Jerusalem, June 15: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said today that Israel will continue to take pre-emptive actions to curb Palestinian suicide bombings, public radio reported.
"Israel will continue to act against targets identified as human bombs, and unless the Palestinians decide to destroy the infrastructure of terrorist organisations, Israel will take care of it," he told a weekly cabinet meeting.
The radio did not specify if Sharon was referring to Hamas militants or leaders of the Islamic Radical Group such as Abdul Aziz al-Rantissi, who survived an Israeli assassination bid Tuesday in which three Palestinians died.
Seven Israeli helicopter strikes on the Gaza Strip since June 10 have left 27 people dead, including several civilians as well as six members of Hamas, which has carried out scores of anti-Israeli suicide bombings, the latest being an attack on a Jerusalem bus that killed 17 people on Wednesday.
Bureau Report
