Israel said it will storm the Gaza Strip again if Palestinian rocket fire resumes. “I gave the military an order to deploy in preparation to re-enter Gaza if necessary,” Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Cabinet on Sunday. Israeli forces reoccupied much of northern Gaza for more than two weeks after a rocket fired by Hamas killed two infants in the town of Sderot.
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