JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says the army's invasion of the Gaza Strip was unavoidable.
Olmert said Sunday that Israel could not allow residents of southern Israel to be continuously targeted. The operation follows years of Palestinian rocket attacks on the south.
Olmert says his government "did everything" it could before approving the operation and was left with no choice. He spoke at the beginning of the weekly meeting of his Cabinet.
It was his first public comment since the ground operation was launched late Saturday.
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