Despite some 24 rockets hitting the western Negev Wednesday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that Israel would not rush into an operation in Gaza. "We are not deterred from an operation in Gaza but we are also not rushing into one," Barak said during a conference at the Institute for National Security Studies.Prime Minister Olmert said the rocket fire," demands a response and there will be one." On Thursday four more rockets were fired at southern Israel.12/18/08