Israel vowed to keep up its assaults on Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after two days of violence which killed two dozen people. "The military and economic pressure as well as the international isolation of the Gaza Strip will end up producing results," Deputy Prime Minister Haim Ramon told Israel's army radio.
Ramon also ruled out Israel holding any talks with Hamas.
He said Israel would stop its operations if gunmen stopped firing rockets and mortars. "There is no need to negotiate with Hamas. If the rocket firings stop, we will cease operating in the Gaza Strip," he said.
"But it has to be clear that sooner or later we will hit all those who fire the rockets," Ramon added.
A dozen of rockets slammed into southern Israel on Thursday, wounding one woman lightly by shrapnel.
