The test of Israeli seriousness in enforcing the terms of its cease-fire with Hamas has come more quickly than expected. Here was Amos Gilad, the official who negotiated the deal for the IDF, on Wednesday:

We need a total ceasefire — all included. If tomorrow morning one single rocket is fired, it will be a violation of the agreement. There is no room for interpretation, and no mediating body is needed…Egypt, on its side, is committed to preventing the smuggling activity from Gaza. It’s simple; Egypt has a border with Gaza, through which weapons and terrorists are smuggled. Smuggling is a serious violation of the terms. Any such infraction will lead to a change in Israel’s stance from the way in which it was presented to the Egyptians.

Here is Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ Gaza-based chief, today after Friday prayers:

We cannot talk about stopping smuggling because it is something beyond our ability as a government and we did not give a commitment in this regard.

Obviously, there is a serious disconnect here, and, I feel safe speculating, a tremendous amount of bad faith on the part of Hamas. Unless Gilad was lying — there is no reason to suspect he was — one of the central conditions of the cease-fire was Hamas’ voluntary cessation of weapons smuggling. Haniyeh now declares openly that Hamas intends not only to flout that condition, but that a stoppage in smuggling was never part of the deal in the first place. If the Israeli government cares in the slightest about upholding any perception of its own seriousness — this is in doubt — the prime minister and defense minister should declare that the cease-fire is over on account of Hamas’ decision to violate it, and resume offensive operations.