Monday, July 10, 2006

Israel says Gaza offensive has no timetable

Palestinians carry the body of Rawan Hajaj, a six-year-old girl who was killed in her home during an Israeli airstrike on Saturday, in Gaza City on July 9, 2006. (Ahmed Jadallah - PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES/Reuters)

July 9, 2006

By Corinne Heller

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel vowed on Sunday to pursue air and ground assaults in the Gaza Strip indefinitely, rebuffing a proposed truce and keeping pressure on militants to free an abducted soldier and halt cross-border rocket attacks.

"This is a war that cannot be on a timetable," a senior government official quoted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as telling his cabinet, a day after Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas raised the prospect of a ceasefire. Read more...

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