Israeli Incursion Into Gaza

I have not been able to find any other reports that the Israeli government has threatened the Palestinian PM other than the article from the Australian noted earlier. But there is a very thorough roundup of everything that has been going on over there in Ha'aretz today. One thing that really comes across is that an awful lot of world leaders are flat-out telling Hamas the first thing they have to do is release the kidnapped Israeli soldier.

Earlier Saturday, the new European Union President said that Israel should release dozens of detained Palestinian officials and that Palestinian militants should free Shalit, who was abducted Sunday, immediately.

"I call on the Palestinians to immediately release the Israeli soldier they took hostage. At the same time, Israel must halt its military operations, free the Palestinian ministers and members of parliament and stop destroying civilian infrastructure in the Palestinian territories," Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen told German newspaper Die Welt.

Add to that President Bush, the Turkish PM, and the UN Assistant Secretary-General.