Jerusalem, Jan 20
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the government is resolute in its efforts to maintain southern Israel calm and safe from rocket attacks, Xinhua reported.
"We are determined to maintain quiet in the south," Netanyahu's bureau quoted him as saying at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting. "We do so by a policy of preventive action and forceful reaction against those who try to harm us or who harm us."
"I suggest that Hamas take our policy into account," he warned.
Netanyahu's remark came after an air strike in the morning targeted an Islamic Jihad militant in the northern Gaza Strip whom the Israeli military said was directly involved in numerous rocket attacks.
By:IANS