What a laugher. The Washington Post has decided that, despite daily mortar, rocket and various other forms of terrorist attacks, since the Israelis finally decided to take a shot at some Hamas leaders, now the truce is over. What truce?

Washington Post: Israeli Strikes Kill 7 in Hamas As 5-Month Truce Comes to End

Now about that last part. I know that Israel is generally very careful when it chooses to shoot, and I find it highly dubious that they would have managed to kill a dozen bystanders in a targeted attack. Is it possible? Yes, the Israelis make mistakes. Sometimes a shot goes astray...but this one certainly hit its target. Sometimes they make an error in judgement...but this was clearly a targeted strike, and it's tough to kill a dozen extra people with a missile strike on a car. I'd like to know if the Post independently confirmed that count. Well, of course they didn't. They simply reported without checking the number the Palestinian doctors told them. That is utterly irresponsible given that Palestinian doctors are as much tools of the propaganda machine as every other official Palestinian body is. See Pierre Rehov's films on Jenin for a particular example of this if you ever get the chance. "According to hospital officials" is the Post's way of washing their hands of responsibility when they should know better and owe it to their readers to convey some skepticism or do some fact-checking.

Meanwhile: JPost: Barrage continues: Rockets hit Sderot, Gaza settlements