Something like, and you can call this is genuine, or Gulf of Tonkin material as you please - as the nervous end to the truce approached Israel allegedly detected a tunnel heading into Israel: A gambit to kidnap more Israeli soldiers was the IDF pretext for an incursion and 6 Hamas fighters killed. Hamas responded with serious rocket fire. From then the truce was always on the skids it seems. Here is The Guardian story of November 5 08 copied to me, as I’m just an amateur observer:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/05/israelandthepalestinians

entitled: “Gaza truce broken as Israeli raid kills six Hamas gunmen”

and quote

“Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, had personally approved the Gaza raid, the Associated Press said. The Israeli military concluded that Hamas was likely to want to continue the ceasefire despite the raid, it said. The ceasefire was due to run for six months and it is still unclear whether it will stretch beyond that limit.”

Israel says she is waging a highly skilled operation to destroy Hamas’ capacity to lob missiles at will into Israeli territory, some with a range of 25 miles. More than 3,000 rockets hit Israel in 2008. More than 500 have struck since Hamas ended a “truce” on Dec. 19.

The UN says Israel’s response is “disproportionate”. As usual, about as much use as a lighthouse in a bog.

The weapons stores must be dismantled and Hamas’ supply routes - tunnels into Gaza from Egypt - must be shut, with oversight to prevent Hamas from rearming.
The issue of international oversight of Gaza’s borders should also be immediately addressed.

The Palestinian State is no longer one but two and is now more than twice the headache.

The ‘beginnings’ of this present conflict could stretch back further than the Palestinian split caused essentially by democracy ie. the will of the people and the solution will unfortunately lie there too. When is enough enough?

What international body would be foolish enough to stand between Hamas and Israel after Hamas invariably lobs another missile into the Jewish sovereign state after the next ceasefire?