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Barak: IDF ready for major Gaza op
The government could in the "near future send the army out on a large-scale operation that could lead to war," Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday. Barak spoke in the aftermath of a sharp increase in rocket attacks launched from Gaza against Israel's southern border, including one that wounded two brothers on Saturday evening. On Monday, nine mortar shells and three Kassam rockets were fired into Israel. As Sderot residents held angry protests for the second day in a row, Barak pledged to stop the attacks and said: "I have asked the IDF to prepare a wide-scale operation in Gaza." In the last few months, the IDF has intensified its Gaza activities and killed 200 terrorists, including 16 in the last few days, Barak said. Posted by: Fred 2008-02-12 |
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