The Rockets Aren't Working, But Soldiers DEFINITELY Will. Seriously.

Israeli forces today initiated their ground assault of the destitute and overcrowded Gaza in the hopes of permanently destroying Gazans ability to shoot home-made rockets at them. It's not clear at this point how the ground assault will achieve this, but in the meanwhile it has provided ample opportunities to destroy apartment blocks and subsequently blame the cowardly Hamas members for sleeping with their families at night, instead of out on a field alone.

The air strikes that preceded the ground invasion of Gaza have been strongly criticised by some within Israel, and everyone else outside, with protests in Tel Aviv, London, Paris, and basically everywhere in the Middle East. Despite this, most governments have been fairly compliant in maintaining the illusion that Israel is engaging in self-defence, with the President Bush arguing that Gazans brought the massive loss of life on themselves by targeting Israeli civilians.

So far the proportional loss of life has been pretty much the same as it has always been, with anywhere between two and four Israelis and over 500 Palestinians having been killed, making this the worst fighting in decades in the country.