¡¡   Israeli DM admits wider operation in Gaza

Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz delivers a speech in Tel Aviv, October 2006. Peretz said Sunday that the army is operating in a wider scope than in the past within Gaza Strip to stop Qassam rockets.(AFP/File photo) Photo Gallery >>>

    JERUSALEM, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Sunday that the army is operating in a wider scope than in the past within Gaza Strip to stop Qassam rockets.

    Peretz told the weekly cabinet meeting that he had approved every operation suggested by the Israel Defense Forces and had ordered the renewed development of an anti-rocket system that will hopefully be able to curb the Qassam rocket fire on the south of Israel from Gaza. Full story>>

Israeli PM rejects UN resolution on Gaza

    JERUSALEM, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that the United Nations should condemn Palestinian militants instead of Israel over the errant killing of over 19 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the local Yedioth Aharonot newspaper reported.

    "Those who fire to harm civilians for a long period of time should be condemned," Olmert was quoted as saying in a cabinet meeting. Full Story

Israeli aircraft resume airstrikes on Gaza

    GAZA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Israeli army aircraft resumed its airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Friday night in the third consecutive day, hitting by rockets the homes of Palestinian militants, said local security sources and eyewitnesses.

    They said that several Israeli Apache attack helicopters hovered over Gaza City and fired several rockets at several targets in the city, but no injuries had been reported. Full Story

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