The news of the Egyptian brokered cease fire between Hamas and Israel has been met here in Israel with a great deal of skepticism. The Sderot Media Center noted that a "formal cease fire existed between Nov. 21st, 2006 and May 15th, 2007, during which time our news agency covered 315 missile attacks from Gaza which were fired at Sderot and the Western Negev." Vice Premier Haim Ramon called it a "victory for radical Islam."
It's fair to say those people on the front lines of the conflict feel the same way. The other day we joined a group of journalists visiting the front lines of the war between Hamas and Israel. One of the people we met was Yankela Cohen, a native of Nahal Oz, a kibbutz on the border with Gaza. Here's an excerpt from that visit where Cohen describes what life is like in the range of snipers, rockets and mortars.