‘Israel hits targets in Gaza after mortar attack’                                         Times of Israel: November 19, 2013

It seems that both sides are quite content to keep on firing rockets, mortars and missiles at each other just for the hell of it.

Now I know that rockets/mortars fired from Gaza are generally considered less sophisticated than equivalent missiles used by the IDF but, still, they must all cost something to fabricate; the Israeli ones naturally being somewhat more expensive.

In light of the financial constraints that both the Hamas and Israeli administrations are labouring under at present, it might make much better sense if these and all other armaments could be taken off the balance sheet and put into cold storage for the duration.

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