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Defense Minister: IDF Deployed to Combat Rockets
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon- Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the cabinet Sunday that the IDF's three-week operation in northern Gaza has not ended, and that the army is redeploying after its military goals were met. Mofaz said the operation "succeeded" in significantly reducing the number of rocket attacks on Sderot, in damaging Hamas's ability to fire rockets, and in improving the IDF's ability to control the area. Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom also briefed the cabinet, saying: "We have recently witnessed a number of positive statements coming from Syria, which are being carefully analyzed. However, like we have said in the past, Israel will be ready to return to the negotiating table without any preconditions only when Syria abandons the way of terror."