Last week, Palestinians stepped up mortar and rocket attacks, and Israel responded with air strikes.

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Such a land handover would place all of Israel within Palestinian and Lebanese rocket, mortar and missile range.

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Israel has rejected relatively inexpensive existing anti-rocket and mortar systems that could provide immediate protection to Sderot among other places.

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Indirect fire is a reference to rocket and mortar fire, and the U.S. military suspects hard-line Shiite militants stage such attacks.

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