Hamas Casts the Die

After a month or two of playing their cards close, Hamas has crossed the Rubicon: they defended a civilian-targeted suicide bombing in Israel proper as part of the right to self-defense. That's about as uncompromising a statement as they can possibly make. Source is Drudge, who also reports that Israel is going to give Hamas something to defend itself against, rolling eighty vehicles toward Nablus for reprisals.