Strange the fuss over Yassin, who deserved what he got. (Wether it will have a beneficial effect is another matter)
This from Ha'aretz yesterday:
Fatma Al-Jalad, 8, was playing in her backyard in Khan Yunis Friday, a few hundred meters from IDF positions surrounding the nearby Ganei Tal settlement, her father said. Suddenly fire opened from an IDF watch tower, hitting Fatma in the chest. She died yesterday morning in Khan Yunis Hospital. IDF sources said "the troops fired only warning shots at that time."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/406802.html
Current "score" of children below the age of 12 is 36 Israeli children killed by Palestinians, 78 Palestinian children killed by Israel.
As to military force "working", deaths from Palestinian terrorism within Israel per quarter:
2000
last quarter (the intifada began at the end of September)
4
2001
1st quarter 14
2nd quarter 28
3rd quarter 19
4th quarter 41
2002
1st quarter 91
2nd quarter 81
3rd quarter 20
4th quarter 38
2003
1st quarter 34
2nd quarter 23
3rd quarter 38
4th quarter 25
2004
1st quarter 32
The last quarter saw more Israelis killed in Israel by terrorist attacks than any quarter in the first year of the Intifada. The average for every quarter of the Intifada is 35, the current quarter, which isn't over yet, has seen 32 deaths.
Doesn't really seem to have worked, does it?