OLMERT ORDERS BARAK TO ATTACK THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR ROCKET ATTACKS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
MAR 2 2009
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday to
implement a military response to the ongoing rocket fire as soon as possible,
in accordance with a cabinet decision taken last week.
"The cabinet decided that if the firing continues from the Gaza Strip, it will
be met with a painful, harsh, strong and uncompromising response from the
security forces," Olmert said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting in
Jerusalem.
Palestinians have launched more than 110 rockets and mortar shells at Israel
since the military operation in Gaza ended in a cease-fire January 18,
according to the IDF.
Palestinians fired three Qassam rockets on Israel Sunday, which caused no
injuries. They came on the heels of eight rockets fired on the south over the
weekend, including a Qassam that exploded in an empty Ashkelon school yard and
was classified by defense officials as an "improved" rocket.
Barak said the Israel Defense Forces was currently having difficulty operating
because of the stormy weather.
In a meeting with Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon, Olmert said the
Palestinians in Gaza have not halted their fire, adding that if the violence
doesn't stop, Israel will probably have to react with great intensity.
Meanwhile, former British prime minister Tony Blair toured Gaza Sunday for the
first time since becoming the envoy of the Quartet for Mideast peace and
called on Israel to end the blockade of the Strip as soon as possible. He said
Gaza should receive all the goods it needs to recover from the Israeli
offensive, not just food and oil.
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