Sunday, February 01, 2009

Gaza: Israel threatens yet another "disproportionate" response

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday vowed a "disproportionate" response to rocket fire from Gaza, after a series of strikes from the Hamas-run enclave since ceasefires took effect last month, AFP reported.

"We've said that if there is rocket fire against the south of the country, there will be a disproportionate Israeli response to the fire on the citizens of Israel and its security forces," he said at the weekly cabinet meeting.

Olmert spoke after four rockets hit Israel on Sunday, without causing casualties or damage, two weeks after ceasefires brought an end to a massive 22-day war in the Palestinian territory.

Source: FOCUS Information Agency
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