'However the Israeli army says one missile was fired by militants from Gaza overnight.'Could the BBC not check that information or do they prefer to cast doubts on anything the Israelis say?
As for the 'truce', official or unofficial, this is a familiar story:
1) Islamist terrorists attack Israel over an extended period of time - 'world opinion' says nothing
2) Islamist terrorists manage a spectacular attack - the 'world opinion' takes notice but says nothing
3) Israel having not reacted to the long sequence of attacks, finally reacts to the spectacular attack - 'world opinion' waits for Israel to put a foot wrong and then calls the Israeli action disproportionate and excessive and calls for peace between the two sides
4) The Islamists agree to a 'truce' (hudna) with Israel, so Israel has to agree or be even more vilified by 'world opinion'
5) The Islamists sporadically break the 'truce' but these attacks are blamed on dissident groups and Israel is urged not to respond
6) 'World opinion' forgets about the incidents
7) The pattern starts again
What is interesting is not that the Islamists use this tactic; it works. Nor is it that 'world opinion' doesn't recognise the pattern; the 'Israel is always wrong' meme is taken as read. No, what is interesting is that Israel does not learn from the repeating pattern...
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