Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz made it clear, Tuesday morning, that no document had been signed to bring an end to more than three days of terrorist rocket and mortar fire on southern Israel.
Interviewed by Israel Defense Forces Radio, the former chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee said, "The Prime Ministerofficially announcedthat quiet would be answeredwith quiet,butthere is noIsraeli commitmentnot toprevent terrorismin the future".He added thatthere will be noescaping alarge-scaleattackin Gaza."The overall situationis intolerable.Indeed there is notimetable,butIsrael will have toeventuallyput an end tothe regime of terror in Gaza."