SECURITY BRIEFING AT DEFENSE MINISTRY IN ISRAEL

Israeli army chief Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi attends a briefing on the current security situation with Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz and the General Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in Tel Aviv on June 17, 2007. A surprise attack was launched against Israeli earlier in the day when suspected Palestinian militants fired Katyusha rockets at the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shemona, causing damage but no injuries. Israel has been on high alert after Hamas's violent defeat of Fatah forces in the Gaza Strip. (UPI Photo/David Silverman/POOL)