Israeli officials said Sunday Chaussures nike that the rocket fire over the weekend would likely not lead to an escalation of hostilities in the short term, but was likely an attempt by Hamas to send a message that it should not be ignored if peace talks are launched. If the talks between Israel and the PA pick up speed, some officials predict that Hamas will escalate its terrorist activity in an attempt to force Israel to launch Abey another operation in Gaza, a move which would most likely derail the talks.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned at the beginning of Sunday's cabinet meeting that Israel holds Hamas "directly nike air max responsible for any attack on Israel that originates in the Gaza Strip, and this is how the international community must see things." Netanyahu characterized as "miraculous" the fact that the Grad missile fired Friday at the heart of Ashkelon did not cause any casualties.

"Israel reserves the right to nike max defend its citizens and we will continue to take all necessary measures in order to defend the State of Israel, Israeli citizens and Israeli children," he said. National Infrastructures Minister Uzi Landau (Israel Beiteinu) said before the meeting that Israel was reaping "rotten fruit" caused by the failure of the IDF to "finish the job" against Hamas during Operation Cast Lead.

Tourism Minister Stas Meseznikov (Israel Beiteinu) said that Israel needed to make clear an automatic "price tag" for any attacks from Gaza on Israel. Maybe, he said, Hamas would be deterred if it knew clearly beforehand nike max air what price it would have to pay for each attack. If the government does not set a price tag, he said, there was no difference between this government and the previous government under Ehud Olmert.

Since coming into office last year, Netanyahu has said consistently he would not tolerate the constant "rain" of missiles from Gaza air max ltd without responding harshly. Hamas has significantly upgraded its military infrastructure and capabilities since Operation Cast Lead last year and is believed today to have thousands of rockets that have a range up to 20 kilometers, and hundreds more nike air max Ltd that have a range over 40 km. Hamas is also believed to have several dozen rockets - made in Iran - that are capable of hitting Tel Aviv. YWJ