Prime Minister Sharon\'s hastily called security cabinet meeting at 1 AM this morning quickly made its mark when army the army went into past-ceasefire mode, and bombed a key Palestinian military target. Four enemy security officers and two civilians were killed. The Israeli attack targeted a car adjacent to a PA military post in the Gaza Strip.



In addition, the IDF entered PA-controlled territory in the northern Gaza Strip from two directions this morning. There are no immediate plans to leave the area, although military sources said they would not remain there indefinitely. The immediate objective is to protect Elei Sinai and nearby communities from further terrorist incursions. Other ceasefire restrictions on the army, such as limited open-fire orders, have been relaxed as well.



Cabinet Secretary Gideon Sa\'ar said that it is impossible, under the current circumstances, for Israel to continue the current format of ceasefire. \"We are in a complex situation,\" he said, \"in which the ceasefire understandings do not exist on the ground. Arafat is covering up for terrorists and his forces are engaged in terror. We would rather that the Palestinian Authority thwart terrorism, but when it does not do so, we will do so.\"