Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak Thursday vowed to step up operations and strikes in the Gaza Strip if Palestinian militants continue to fire Qassam rockets into Israel, local media reported on their website.
If the Qassam rocket fire from Gaza continues, then Israel will strengthen its operations, which will increase the Palestinian casualties, Barak said during a tour of a military base in the western Negev.
"The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) operations will bring results," Barak was quoted as saying, "the reinforcement which will begin in some of the communities will in the end bring a stop to the Qassam rocket fire."
According to local media, seven Palestinians were killed Thursday, including six militants, in an IDF operation in northern Gaza. Meanwhile, Gaza militants fired some seven Qassam rockets at southern Israel.
The IDF staged military operations, including airstrikes, inthe Gaza Strip earlier in the day after IDF tanks drove hundreds meters into northern Gaza.
During Israeli army's incursion, Hamas militants traded automatic fire with the IDF. Israel Air Force aircraft fired missiles and Hamas shot mortar shells.
Source: Xinhua
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