The first day of 2009 dawned in Gaza with a sixth day of Israeli airstrikes, a bombardment Israel’s prime minister vowed would not end until Hamas militants quit firing rockets into the Jewish state.

“We did not enter this operation in order to end it with the firing still continuing,” Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a meeting of his security Cabinet on Wednesday, according to a senior government official.

Palestinian sources said targets south, west and north of Gaza City were hit early Thursday, as well as the Palestinian Authority legislative building; the ministries of justice and education; and civil defense headquarters, to the city’s west. At least two people were killed and 10 wounded in the airstrikes, the sources said.

The Israel Defense Forces said it had no immediate comment on the ongoing operations.


Source: The CNN Wire