Hamas has been firing rockets for weeks, but declared a unilateral end to the "cease-fire" (which apparently means fewer attacks than usual) a day or two ago and ramped up the attacks. That's where the Hamas rocket came from that hit the Palestinian school.

Shock: Israel fired back. They're allowed to do that under international law. If Hamas would quit firing on them the Israelis would stop or be made to stop.

Does Hamas really expect Bush or Obama to require Israel to stop firing back without Hamas stopping? All this does is tie Obama's hands, preventing him from trying a different policy than Bush/Clinton/Bush/Reagan/...

Elab, I'm all for forcing Israel to stop the attacks but we can't insist they stop without Hamas agreeing to stop too.