The Israeli security cabinet on Tuesday evening ordered the Israeli army to continue its attacks on the Gaza Strip in response to the Palestinian resistance’s targeting of Israeli settlements with mortar shells and rockets.
Hebrew media sources said following the cabinet meeting that tension is expected to run high in the Gaza Strip in the coming hours.
The cabinet instructed the Israeli settlers living within a distance of up to 7 kilometers from the Gaza Strip to stay close to shelters while maintaining their daily routine as much as possible.
For his part Israel’s War Minister Avigdor Lieberman threatened “Every place from which rockets are fired at the Israeli territory is a legitimate target for the Israeli air force.”
The Israeli Ministry of Education canceled all trips that were supposed to take place up to 15 kilometers from the Gaza Strip border on Wednesday.
