Geometric Danger

Now, it turns out, Hamas is purposely targeting a nuclear power reactor in Israel (as captured by above photo) with its rockets, mortars and weapons:

There were growing fears in Israel last night that Hamas missiles could threaten its top-secret nuclear facility at Dimona.

Rocket attacks from Gaza have forced Israelis to flee in ever greater numbers and military chiefs have been shaken by the size and sophistication of the militant group’s arsenal.

Israeli officials say that Hamas has also acquired dozens of Iranian-made Fajr-3 missiles with an even longer range. Many fear that as the group acquires ever more sophisticated weaponry it is only a matter of time before the nuclear installation at Dimona, 20 miles east of Beersheba, falls within its sights. Dimona houses Israel’s only nuclear reactor and is believed to be where nuclear warheads are stored.

And consider this very important paragraph from the Times UK story:

Israel’s worst nightmare is that soon all its cities will be within range either of the Hezbollah Katyushas arrayed on the Lebanese border to the north or the increasingly sophisticated missiles stockpiled by Hamas to the south. Both groups have links to Israel’s archenemy Iran.

Do you understand the strategic point made? Israel is soon to be caught directly between two hostile Islamist forces, like a pincer movement, Hezbollah on the north and Hamas to the south, both armed with missiles able to strike any point within Israel.

Much of this predicament, unfortunately, is of Israel's doing.

Despite that, Israel is massing troops, tanks and weapons, ready to enter Gaza.

In concert with the larger, more deadly rockets deployed against Israel, Hamas vowed to "strike at Zionist interests everywhere."

Finally, it appears, Israelis have had enough:

A majority of the Israeli public is supporting the Gaza offensive, with some 95 percent of Jewish residents backing the air strikes according to a survey published on Friday in the Maariv daily.

The situation is about to get even more dangerous, very, very quickly.

BZ