From the Times story, "Israel Reminds Foes That It Has Teeth"— a lesson the countless foes had surely forgotten since the Gaza blockade, the attacks on protesters in the West Bank, the Syrian raid, and the cluster bombs spread over Lebanon:
“In the cabinet room today there was an energy, a feeling that after so
long of showing restraint we had finally acted,” said Mark Regev,
spokesman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert."
Observes the Times's Ethan Bronner: "There is palpable satisfaction at the moment in the Israeli government
and the military because the operation so far is seen as a success."
Oh, and here is Kabobfest's video on the operation.
