If Hamas rejects the Egyptian proposal, and the rocket fire from Gaza does not cease, we are prepared to continue and intensify our operation to protect our people.

President Peres: We all wish to lower the flames, but there can be no compromise with terror. No more rockets. No more terror. Many of our neighbors stand with us in this fight.

It would have been preferable to resolve this by diplomacy and we tried to do so when we acceded to the Egyptian ceasefire proposal. But Hamas left us no choice but to broaden and intensify ...

On-going attacks that would endanger the lives of electricity corporation technicians may postpone repair of the damage

President Peres addressed the security situation after spending the morning with children from the Gaza-area regional councils who came to the President's Residence in Jerusalem for respite ...