Pada hari Senin, Menteri Pertahanan Israel Amir Peretz mengizinkan tentara melakukan operasi-operasi terbatas hanya di dalam daerah Gaza  terhadap para pejuang , kendatipun ada perjanjian gencatan senjata antara Israel dan Palestina Nopember tahun lalu.
On Monday, Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz authorised the army to carry out limited operations just inside Gaza against guerrillas, despite a ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and the Palestinians in November.