David Bedein

On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met in his office with Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Fatah party along with the new Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayaad.

At around 2 a.m. yesterday, Arabs from Gaza fired rockets into an Israeli army basic training camp near Kibbutz Zikim, just north of the Gaza Strip, injuring 69 soldiers.

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Throughout the day yesterday, speculation raged as to whether the Israeli army was going to invade Gaza to put an end to the daily shelling of Israeli communities in southern Israel from Gaza. As the day finished in Israel, no decision had been made.

Ramon believes that the key lies with the residents of the Gaza Strip, "who will decide whether to continue to allow the Palestinian terror organizations to attack the children and civilians of Sderot. They will be responsible for deciding their own fate and the degree to which they are adversely affected.

A salvo of eight Kassam rockets were fired yesterday morning from Gaza at the western Negev region of Israel.

Hezbollah terrorists are apparently constructing military fortifications in this area, using caves and digging tunnels, in order to form a new line of defense.