JERUSALEM, March 3 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said after Israeli forces pulled out of the Gaza Strip on Monday that further Israeli military action was likely against Palestinians firing rockets from the Hamas-run territory. "We are in the midst of a combat action. What happened in recent days was not a one-time event," an Israeli official quoted Olmert as telling a parliamentary panel. "The objective is reducing the rocket fire and weakening Hamas," Olmert said, after the Israeli pullout ended a five-day-long offensive in which more than 100 Palestinians were killed. (Writing by Jeffrey Heller, Editing by Dan Williams)
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad donates blood at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah March 3, 2008. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended peace negotiations with Israel on Sunday, ...
