Democracy Now!: Breaking Truce, Israeli Strikes Kill Hamas Military Chief, Palestinian Civilians in Gaza

Israel is threatening to launch a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip after breaking an informal ceasefire with an ongoing series of deadly attacks. At least 13 Palestinian civilians have been killed, including a baby and a mother pregnant with twins, in addition to more than 100 wounded. Israel says it has launched the strikes to prevent Palestinian rocket fire, but the latest round of violence began last week when Israeli troops killed a young boy in Gaza. The situation has escalated since Saturday, when Palestinian militants fired at an Israeli military vehicle near the Israel-Gaza border. After Palestinian militant groups agreed to an informal truce on Monday, Israel broke two days of quiet with Wednesday’s attack. Israel’s attack on Gaza marks its largest since the U.S.-backed operation that killed more than 1,300 Palestinians nearly four years ago.

Ali Abunimah: How Israel shattered Gaza truce leading to escalating death & tragedy
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/how-israel-shattered-gaza-truce-leading-escalating-death-and-tragedy-timeline

Gershon Baskin: Assassinating The Chance For Calm
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/15/assassinating-the-chance-for-calm.html

Glenn Greenwald: Obama's kill list policy compels US support for Israeli attacks on Gaza
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/15/israel-gaza-obama-assassinations

Kanwisher: How Do Ceasefires Between Israel and Palestine End?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-kanwisher/reigniting-violence-how-d_b_155611.html

Yousef Munayyer: Bodies for Ballots
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/15/bodies-for-ballots.html

Yousef Munayyer: Half the story - What @IDFSpokesperson leaves out about #Gaza
http://blog.thejerusalemfund.org/2012/02/half-story-what-idfspokesperson-leaves.html?utm_source=BP_recent