Fragile Cease-Fire Brings Calm to Israel's Southern Border

Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror militia appeared to have reached a cease-fire agreement early Thursday morning, although there was a barrage of five rockets a few hours after the initial announcement underlining the fragility of the situation. IDF Spokesman Brig.Gen. Hidai Zilberman declared that Israel had achieved a great deal of operational success during the 50 hours of fighting, as "The purpose of the operation was to improve the security situation in the south by weakening the PIJ…. In this operation, we struck a heavy blow to PIJ’s operational capabilities.”

However, he added, “We used only a little of the IDF capabilities - PIJ is not Hamas, nor Hezbollah nor Iran.”
“We are at high readiness and preparedness on all fronts, not only in Gaza. We are facing a significant challenge against Iranian activity in a variety of arenas and not only in Syria.”

“The new rules of the game are clear: the IDF will operate with complete freedom of action, with no restrictions,” Defense Minister Naftali Bennett added. “At this point, it's not over yet. Only the acts in the field will determine the end.”

Taken from the ICEJ website with permission

Our contact in Israel (from Operation Lifeshield) just reported that there have been 10 rockets that have been fired SINCE the “supposed” cease fire. Please continue to pray for peace and wisdom for Prime Minister Netanyahu.