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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office says the military "will continue acting to protect Israeli citizens and will carry out the missions it was given."
The statement says Palestinian rocket fire Friday shows the Security Council's call for a cease-fire "is not practical."
The statement is the first official Israeli response to the council's resolution late Thursday.
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An intense bombardment of missiles from Israeli jets and helicopters on Gaza and a barrage of Hamas rockets on southern Israel indicated there would be no rapid end to the fighting on Friday after the U.N. Security Council called for an "immediate" and "durable" cease-fire.
A Hamas spokesman said the Islamic militant group "is not interested" in the cease-fire because it was not consulted and the resolution did not meet its minimum demands. Israel's top leaders were set Friday to discuss the cease-fire — or a possible expansion of the ground offensive.
One Israeli airstrike killed two Hamas militants and another unidentified man, while another flattened a five-story building in northern Gaza, killing at least seven people, including an infant, Hamas security officials said. By mid-morning 13 Palestinians had been killed.
In all, Israeli aircraft struck more than 30 targets before dawn, and constant explosions continued after first light. Friday's deaths in Gaza pushed the Palestinian death toll to about 760 in the near two-week conflict, at least half of them civilians, according to Gaza health officials. Thirteen Israelis have died in the 13...