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...courageous souls watching from the shore. (The club's more dedicated members meet each Sunday during the winter to enjoy a cold swim.) TIME spoke with the club's president, Dennis Thomas, about how the group got its start, the psychology behind cold-water swimming and why 65° weather in January sucks...
Still, many Israelis believe their "deterrent power," weakened in Lebanon two years ago, will be re-established only if ground troops go in to destroy more of Hamas' infrastructure. Right now, it's not clear whether it is political calculations or simply the weather - which restricts the ability of the Israel Defense Forces to fly ground-support missions - that keeps Israel from sending in its armored columns. Reports in the Israeli media on Tuesday that Israel may hold off on bombing for 48 hours in search of a truce were quickly denied...
Members of the militant group Hamas depend on the weather as well. For them, the cloudier it is the better. Firing off Qassam rockets into Israel is an inexact science. But given enough time to position the rockets properly - time which an overcast or rainy day can provide - Gaza's rocketmakers are far more likely to hit their intended targets. That's what happened on Monday evening when, as rain blanketed Gaza and much of Israel's south coast, a rocket launched from Gaza struck a playground in Ashdod, killing a mother of four as she waited at an adjoining...
...weather is likely to get worse on Tuesday evening, which could well delay a ground offensive, according to a senior military source. In Gaza's mishmash of streets and buildings, drones will be used to guide soldiers and help tanks and other vehicles navigate their...
...voices of well-known Israeli writers joined the call for an immediate end to hostilities, the idea of a cease-fire was still being debated, according to the Defense Ministry sources. It's probably no coincidence that the next day or two are likely to bring bad weather...