Barak: Operation Cast Lead will continue until all aims are met

IDF Operation Cast Lead will continue until all its goals are met, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday. Speaking to Army Radio, Barak said that the operation would intensify "as much as needed to meet the goals we set for ourselves, to bring quiet to the South." The operation also aims "to strike a severe blow to Hamas," he said, "in order to bring about an end to firing and other operations against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers."