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Hamas is firing in the last days "Grad" rockets, 122 MM heavy rockets that have a range of 40 km and can reach many of Israel's southern towns. Over a million civilians are under attack of these "Grad" rockets. How did the Hamas got hundreds of those rockets? Hamas smuggled the rockets in underground tunnels from Egypt to Gaza. But wait, is that it? It's not that simple. Hamas buys Iranian-made or Chinese-made rockets from someone, the rockets are shipped to an Egyptian port, probably under fake content documents of some sort. Then the rockets are transported by trucks through the Sinai Peninsula to Rafah, on the Egyptian side and from there through the tunnels into Gaza. The Egyptians have to be really incompetent in order not to catch that illegal cargo on its hundreds of kilometer ride from the nearest Egyptian port to Gaza--or maybe they just turn a blind eye. In either case they are to blame that Hamas has that weapon and every Israeli killed is blood is on their hands. Today some Egyptians are probably very sorry for being so careless and indifferent in what was flowing through the tunnels and for not stopping that flow before it deteriorated to a full war in which even Egypt seems to pay a price. It's time for Egypt to be more active and proactive in closing all the tunnels and making sure that Hamas is isolated from receiving more weapons--making sure that the rule of Hamas is ended and never returns.Israel has suffered the flow of rockets on its southern part for eight years. Numerous times the Israeli government said it will respond with all its force. The Hamas treated it as Wolf-Wolf cries. Now the media and the Arab world are complaining the response is not measurable.
The Egyptians are also an active side in the negotiations for cease fire and are supposed to be (again) those that will make sure Hamas doesn't continue to smuggle weapons through the tunnels.
The question--can one trust the Egyptian cat to watch the (Hamas) milk?
