Mofaz resumes anti-Palestinian threats on reinvading Gaza after

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz continued threats against the Palestinians for the third day in a row.

In case Palestinians fired at withdrawing Israeli troops from Gaza, the Israel Army would track down the parties responsible for the firing; he was quoted by Sawa radio as saying.

Israel would deal a blow to the Palestinians if they continued shelling Israeli settlements, Mofaz had threatened Thursday.

For his part, Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat slammed Mofaz's statements as hostile, saying the pronouncements unmasked the real intentions of the Israeli government against the Palestinians.