At press time, Israel reported it was ready to expand Operation Shield and Arrow to strike Gaza even harder, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, May 10. Netanyahu made the remarks in a phone call with mayors of towns in Israel’s south, as terrorists shot hundreds of rockets from Gaza to Israeli civilian centers, mostly in the South. “We’re prepared for the possibility of broadening the campaign and for very severe blows, now and later as well,” the prime minister said, adding, “I think we will have the upper hand but we are in this battle and I appreciate your support and your standing strong.” As of Wednesday afternoon, defense sources’ assessment was that the rockets came from Palestinian Islamic Jihad, such that Israel has not expanded its pool of targets to include Hamas.