Olmert gov't gives green light for targeting Hamas leaders, institutions
"December 17, 2007
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Israeli government of premier Ehud Olmert has decided to escalate aggression on the Gaza Strip and gave its army the green light to target Hamas political leaders and institutions in particular and other resistance factions in general.
Hebrew media reported on Monday that Olmert and his war minister Ehud Barak gave orders to their army following the cabinet meeting on Sunday to toughen retaliatory strikes to the Palestinian crude missiles fired from Gaza.
Yedioth Ahronoth quoted political and military sources as saying that the IOF air force would bomb any Hamas command or institution in the Strip in return for each missile hitting an Israeli house.
They added that chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi and other senior officers had recently reviewed with Olmert possible targets for such attacks in the event the Palestinian missiles continued to hit Israeli settlements near the Strip."
