Kofi Anan pressured Olmert to wait for negotiations, but the Israeli PM noted that the Hamas-led government was neither helping to release the hostages nor putting an end to rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza - which continued today. Anan was unaware that rocket attacks have been happening.
boggles the mind if true. Here's the money quote from an Israeli blog: Annan demanded an explanation for the Gaza deaths. When Olmert asked why Annan had not shown similar concern about the scores of missiles hitting Israel, Annan was nonplussed. "What missiles?" he asked.