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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told his Cabinet Sunday he had "no alternative" but to order a ground incursion in Gaza to end Hamas rocket attacks on southern Israel.

The Israeli army's objectives were to "strike at the military infrastructure that Hamas has established and to take control of the areas from which most of the missiles have been fired" at Israeli territory, Olmert said.

Hamas has vowed to "fight until the last breath," warning Israel that "Gaza will be your cemetery" as Israeli ground forces entered the Hamas-controlled territory Saturday night.

Hamas has fired 220 rockets into southern Israel in the past week from the areas of Gaza that Israeli troops have now entered, Olmert said.

"In a responsible and determined country, " Olmert said, "it cannot be that the home front will be subject to attack and a daring, strong and well-trained military does not defend it." Read full article »

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