(Prime Minister's Office) - At the weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday, Prime Minister Sharon said: "In the Gaza Strip, our soldiers are fighting heroically, with dedication and proficiency against Palestinian terror that also threatens Israel itself. In the Zeitoun neighborhood, our units succeeded in eliminating laboratories and factories for manufacturing Kassam rockets aimed at Ashkelon, Sderot, Nirim, Kisufim, Nahal Oz, Mefalsim, Nir Am and beyond [all cities and villages inside Israel]. Along the Philadelphia corridor, fighting took place in order to strike at this terror's oxygen line. We will not allow Palestinian terror to attain the capabilities to which it aspires, and threaten the heart of the country even after the disengagement from Gaza.
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