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May 9, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/05/08/international/i035246D99.DTL&type=politics

Israel Proposes Gaza Buffer - Laurie Copans

[AP/San Francisco Chronicle] Israel's army has developed a plan to create a "buffer zone" inside the Gaza Strip to halt the latest wave of Palestinian rocket attacks, military officials said Tuesday. Gaza militants have continued to fire rockets into southern Israel and the rocket fire has spiked in recent days, with 16 rockets fired since Friday, including two launched Tuesday. On Monday, Israel carried out an airstrike in Gaza on a car carrying rockets near the Israeli border, and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned he was losing patience with the rocket barrages. The military's plan for a 300-yard-deep zone inside Gaza is one of several options Israel is considering to counter the rocket fire. The plan also calls for an increase in attacks on rocket launchers, including airstrikes on high-ranking militants who oversee the firings.

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