Via Captain's Quarters, we hear that, in addition the IDF buzzing planes by the office's of Syria's terrorist supporting President Assad and sending a couple of Hellfire missiles as a warning shot in the office of Hamas's PM, Israel, and with a center-left government coalition no less, has finally gotten the message that no amount of negotiation or appeasement will ever satisfy the demands of those who wish to bring about its extinction. They have moved ground forces into the area, and have told Hamas that they will not negotiate for the life of the kidnapped IDF soldier...either he can be returned in one piece and unharmed, or Hamas and all its governing officials can and will be considered legitimate targets of war. Let's hope this attitude keeps up.
UPDATE: The IDF also captured the three terrorists suspected of murdering an 18 year old Israeli man in cold blood that occurred around the same time as the kidnapping of the IDF soldier. The terrorists surrendered without a fight according to reports, and that was the only option that would have kept them alive, as the IDF was prepared to use deadly force if necessary, to bring to justice the men who brutally murdered the young settler less than an hour after his abduction. May God have mercy on the soul of the slain young man and comfort his family, and may he have neither on his killers.