BEN-GURION AIRPORT, Israel, June 6 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Friday that a major military operation into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip was looking more likely.

"At this moment the pendulum is swinging closer to military action in Gaza than anything else," Olmert said after returning from a three-day trip to the United States where he met President George W. Bush.

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