Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that his country is prepared to respond with "very hard" to attacks by Palestinian militants against Israeli civilians, following the upsurge of violence in recent days. The head of Israel made this statement before meeting this morning in the city of Caesarea, north of Tel Aviv with U.S.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Israeli public radio reported. The Israeli army and Palestinian militias are involved in a new spiral of violence continued mutual attacks in the Gaza Strip and nearby Israeli towns, killing at least eight Palestinians killed, five civilians including two children, and three militiamen Islamic Jihad.
Israeli Air Force bombed targets in Gaza and militants firing rockets from the territory Israeli towns, in addition to attacks last Wednesday in Jerusalem that killed a woman and 30 wounded by a bomb. Netanyahu said that Israel "is ready to respond very harshly to end terrorism" and that "no civilized society would tolerate such attacks against its civilians without cause," said the broadcaster.
For his part, Gates said the security ties between Washington and Israel are closer than ever and said that the changes that are occurring in the region in recent months, creating new opportunities. U.S. Defense Secretary met with the president before the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, who moved the U.S.
concern about the firing of rockets from Gaza against southern Israel. Gates' visit is the second that Israel carried out as defense secretary after another made in April 2007. The U.S. official is touring the Middle East before its planned withdrawal by next summer. Gates met yesterday with the headline Israeli Defense Ehud Barak, with whom he discussed cooperation between the two countries in military field as well as other regional issues, and today is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Salam Fayad. 
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Israeli public radio reported. The Israeli army and Palestinian militias are involved in a new spiral of violence continued mutual attacks in the Gaza Strip and nearby Israeli towns, killing at least eight Palestinians killed, five civilians including two children, and three militiamen Islamic Jihad.
Israeli Air Force bombed targets in Gaza and militants firing rockets from the territory Israeli towns, in addition to attacks last Wednesday in Jerusalem that killed a woman and 30 wounded by a bomb. Netanyahu said that Israel "is ready to respond very harshly to end terrorism" and that "no civilized society would tolerate such attacks against its civilians without cause," said the broadcaster.
For his part, Gates said the security ties between Washington and Israel are closer than ever and said that the changes that are occurring in the region in recent months, creating new opportunities. U.S. Defense Secretary met with the president before the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, who moved the U.S.
concern about the firing of rockets from Gaza against southern Israel. Gates' visit is the second that Israel carried out as defense secretary after another made in April 2007. The U.S. official is touring the Middle East before its planned withdrawal by next summer. Gates met yesterday with the headline Israeli Defense Ehud Barak, with whom he discussed cooperation between the two countries in military field as well as other regional issues, and today is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Salam Fayad.
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