Ehud Olmert pledged government assistance for residents of northern Israel. “We will take steps to ensure that the residents carry on with their normal lives as much as possible,” the Israeli prime minister told his Cabinet at its weekly meeting Sunday, referring to hundreds of thousands of Israelis who have either fled northern towns targeted by Hezbollah rocket crews or taken to bomb shelters.
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