh said “all of the factions are involved,” signaling that Hamas’ call for a halt to the fighting has the support of smaller militant groups that have often scuttled cease-fire attempts in the past.

Haniyeh used the word “tahdia,” or calm, to describe the informal cease-fire he sought. He did not use the Arabic word “hudna,” which is interpreted as a more formal truce. Both terms denote a temporary cease-fire rather than a permanent peace, but even the subtle differences between the words has led to fierce debate among Arabs in past cease-fire efforts.

Seriously. Is it truce yet?

Muhammad Shahade, an Islamic Jihad operative who Palestinian sources say was behind the terror attack in Mercaz Harav yeshiva in Jerusalem last week, has been killed by IDF forces in Bethlehem Wednesday afternoon, local witnesses reported.

According to reports, another three militants have been killed in the raid, one of them an al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades member.

Military sources said that the four men were responsible for a series of terror attacks against Israel in the years 2000-2001, but did not attribute the Jerusalem attack to Shahade.

And the Palestinian leadership—are they on the truce bandwagon or what?

A spokesman on behalf of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’ office condemned the IDF operation Wednesday that left four senior terrorists dead in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.

“This barbaric crime exposes the fake mask on Israel’s face,” the statement said, while slamming the Jewish State for “talking about peace but committing daily crimes, murders, and executions against our people.”

So, killing murderers is a “barbaric crime”? Gee. I think that truce is going to be a bit tougher than I thought.

I think I was worried about nothing. I keep forgetting that it doesn’t matter how much Olmert wants to give away. The terrorists want it all, and will not settle for less.

Phew.