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Israel to weigh Gaza truce stance Israel to resume militant strikes
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is to meet senior ministers later in the day to discuss a month-long Gaza ceasefire after renewed rocket attacks. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has ordered a resumption of military strikes against Palestinian militants firing rockets from Gaza into Israel.
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday injured two teenage Israeli boys in the southern town of Sderot. Mr Olmert said troops had been instructed to "take pinpoint action against rocket-launching squads" after two Israeli boys were hurt in a strike.
Defence Minister Amir Peretz said Israel must reconsider its "restraint". But he said Israel would continue to maintain the month-long ceasefire that halted fighting in the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group said it carried out the Sderot attack in retaliation for recent Israeli military raids in the West Bank. The Hamas-led Palestinian government, also said the truce remained intact.
Army post "We believe this agreement is still alive and both sides should respect it," Ghazi Hamad said.
Rocket attacks have been increasing in recent days. The Israeli military said seven in all were fired on Tuesday. Rocket attacks
One rocket struck a street in Sderot, critically injuring one teenager and seriously injuring another, Israeli media said. The international community has urged Mr Olmert to keep the ceasefire alive, but he has come under growing domestic pressure to respond to the rocket attacks, which have been increasing.
After the attack, a spokesman for Mr Olmert, David Baker, warned Israel's "restraint will not continue indefinitely while Israelis continue to be attacked". The Israeli military said seven rockets in all were fired on Tuesday, one of which seriously injured two teenage boys in Sderot.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group said it carried out the attack in retaliation for recent Israeli military raids in the West Bank.
The 26 November truce was called to halt five months of violence that began after militants killed two Israeli soldiers and captured another in an attack on an army post.The 26 November truce was called to halt five months of violence that began after militants killed two Israeli soldiers and captured another in an attack on an army post.
Analysts say Mr Olmert must weigh calls from Israeli hardliners for a response to the dozens of rockets that have been fired since the truce began with appeals from the US and Europeans to maintain the ceasefire. Since then, more than 60 rockets have been fired into Israel, the Israeli military says. Israel has killed more than a dozen Palestinians, mainly gunmen in the West Bank.
Israel has killed more than a dozen Palestinians, mainly gunmen in the West Bank, since the truce. Israel would "work with the Palestinian Authority so that immediate steps are taken to halt the Qassam (rocket) firings", Mr Olmert said in a statement after a meeting with security chiefs.