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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/781502.html
Olmert: Decision Soon on How to Deal with Gaza
[Ha'aretz] Gideon Alon - Israel is considering the appropriate method with which to counter the arms smuggling and Kassam rocket attacks by Palestinians in Gaza, and a decision will be made in the coming days, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Tuesday. Olmert described the efforts as aiming to "end the launching of Kassam rockets and strike at the stores of weapons and ammunition that have been accumulating in the Gaza Strip," adding that there is significant smuggling going on through the Philadelphi Route, on the border separating Gaza from Egyptian Sinai. "It is clear to me that we must act," he said, adding, "Individuals who we have marked as having links to terrorism or belonging to various terrorist organizations are passing through the Rafah crossing, and according to the agreements, they should not be passing there."