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Olmert, Barak: We will respond to Qassam fire
By Barak Ravid, Amos Harel, Yuval Azoulay and Fadi Eyadat
Tags: Qassam Rockets, Hamas 

Security consultations conducted Tuesday by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Ehud Barak indicate that Israel will respond to a Qassam rocket attack that Israel described as a breach of the cease-fire which was agreed with Hamas last week.

The rocket fire constitutes a "blatant violation of the cease-fire on the part of Palestinian groups in the Strip," Olmert said Tuesday, after being informed of the attack upon his return from Egypt, where he met with President Hosni Mubarak to discuss the cease-fire.

Olmert and Barak "agreed on methods of response," the Prime Minister's Bureau said. "We will not provide further details."
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Islamic Jihad operatives in the Gaza Strip fired three Qassam rockets on southern Israel, in the first rocket attack since the deal was reached.

Senior security sources told Haaretz that Israel would not be able to ignore the attack.

Israel is expected to respond to the rocket fire either by carrying out a pinpoint attack targeting Islamic Jihad, or by reducing the supply of goods entering the Gaza Strip. Since the cease-fire went into effect, Israel has increased the amount of goods entering the Strip by about 30 percent, as it committed to do in talks with Egypt.

Barring any further deterioration in the security situation, Israel is slated to weigh how to further increase the amount of goods entering Gaza.

Gaza-area residents plan to hold a demonstration outside the Karni and Sufa crossings this morning to protest the transfer of goods into Gaza in the wake of the rocket fire.

Two women went into shock when two of the rockets hit Sderot, a few hours after Palestinian militants fired mortar shells at the Karni crossing around midnight Monday. The third rocket hit an open area in the Negev.

Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the rocket attack, which it said came in response to the death of a senior operative during an Israel Defense Forces raid in Nablus early Tuesday. A Hamas operative who worked with the wanted Jihad man was also killed in the raid. The Israel Defense Forces said troops shot both men to death, and that the Jihad man was armed with a rifle. In addition, four explosive devices and a large quantity of ammunition were found next to the gunmen.

Islamic Jihad had told Hamas before the cease-fire went into effect that it would honor the agreement, a senior political source said Tuesday. The mortar shells were fired by Hamas, although the group did not publicly take responsibility for the attack, which caused no injuries.

Israeli officials said the mortar fire appears to be a Hamas reaction to the wounding of a Palestinian civilian in northern Gaza on Monday, in a bid to show that Hamas will not stand by as Israel harms Palestinian civilians. The civilian, 68, appears to have been hurt by an errant IDF bullet.

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      1.   Gaza is under Occupation. Therefor Gazans have a right to fight!! 02:48  |  MOE 25/06/08
      2.   Yeah, right, like they responded before. ZERO 02:50  |  Pervert 25/06/08
      3.   Yeah, right, like they responded before. ZERO 02:50  |  Pervert 25/06/08
      4.   Olmert and Barak agreed on methods of response 03:10  |  Ibrahimonovich 25/06/08
      5.   moe 03:11  |  alan 25/06/08
      6.   To MOE 03:22  |  pvp 25/06/08
      7.   stop the rockets! for pete`s sake! 03:24  |  bashar 25/06/08
      8.   #1 03:26  |  bashar 25/06/08
      9.   Palestinian promises not worth the paper its written on 03:38  |  Conroy 25/06/08
      10.   Who is to Blame 03:41  |  ID 25/06/08
      11.   Who is to Blame pt 2 03:42  |  ID 25/06/08
      12.   Gaza gets what it deserves 03:47  |  EK 25/06/08
      13.   To bonehead #1 03:54  |  Dan 25/06/08
      14.   you think you can 03:56  |  billy jack 25/06/08
      15.   Another empty Pal building will fall 04:00  |  MR 25/06/08
      16.   It is only extreme Palestinians madness that made Kadiam some 04:12  |  Akram Zekaria 25/06/08
      17.   Olmert, Barak: We will respond to Qassam fire 04:21  |  aaron 25/06/08
      18.   To Moe 04:25  |  Iron Fist 25/06/08
      19.   Moe 04:26  |  Edifice 25/06/08
      20.   Olmert, Barak to respond 04:27  |  Wolf 25/06/08
      21.   Israel` fascist raids & killings are a more blatant violation 04:37  |  Dutch 25/06/08
      22.   Olmert 7 Barak fail Again As Usual 04:42  |  Shepherd 25/06/08
      23.   THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION 04:52  |  Arik Silverman 25/06/08
      24.   ISRAEL KILLED THEM BOTH FOR FUN? 04:53  |  indrajaya 25/06/08
      25.   Propaganda 04:57  |  juniper 25/06/08
      26.   Once again, Israel Fired First, and Hamas Only Retalitated 05:12  |  Johan Odin 25/06/08
      27.   BlaBlaBla 05:15  |  Fred 25/06/08
      28.   No "bread for terror", Let the idiots rant 05:31  |  Ilan 25/06/08
      29.   MOE; Are you well? 05:35  |  Murray the Mongoose 25/06/08
      30.   Olmert in Jerusalem and Qassam hit 05:35  |  AAA1 25/06/08
      31.   Gaza is Occupied By a Bunch of Death Wish Arabs 05:40  |  Steve 25/06/08
      32.   Gaza is under Occupation. Therefor(e) .. 05:52  |  Greg 25/06/08
      33.   Gaza Is Jewish Land Thus Israel Has The Right To Liberate Gaza 05:52  |  Joseph.E 25/06/08
      34.   MOE DID your brothers agree to a ceasefire in GAZA? 05:57  |  PETER SM 25/06/08
      35.   We already knew that... 06:00  |  Eric 25/06/08
      36.   #1 moe 06:02  |  Jeff 25/06/08
      37.   occupation within you mind 06:04  |  Al 25/06/08
      38.   More victims of `Shock`. Endemic to Israelis only it seems... 06:14  |  POP 25/06/08
      39.   As usual the Olmert- Kadima defeatists will do nothing 06:19  |  HENRY MANN 25/06/08
      40.   @1. 06:22  |  necro 25/06/08
      41.   What`s the point? 06:54  |  Nechama 25/06/08
      42.   Get rid of Olmert, barak and Livni and Kadima all failures 06:59  |  Kipperraes 25/06/08
      43.   To #1 07:03  |  VLAD 25/06/08
      44.   #3 jeff 07:03  |  Khalid 25/06/08
      45.   POOR ISRAEL 07:28  |  Slappy 25/06/08
      46.   Israelis should be counting their blessings... 07:30  |  Dutch 25/06/08
      47.   Deploy your laser beam weapons. They work. 07:32  |  michael mazur 25/06/08
      48.   Sure MOE, and we have a right to respond 07:36  |  Dan 25/06/08
      49.   "We will",when was the last time we heard that one 07:54  |  YSL 25/06/08
      50.   Israel kills 2 Palestinians!!! 07:54  |  PADDY 25/06/08
      51.   No `bread for terror` let them stew and rant 08:10  |  Ilan 25/06/08
      52.   Khalid 08:18  |  Fred 25/06/08
      53.   Barak: we will respond to quassam fire 08:22  |  martin list, m.d. 25/06/08
      54.   IDIOTS 09:36  |  newsreader 25/06/08
      55.   SETTLERS make QUASSAM "Rockets" 10:59  |  PADDY 25/06/08
      56.   Bombs Schmombs 16:03  |  Douglas Fireman 25/06/08
      57.   #1 Gaza IS occupied ... by Palestinians! 06:49  |  DesMnsDave 26/06/08
      58.   #54 Islamic Jihad agreed to NOTHING; WB not in "ceasefire" 06:53  |  DesMnsDave 26/06/08
      59.   LOOKS LIKE THAT RESPONSE IS GOING TO COME WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER! 07:03  |  glenna 28/06/08
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