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Barak: Israel will not accept indiscriminate attacks on its citizens
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Ehud Barak, Sderot 

Defense Minister Ehud Barak and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Monday toured the southern town of Sderot, which has been pounded by Palestinian militants' rocket fire in recent days.

"No country can accept long-term indiscriminate attacks from a foreign entity on its citizens, and Israel will also not accept it," said Barak. "We will act when the conditions are ripe and, when necessary, we will act with force."


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arak added, "I hope it will not take too long before we can once again bring tranquility to the entire region, and bring back our abducted soldier, Gilad Shalit."

Barak took questions from reporters who asked about a wider military incursion, but said that he does not intend to publicize any IDF operations in the press. "When the time comes for a broader attack, we will do that," said Barak.

The defense minister and Miliband toured an elementary school and police station in Sderot, discussed regional and security issues and also took a helicopter tour of along the route of Israel's security barrier with the West Bank.

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Monday fired between eight and 12 Qassam rockets at the western Negev, most of which landed in open fields. There were no reports of injuries, but a local structure sustained damage.

A Qassam rocket fired by militants on Sunday struck a residential yard in Sderot on Sunday, leaving one person with light shrapnel wounds. Several others were treated for shock.

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