PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE PRESS RELEASE
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)
Wednesday, 27 December, 2006

Over the past few days there has been an increase in the shooting of Kassam
rockets by terrorist groups from the Gaza Strip against population centers
in Israel. This, despite the fact that Israel had agreed to a cease-fire,
and over the past month, refrained from responding to the cease-fire
violations. Under these circumstances, an instruction was given to the
security forces to take pinpointed action against the launching cells.
Simultaneously, Israel will continue to preserve the cease-fire and will act
vis-a-vis the Palestinian Authority in order for them to take immediate
action to stop the shooting of Kassams.