Ehud Barak calls for Gaza ground invasion

Published: Feb. 11, 2008 at 11:22 AM
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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak (R) talks with Pinkhas Ammar as he views the damage done to the Ammar family home by a Palestinian Qassam rocket  last week, on December 17, 2007 in the southern Israeli town of Sderot.  Thousands of crude Qassam rockets and mortar shells have been launched by Palestinians in the nearby Gaza Strip over the past several years.  (UPI Photo/Edi Israel/Maarix/POOL)
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak (R) talks with Pinkhas Ammar as he views the damage done to the Ammar family home by a Palestinian Qassam rocket last week, on December 17, 2007 in the southern Israeli town of Sderot. Thousands of crude Qassam rockets and mortar shells have been launched by Palestinians in the nearby Gaza Strip over the past several years. (UPI Photo/Edi Israel/Maarix/POOL) | Enlarge Enlarge
JERUSALEM, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The Israeli military is preparing for a large-scale operation in Gaza in response to repeated rocket attacks on the city of Sderot, the defense minister said.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the Knesset Monday that the Israeli military is preparing several responses to rocket attacks, including "the ensuing ramifications" of such operations, The Jerusalem Post said.

Barak praised the Israeli military saying it was "active and ready."

Sderot residents marched Sunday on Jerusalem calling for a viable response to the rocket attacks following several injuries.

Also, Israeli military officials said last week a large-scale ground invasion of Gaza would pave the way for the intervention of an international peacekeeping force modeled after the U.N. observer mission in Lebanon.


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