Speaking to the Reuters News Agency, Minister of Communications Ruby Rivlin stated that the retaliatory raid in Gaza on Monday was most justifiable. He explained that not only was it Israel\'s prerogative to respond to attacks, but \"her obligation to do so,\" adding that the PA must be aware that attacks would be met with Israeli reprisals.



Helicopter gunships on Monday launched an attack against a weapons factory in PLO-controlled territory along Israel\'s southern coast. The aerial assault followed two waves of mortar attacks against Jewish communities in the same region. Shrapnel in one of the shellings lightly injured a small child in the Jewish community of Kfar Darom.