No, but quite a few were from other factions of the Palestinian political spectrum. Just getting rid of Hamas wont stop the rockets, because military rogue factions of Fata and others will continue to shoot rockets, as long as Israel does what it is doing and has been doing in the occupied areas.
Sorry, but there's no reasonable rational for Gazans to be launching rockets at Israeli schools, churches, or day care centers let alone firing them indiscriminately to cause as much civilian death and terror as possible.
Israeli is a sovereign nation. The Gazans could start acting like a civilized people and govern themselves rather than being terrorists.
I wonder why we don't see this same activity in the West Bank? I mean, we see the markets open, improving standards of living, etc. Meanwhile, the Gazans launch rockets at kids.
During the Hamas-Israel ceasefire there were rockets.. were they from Hamas or other factions? I would wager most if not all were from factions not under Hamas control or Fata control.. aka rogue groups. You do know that the Palestinians are very fractured politically right? They do tell such things on the biased American TV stations right?
And why you make such a wager?
Even if that were the case...Hamas is a popularly elected government, no? Do they not have a responsibility to control their borders? That they do not, and willfully do not at that, they have them demonstrated that they are supportive of such rocket attacks. I'm sure they don't mind given that such attacks fit their agenda very nicely.
Should Hamas and Fata hit down hard on these groups? Sure, but both sides should hit down on their radical elements and stick to agreements and not continue with actions that piss of the other side.
Hmmm, a ceasefire is signed. Gazans continue lobbing rockets into Israel. Hamas does nothing. Rockets continue being fired.
Yeah, I see Israel, you know, not sticking to a ceasefire agreement. :roll:
Why do you sympathize with the terrorists?
Do you believe that Israel should not exist?
The biggest problem on the Palestinian side is the total fractioning of the political spectrum... if the Palestinians could agree among themselves instead of fight among themselves and unite, then we might be closer to achieving peace.
Well, Gazans have chosen who they are uniting with...Hamas. Hamas was elected to govern. Instead, it not only engages in lobbing rockets int Israel but tolerates it within their jurisdiction.
But saying that, all it takes is for an Israeli settler to kill another Palestinian, or a group off pissed off Palestinians wanting revenge and attacking a Israeli and then the whole house of cards comes falling down yet again with counter attack, and "security operations".
Why the scae quotes?
Are the Gazans not burrowing tunnels beneath the border to carry out terror attacks?
Are the Gazans not launching rockets into Israel on a near daily basis?