A decision on whether to increase military operations in the Gaza Strip or agree to a truce deal will be made within weeks, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday.
Barak made the remarks during a tour of the western Negev, where he was asked by the local council heads to make decisions without delay after two Israelis were killed in rocket attacks over the past few days.
Barak also told local councilors that the plight of their communities cannot be solved immediately.
Local council heads also asked Barak to allow them to meet with U.S. President George W. Bush upon his visit to Israel beginning Wednesday.
"We would like to let the prime minister (Ehud Olmert) know that due to the government's disregard of our communities and its incompetence in dealing with our situation, which led to the death of two people in less than a week, we demand to meet the 'real boss' George Bush who really sets the political agenda in our region," the councilors were quoted by local daily Ha'aretz as saying.
On Monday evening, a 70-year-old Israeli woman was killed after her house was directly hit by a Palestinian Qassam rocket.
The al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Source: Xinhua
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