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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/705055.html
Defense Minister Mofaz: No Quiet in Gaza Unless Quiet in Israel
(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, who toured the Gaza border sector on Tuesday, said, "As long as it's not quiet here [in Israel], it won't be quiet there [in Gaza]." A senior IDF officer explained: "The shelling disrupts the movements of the rocket cells. They feel threatened and shoot quickly, without taking aim, in order to flee. That is why a large portion of rockets fired in recent days landed in the sea. We can no longer allow our citizens in settlements around Gaza to be held hostage by terror organizations. That has got to stop. We pulled out of the Gaza Strip. There is no more excuse to fire rockets or place explosive devices near the fence. Nor for sending suicide bombers from Gaza to Israel via Sinai." He added that the Hamas government, unlike its Fatah predecessor, doesn't even condemn the rocket fire.