22.08.2011                      22.Aw-Elul, 5771

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Netanyahu: We won't carry out large-scale Gaza operation

Diplomatic source says Hamas is trying to weaken state's international support: "Israel must do all it possibly can to achieve calm."

Israel will not respond to the attacks from Gaza with a large-scale operation, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his cabinet ministers concluded at a  3 a.m.  meeting on Monday to discuss the security situation. 
Diplomatic sources expressed concern that escalation in the South could upset Egypt and and hurt Israel at the UN vote for Palestinian statehood in September….