-Diverse analysis on the increasingly urgent issue of whether and how Israel should invade Gaza:
-A ballistic expert says that Sderot should be protected by an American anti-missile system called Phalanx. (Haaretz)
-It turns out that the Iron Dome defense system cannot defend Sderot from Kassams launched from Beit Hanun in Gaza. (Haaretz)
-And Reuven Pedatzur sees this failure as “Another chapter in a gloomy saga.� (Haaretz)
-Schmuel Rosner reports that the US wants Israel to be fully prepared for a massive invasion of Gaza. (Haaretz)
-The invasion of Gaza is seen as “inevitable,� because of the Qassams, but it hasn’t occurred, because of the Qassams. (Forward)
-According to Safed’s Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, leveling the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun [pop. 32,000] is “the only efficient solution” to Kassam fire. (Ynet)